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Dorchester County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Annie Andrews (D) got 54% of the U.S. Senate vote in Dorchester County. The margin is 24.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Dorchester County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Dorchester County

U.S. Senate

Annie Andrews
53.6%33,317
Darline Graham
44.0%27,361
Kasie Whitener
1.4%873
Mark Hackett
1.0%631
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Jermaine Johnson
49.7%30,920
Alan Wilson
48.8%30,353
Michael Addison
0.9%542
Walid Hakim
0.5%339
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

U.S. House: South Carolina 1st District

Nancy Lacore
50.5%24,026
Jenny Honeycutt
47.4%22,564
Bill Reeside
2.1%1,013
100% counted

Only part of Dorchester County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: not called; Nancy Lacore leads.

U.S. House: South Carolina 6th District

Jim Clyburn
55.2%7,960
John Peterson
44.8%6,467
100% counted

Only part of Dorchester County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jim Clyburn wins. Called.

The leader in Dorchester County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 6, 12:32 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateD +9.8R +14.9D +24.7
SC GovernorD +0.9R +14.9D +15.8
SC-01 part of the countyD +3.1R +16.4D +19.5
SC-06 part of the countyD +10.3R +8.0D +18.3

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Dorchester County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris41.8%Donald Trump56.4%R +14.677,764
2020Joe Biden43.7%Donald Trump54.3%R +10.577,126
2016Hillary Clinton38.4%Donald Trump55.9%R +17.562,567
2012Barack Obama41.2%Mitt Romney57.2%R +16.056,855
2008Barack Obama41.6%John McCain57.1%R +15.552,405
2004John Kerry35.7%George W. Bush62.9%R +27.341,317
2000Al Gore36.2%George W. Bush61.6%R +25.533,641

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved D +10.9.

Other counties in South Carolina

South Carolina results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until South Carolina certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. South Carolina's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.