U.S. Senate
Annie Andrews
62.7%22,813
Darline Graham
35.7%13,014
Kasie Whitener
0.8%306
Mark Hackett
0.7%271
Statewide: Annie Andrews wins. Called.
Sumter County, South Carolina
2026 election results. Jermaine Johnson (D) got 60% of the vote for governor in Sumter County. The margin is 16.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Sumter County is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 1 local contests from the state's own results.
2026 results in Sumter County
Governor
Jermaine Johnson
60.3%21,956
Alan Wilson
38.6%14,069
Michael Addison
0.8%308
Walid Hakim
0.3%107
Statewide: Alan Wilson wins. Called.
U.S. House: South Carolina 5th District
Mallory Dittmer
58.0%15,559
Wes Climer
42.0%11,252
Only part of Sumter County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Wes Climer wins. Called.
U.S. House: South Carolina 6th District
Jim Clyburn
71.6%6,774
John Peterson
28.4%2,692
Only part of Sumter County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jim Clyburn wins. Called.
The leader in Sumter 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, 9:17 AM.
1 local contest in Sumter County
County offices on Sumter 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
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lester M Gill Bell Jr D | 27,039 | 98.3% |
| Write-In | 458 | 1.7% |
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
| Race | Margin | 2024 president | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|
| SC Senate | D +27.4 | D +5.0 | D +22.4 |
| SC Governor | D +21.9 | D +5.0 | D +16.9 |
| SC-05 part of the county | D +16.1 | R +1.7 | D +17.8 |
| SC-06 part of the county | D +43.1 | D +24.7 | D +18.5 |
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 Sumter County has voted for president
| Year | Democrat | Share | Republican | Share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris | 51.9% | Donald Trump | 47.0% | D +4.9 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden | 56.0% | Donald Trump | 42.9% | D +13.0 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton | 54.5% | Donald Trump | 42.5% | D +12.0 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama | 58.3% | Mitt Romney | 40.7% | D +17.6 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama | 57.3% | John McCain | 41.9% | D +15.4 |
| 2004 | John Kerry | 50.5% | George W. Bush | 48.8% | D +1.7 |
| 2000 | Al Gore | 46.8% | George W. Bush | 51.9% | R +5.1 |
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 +9.9.
Other counties in South Carolina
South Carolina results- Abbeville County
- Aiken County
- Allendale County
- Anderson County
- Bamberg County
- Barnwell County
- Beaufort County
- Berkeley County
- Calhoun County
- Charleston County
- Cherokee County
- Chester County
- Chesterfield County
- Clarendon County
- Colleton County
- Darlington County
- Dillon County
- Dorchester County
- Edgefield County
- Fairfield County
- Florence County
- Georgetown County
- Greenville County
- Greenwood County
- Hampton County
- Horry County
- Jasper County
- Kershaw County
- Lancaster County
- Laurens County
- Lee County
- Lexington County
- Marion County
- Marlboro County
- McCormick County
- Newberry County
- Oconee County
- Orangeburg County
- Pickens County
- Richland County
- Saluda County
- Spartanburg County
- Union County
- Williamsburg County
- York County
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.