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Lancaster County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Alan Wilson (R) got 55% of the vote for governor in Lancaster County. The margin is 13.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Lancaster County

U.S. Senate

Darline Graham
51.6%22,029
Annie Andrews
46.3%19,776
Kasie Whitener
1.2%533
Mark Hackett
0.8%349
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Alan Wilson
55.2%23,578
Jermaine Johnson
43.5%18,594
Michael Addison
0.8%332
Walid Hakim
0.5%214
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Lancaster 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, 10:52 AM.

2 local contests in Lancaster County

County offices and districts on Lancaster 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 R29,66897.2%
Write-In8592.8%

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

Little Lynches Creek Watershed Conservation District 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Jacob Annan60854.3%
J Carrie Ford49243.9%
Write-In201.8%

Jacob Annan and J Carrie Ford are unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Jacob Annan 988 (53.9%), J Carrie Ford 820 (44.8%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateR +5.4R +25.1D +19.7
SC GovernorR +11.8R +25.1D +13.2
SC-05R +10.3R +25.1D +14.8

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 Lancaster County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris37.0%Donald Trump61.8%R +24.854,427
2020Joe Biden38.0%Donald Trump60.8%R +22.849,912
2016Hillary Clinton35.5%Donald Trump60.9%R +25.438,938
2012Barack Obama40.5%Mitt Romney58.3%R +17.833,144
2008Barack Obama42.0%John McCain56.8%R +14.928,921
2004John Kerry36.7%George W. Bush62.1%R +25.420,814
2000Al Gore42.4%George W. Bush56.4%R +14.020,705

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 +10.8.

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.