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Florence County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Jermaine Johnson (D) got 52% of the vote for governor in Florence County. The margin is 13.5 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Florence County is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Florence County

U.S. Senate

Annie Andrews
56.5%27,638
Darline Graham
41.8%20,444
Kasie Whitener
0.9%448
Mark Hackett
0.7%363
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Jermaine Johnson
52.0%25,433
Alan Wilson
46.7%22,853
Michael Addison
0.9%435
Walid Hakim
0.4%176
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

U.S. House: South Carolina 6th District

Jim Clyburn
68.2%2,369
John Peterson
31.8%1,105
100% counted

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

U.S. House: South Carolina 7th District

John Vincent
53.4%24,202
Russell Fry
46.6%21,103
100% counted

Only part of Florence County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Russell Fry wins. Called.

The leader in Florence 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, 10:27 AM.

2 local contests in Florence County

County offices and districts on Florence 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 12

CandidateVotesShare
Susan McGill D26,33654.0%
Ryan White R22,46546.0%
Write-In140.0%

Susan McGill ahead in Florence County. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Susan McGill 33,291 (55.4%), Ryan White 26,786 (44.6%).

Districts

Fire District Commissioner South Lynches 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Jay Steele1,35350.8%
Bobby Johnson1,29848.7%
Write-In130.5%

Jay Steele and Bobby Johnson are unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Bobby Johnson 1,801 (52.8%), Jay Steele 1,591 (46.7%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateD +15.0R +8.1D +23.1
SC GovernorD +5.3R +8.1D +13.5
SC-06 part of the countyD +36.4D +21.8D +14.6
SC-07 part of the countyD +6.8R +10.3D +17.1

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 Florence County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris45.3%Donald Trump53.3%R +8.061,140
2020Joe Biden48.3%Donald Trump50.6%R +2.364,538
2016Hillary Clinton46.1%Donald Trump51.0%R +4.957,931
2012Barack Obama49.2%Mitt Romney49.8%R +0.658,122
2008Barack Obama48.0%John McCain51.2%R +3.258,373
2004John Kerry43.3%George W. Bush55.9%R +12.649,545
2000Al Gore41.4%George W. Bush57.1%R +15.741,437

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 +7.7.

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.