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Fairfield County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Jermaine Johnson (D) got 60% of the vote for governor in Fairfield County. The margin is 8.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Fairfield County

U.S. Senate

Annie Andrews
63.2%6,105
Darline Graham
35.1%3,391
Kasie Whitener
0.9%91
Mark Hackett
0.8%73
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Jermaine Johnson
60.2%5,820
Alan Wilson
38.4%3,718
Michael Addison
0.9%89
Walid Hakim
0.5%45
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Fairfield 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, 11:43 AM.

2 local contests in Fairfield County

County offices and districts on Fairfield County's ballots, from South Carolina's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

Solicitor, Circuit 6

CandidateVotesShare
Randy E Newman Jr R4,81297.9%
Write-In1032.1%

Randy E Newman Jr is unopposed. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Randy E Newman Jr 41,800 (97.5%).

Districts

Rocky Creek Watershed Conservation District 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
William Wishert4860.0%
Claudia F Dean3240.0%
Write-In00.0%

William Wishert and Claudia F Dean are unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Claudia F Dean 1,340 (52.7%), William Wishert 1,180 (46.4%).

South Carolina's official results, file posted Nov 10, 3:20 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateD +28.6D +13.4D +15.2
SC GovernorD +22.0D +13.4D +8.6
SC-05D +23.3D +13.4D +9.9

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 Fairfield County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris56.0%Donald Trump42.7%D +13.211,215
2020Joe Biden60.8%Donald Trump38.1%D +22.712,136
2016Hillary Clinton61.6%Donald Trump35.7%D +25.911,267
2012Barack Obama65.4%Mitt Romney33.6%D +31.811,895
2008Barack Obama65.3%John McCain33.7%D +31.711,619
2004John Kerry61.1%George W. Bush37.4%D +23.79,435
2000Al Gore62.7%George W. Bush35.9%D +26.88,398

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 R +13.6.

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.