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South Carolina Secretary of State

2026 results by county, from South Carolina's official results file. Mark Hammond 53.0%, Jason Belton 47.0% statewide.

Statewide

Mark Hammond
53.0%1,073,982
Jason Belton
47.0%952,447
Write-In
0.0%961

The state's unofficial totals. Winners aren't marked here.

By county

46 counties: Mark Hammond has the most votes in 31, Jason Belton has the most votes in 15. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyMark HammondJason BeltonVotes
Abbeville County64.9%35.0%8,983
Aiken County56.4%43.6%67,461
Allendale County23.3%76.7%2,489
Anderson County67.2%32.7%73,477
Bamberg County36.9%63.1%4,588
Barnwell County51.2%48.8%7,629
Beaufort County56.4%43.6%85,587
Berkeley County50.2%49.8%90,393
Calhoun County51.5%48.4%6,456
Charleston County44.5%55.5%173,127
Cherokee County68.5%31.4%17,597
Chester County50.1%49.8%11,989
Chesterfield County56.6%43.3%13,737
Clarendon County50.7%49.3%13,523
Colleton County52.6%47.4%13,669
Darlington County49.0%50.9%23,420
Dillon County48.0%52.0%8,782
Dorchester County50.2%49.7%61,874
Edgefield County59.9%40.1%10,786
Fairfield County39.7%60.3%9,615
Florence County46.7%53.3%48,720
Georgetown County56.7%43.3%30,736
Greenville County55.4%44.5%213,786
Greenwood County58.2%41.8%24,492
Hampton County43.7%56.2%6,641
Horry County64.7%35.2%162,788
Jasper County52.4%47.6%17,319
Kershaw County56.1%43.8%25,786
Lancaster County56.6%43.3%42,608
Laurens County63.0%36.9%23,300
Lee County33.9%66.1%6,294
Lexington County61.0%38.9%114,959
Marion County39.1%60.9%11,146
Marlboro County40.7%59.3%7,185
McCormick County56.8%43.2%5,448
Newberry County62.2%37.8%14,312
Oconee County72.0%28.0%32,330
Orangeburg County30.3%69.6%30,800
Pickens County71.0%29.0%44,476
Richland County28.2%71.8%160,373
Saluda County67.4%32.6%6,971
Spartanburg County58.1%41.8%119,085
Sumter County39.6%60.3%36,313
Union County60.2%39.7%9,378
Williamsburg County32.7%67.3%11,648
York County53.3%46.7%115,314

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

South Carolina's official results, file posted Nov 10, 3:20 PM. Unofficial until certified. South Carolina's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.