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Horry County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Darline Graham (R) got 60% of the U.S. Senate vote in Horry County. The margin is 17.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Horry County

U.S. Senate

Darline Graham
60.1%98,567
Annie Andrews
38.6%63,282
Kasie Whitener
0.7%1,188
Mark Hackett
0.6%919
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Alan Wilson
63.8%104,326
Jermaine Johnson
35.0%57,141
Michael Addison
0.8%1,290
Walid Hakim
0.4%643
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Horry 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, 9:42 AM.

1 local contest in Horry County

County offices on Horry 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 15

CandidateVotesShare
Jimmy A Richardson II R120,20898.7%
Write-In1,6431.3%

Jimmy A Richardson II is unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Jimmy A Richardson II 140,419 (98.6%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateR +21.8R +38.9D +17.1
SC GovernorR +29.2R +38.9D +9.7
SC-07R +27.3R +38.9D +11.6

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 Horry County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris30.3%Donald Trump68.8%R +38.5205,954
2020Joe Biden32.9%Donald Trump66.1%R +33.2179,769
2016Hillary Clinton29.6%Donald Trump67.2%R +37.5132,920
2012Barack Obama34.6%Mitt Romney64.2%R +29.6112,393
2008Barack Obama37.1%John McCain61.7%R +24.6104,798
2004John Kerry36.3%George W. Bush62.0%R +25.781,347
2000Al Gore40.9%George W. Bush56.5%R +15.771,265

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 +22.9.

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.