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Laurens County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Alan Wilson (R) got 62% of the vote for governor in Laurens County. The margin is 16.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Laurens County

U.S. Senate

Darline Graham
56.9%13,277
Annie Andrews
40.6%9,472
Kasie Whitener
1.2%286
Mark Hackett
1.2%285
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Alan Wilson
61.5%14,401
Jermaine Johnson
37.2%8,719
Michael Addison
0.9%207
Walid Hakim
0.4%85
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Laurens 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, 12:53 PM.

2 local contests in Laurens County

School boards and districts on Laurens 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.

Schools

Greenville County School Board District 28

CandidateVotesShare
Jeff Cochran31399.4%
Write-In20.6%

Jeff Cochran is unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Jeff Cochran 10,822 (98.3%).

Districts

Rabon Creek Watershed Conservation District 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Casey Robinson1,84353.2%
Nick Wham1,59546.0%
Write-In290.8%

Casey Robinson and Nick Wham are unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Casey Robinson 3,329 (55.6%), Nick Wham 2,609 (43.5%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateR +16.7R +41.3D +24.6
SC GovernorR +24.6R +41.3D +16.7
SC-03R +25.3R +41.3D +16.1

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 Laurens County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris29.0%Donald Trump69.9%R +40.830,213
2020Joe Biden33.3%Donald Trump65.6%R +32.330,488
2016Hillary Clinton33.5%Donald Trump63.3%R +29.826,566
2012Barack Obama40.6%Mitt Romney58.0%R +17.425,416
2008Barack Obama40.2%John McCain58.3%R +18.126,282
2004John Kerry38.6%George W. Bush60.7%R +22.123,829
2000Al Gore38.8%George W. Bush59.3%R +20.520,410

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 +20.4.

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.