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Lexington County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Alan Wilson (R) got 59% of the vote for governor in Lexington County. The margin is 14.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Lexington County

U.S. Senate

Darline Graham
52.6%60,816
Annie Andrews
44.9%51,862
Kasie Whitener
1.5%1,699
Mark Hackett
1.0%1,198
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Alan Wilson
59.1%68,356
Jermaine Johnson
39.8%46,006
Michael Addison
0.7%864
Walid Hakim
0.4%510
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Lexington 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, 12:13 PM.

2 local contests in Lexington County

School boards and local measures on Lexington 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

Lexington County School Trustee District 3 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Cheryl A Burgess2,39738.9%
Gariane P Gunter1,89630.7%
Sharmen M Oswald1,81129.4%
Write-In641.0%

Cheryl A Burgess, Gariane P Gunter and Sharmen M Oswald are unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Cheryl A Burgess 2,804 (38.7%), Gariane P Gunter 2,243 (31.0%), Sharmen M Oswald 2,130 (29.4%).

Local measures

Town of Irmo Form of Government Referendum

ChoiceVotesShare
No, Opposed to the Question82453.7%
Yes, In favor of the Question71046.3%

No, Opposed to the Question ahead with 53.7% in Lexington County. Irmo's page. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: No, Opposed to the Question 2,382 (53.0%), Yes, In favor of the Question 2,112 (47.0%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateR +7.9R +33.9D +26.0
SC GovernorR +19.5R +33.9D +14.4
SC-02R +21.2R +33.9D +12.7

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 Lexington County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris32.5%Donald Trump66.0%R +33.5146,903
2020Joe Biden34.1%Donald Trump64.2%R +30.1144,498
2016Hillary Clinton28.9%Donald Trump65.5%R +36.7122,093
2012Barack Obama30.3%Mitt Romney68.1%R +37.7112,623
2008Barack Obama30.4%John McCain68.4%R +38.0109,512
2004John Kerry27.2%George W. Bush71.9%R +44.793,432
2000Al Gore27.5%George W. Bush69.9%R +42.483,081

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 +9.0.

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.