South Carolina 2026 Primary

Jun 9 2026

Completed Closed Primary

Filing Deadline: Mar 30, 2026

Runoff held: Jun 23, 2026 — Gov R: Alan Wilson won the runoff 68.6%; SC-1 decided both parties (Honeycutt R, Lacore D); SC-2 D: Khalifa.

★ U.S. Senate Lean R

Incumbent: R Lindsey Graham

Democrat

Annie Andrews Nominee $10,804,041 raised

Brandon Brown $85,649 raised

Kyle Freeman $43,766 raised

L

Kasie Whitener $17,264 raised

Republican

Lindsey Graham Incumbent Nominee $6,766,156 raised

Calvin Cowen $13,190 raised

Mark Lynch $5,918,449 raised

Pat Herrmann $17,073 raised

Thomas Dismukes $24,842 raised

Dollar figures are each campaign’s total funds raised, from FEC filings.

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Candidate	Votes	%
Annie Andrews ✓	226,075	61.5%
Brandon Brown	110,962	30.2%
Kyle Freeman	30,374	8.3%

Republican Primary

Candidate	Votes	%
Lindsey Graham ✓	264,091	56.8%
Mark Lynch	134,360	28.9%
Thomas Dismukes	24,164	5.2%
Pat Herrmann	17,448	3.8%
Calvin Cowen	14,171	3.0%
Darius Mitchell	10,842	2.3%

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★ Governor Safe R

Incumbent: R Henry McMaster Term Limited

Democrat

Jermaine Johnson Nominee

Republican

Alan Wilson Nominee

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Candidate	Votes	%
Jermaine Johnson ✓	221,951	59.7%
Billy Webster	110,303	29.7%
William Mullins McLeod Jr.	39,739	10.7%

Republican Primary

Candidate	Votes	%
Pamela Evette	136,480	28.9%
Alan Wilson	123,643	26.2%
Ralph Norman	80,790	17.1%
Rom Reddy	66,992	14.2%
Nancy Mace	57,380	12.1%
Josh Kimbrell	3,957	0.8%
Jacqueline DuBose	3,714	0.8%

Republican Primary Runoff

Candidate	Votes	%
Alan Wilson ✓	218,569	68.6%
Pamela Evette	100,227	31.4%

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★ U.S. House 7 districts

SC-01 District 1 Likely R R Nancy Mace Open

Francina Dantzler (D) Kj Atwood (D) Mac Deford (D) Matt Fulmer (D) Max Diaz (D) Mayra Rivera-Vazquez (D) Nancy Lacore (D) ✓ William Reeside (L) Alex Pelbath (R) Dan Brown (R) Jenny Costa Honeycutt (R) ✓ Logan Cunningham (R) Mark Smith (R) Sam McCown (R) Tyler Dykes (R)

Democratic Nancy Lacore 20,643 36.5% Mac Deford 16,348 28.9% Francina Dantzler 5,425 9.6% Mayra Rivera-Vazquez 5,411 9.6% Ben Frasier 5,369 9.5% Matt Fulmer 2,266 4.0% Max Diaz 1,117 2.0%

Democratic Runoff Nancy Lacore 12,825 52.1% ✓ Mac Deford 11,773 47.9%

Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt 14,822 22.1% Mark Smith 12,074 18.0% Sam McCown 10,508 15.7% Mark Sanford 8,107 12.1% Alex Pelbath 7,288 10.9% Logan Cunningham 4,480 6.7% Jay Byars 4,265 6.4% Dan Brown 2,924 4.4% Cindy Wagers Riley 1,233 1.8% Tyler Dykes 943 1.4% Kendal Ludden 466 0.7%

Republican Runoff Jenny Costa Honeycutt 24,035 53.7% ✓ Mark Smith 20,724 46.3%

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SC-02 District 2 Safe R R Joe Wilson

Roger Pruitt (D) Zyon Khalifa (D) ✓ Joe Wilson (R) ^* ✓ Hamp Redmond (R) Sam Gibbons (R)

Democratic David Robinson 24,063 41.0% Zyon Khalifa 19,992 34.1% Roger Pruitt 11,706 20.0% Daniel Shrief 2,888 4.9%

Democratic Runoff Zyon Khalifa 3,069 53.8% ✓ David Robinson 2,636 46.2%

Republican Joe Wilson 46,588 74.2% ✓ Hamp Redmond 8,731 13.9% Sam Gibbons 7,440 11.9%

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SC-03 District 3 Safe R R Sheri Biggs

Eunice Lehmacher (D) ✓ Sheri Biggs (R) ^*

Democratic Eunice Lehmacher 16,730 53.4% ✓ Ernest Mackins 14,612 46.6%

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SC-04 District 4 Safe R R William Timmons

Courtney McClain (D) William Timmons (R) ^* ✓ David Atchley (R) Robert Lee (R)

Republican William Timmons 47,895 65.8% ✓ David Atchley 14,188 19.5% Robert Lee 10,663 14.7%

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SC-05 District 5 Safe R R Ralph Norman

Alex Harper (D) Andrew Clough (D) Mallory Dittmer (D) ✓ Ralph Norman (R) ^* Bill Bledsoe (R) Wes Climer (R)

Democratic Mallory Dittmer 25,428 55.8% ✓ Andrew Clough 20,138 44.2%

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SC-06 District 6 Safe D D Jim Clyburn

Jim Clyburn (D) ^* ✓ John Peterson (R) ✓ Maurice Washington (R)

Democratic Jim Clyburn 75,411 90.3% ✓ Frederick Goodwin 8,145 9.7%

Republican John Peterson 22,169 74.0% ✓ Maurice Washington 7,781 26.0%

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SC-07 District 7 Safe R R Russell Fry

John Vincent (D) Russell Fry (R) ^*

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
Governor	InsiderAdvantage ±1.9	2026-06-20	800 LV	Pamela Evette 29% · Alan Wilson 61%

Primary polls are shown here only — they never enter the general-election averages. Pollster names link to track records.

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