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2026 results by county, from South Carolina's official results file. Ellen Weaver 51.0%, Sylvia Wright 48.2% statewide.

Statewide

Ellen Weaver
51.0%1,032,834
Sylvia Wright
48.2%976,673
Baba Amin Ojuok
0.8%15,497
Write-In
0.1%1,275

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

By county

46 counties: Ellen Weaver has the most votes in 26, Sylvia Wright has the most votes in 20. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyEllen WeaverSylvia WrightBaba Amin OjuokVotes
Abbeville County62.8%36.4%0.7%8,996
Aiken County55.0%44.1%0.8%67,461
Allendale County21.9%77.0%1.0%2,502
Anderson County65.2%34.0%0.7%73,405
Bamberg County35.2%63.9%0.9%4,622
Barnwell County49.1%50.0%0.9%7,649
Beaufort County55.1%44.2%0.6%85,293
Berkeley County48.0%51.2%0.8%90,345
Calhoun County49.9%49.5%0.6%6,457
Charleston County42.1%57.1%0.8%172,620
Cherokee County66.9%32.2%0.8%17,595
Chester County48.4%50.8%0.7%12,017
Chesterfield County53.9%44.8%1.2%13,762
Clarendon County49.1%50.3%0.6%13,528
Colleton County50.7%48.3%1.0%13,666
Darlington County47.3%51.8%0.8%23,479
Dillon County46.7%52.6%0.7%8,797
Dorchester County48.1%50.9%0.9%61,856
Edgefield County58.8%40.5%0.6%10,789
Fairfield County37.9%61.3%0.8%9,628
Florence County44.9%54.2%0.9%48,794
Georgetown County55.2%44.1%0.6%30,716
Greenville County53.1%46.1%0.8%213,696
Greenwood County55.9%43.3%0.7%24,515
Hampton County42.4%56.8%0.8%6,643
Horry County63.8%35.6%0.6%162,665
Jasper County51.6%47.8%0.6%17,327
Kershaw County53.8%45.4%0.7%25,776
Lancaster County55.2%44.1%0.7%42,584
Laurens County60.3%38.9%0.7%23,346
Lee County32.7%66.2%1.0%6,312
Lexington County58.1%41.0%0.8%114,714
Marion County37.5%61.6%0.8%11,199
Marlboro County40.0%59.0%1.0%7,212
McCormick County56.0%43.4%0.6%5,444
Newberry County59.3%40.0%0.6%14,325
Oconee County69.9%29.4%0.6%32,283
Orangeburg County29.1%70.2%0.7%30,816
Pickens County68.5%30.7%0.7%44,447
Richland County26.0%73.0%1.0%160,479
Saluda County65.1%34.1%0.8%6,972
Spartanburg County55.3%43.9%0.8%118,945
Sumter County38.3%60.8%0.8%36,320
Union County58.0%41.1%0.8%9,382
Williamsburg County31.4%67.7%0.8%11,694
York County51.3%47.9%0.7%115,206

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.