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Saluda County, South Carolina

2026 election results. Alan Wilson (R) got 65% of the vote for governor in Saluda County. The margin is 11.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Saluda County

U.S. Senate

Darline Graham
60.6%4,244
Annie Andrews
36.7%2,570
Mark Hackett
1.5%103
Kasie Whitener
1.2%86
100% counted

Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.

Governor

Alan Wilson
65.5%4,612
Jermaine Johnson
32.9%2,317
Michael Addison
1.1%77
Walid Hakim
0.6%39
100% counted

Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.

The leader in Saluda 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, 6:56 PM.

1 local contest in Saluda County

School boards on Saluda 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 Burgess40737.9%
Gariane P Gunter34732.3%
Sharmen M Oswald31929.7%
Write-In20.2%

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%).

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
SC SenateR +24.6R +44.9D +20.3
SC GovernorR +33.1R +44.9D +11.8
SC-03R +34.1R +44.9D +10.7

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 Saluda County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.2%Donald Trump71.6%R +44.49,014
2020Joe Biden32.1%Donald Trump66.8%R +34.79,344
2016Hillary Clinton32.8%Donald Trump64.5%R +31.78,564
2012Barack Obama38.9%Mitt Romney60.0%R +21.18,564
2008Barack Obama38.6%John McCain60.3%R +21.78,603
2004John Kerry39.6%George W. Bush59.9%R +20.37,578
2000Al Gore38.9%George W. Bush59.5%R +20.56,891

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 +23.8.

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.