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Lee County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Jermaine Johnson (D) got 65% of the vote for governor in Lee County. The margin is 13.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Lee County

U.S. Senate

Annie Andrews
67.5%4,269
Darline Graham
31.0%1,957
Mark Hackett
0.8%52
Kasie Whitener
0.7%42
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Jermaine Johnson
65.3%4,130
Alan Wilson
33.3%2,105
Michael Addison
1.0%63
Walid Hakim
0.5%30
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Lee 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 3, 6:21 PM.

1 local contest in Lee County

County offices on Lee 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 3

CandidateVotesShare
Lester M Gill Bell Jr D5,09399.0%
Write-In531.0%

Lester M Gill Bell Jr is unopposed. The contest crosses into 3 other counties; across all of them: Lester M Gill Bell Jr 50,120 (98.5%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateD +37.1D +18.8D +18.3
SC GovernorD +32.5D +18.8D +13.7
SC-05D +33.3D +18.8D +14.5

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 Lee County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris55.8%Donald Trump38.1%D +17.78,076
2020Joe Biden63.2%Donald Trump35.7%D +27.58,429
2016Hillary Clinton63.7%Donald Trump34.4%D +29.48,156
2012Barack Obama67.1%Mitt Romney31.8%D +35.38,907
2008Barack Obama65.1%John McCain33.6%D +31.59,153
2004John Kerry62.8%George W. Bush36.7%D +26.17,898
2000Al Gore58.7%George W. Bush40.3%D +18.46,642

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 +0.8.

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.