South Carolina 2026 Primary

U.S. Senate & U.S. House & Governor

Jun 9 2026

Completed

Runoff held: Jun 23, 2026

U.S. Senate

Aug 11 2026

Completed

Runoff held: Aug 25, 2026

Replacement special primary after Sen. Lindsey Graham's death; R side (Andrews' D nomination stands). Hand-seeded 20260808 — last manual special; calendar auto-insert leg ships with Phase 3.

Governor & U.S. House & U.S. Senate

Nov 3 2026

24 days away

Filing Deadline: Mar 30, 2026

★ U.S. Senate Toss-up

Incumbent: R Darline Graham

Democrat

Annie Andrews Nominee $10,804,041 raised

Brandon Brown $85,649 raised

Kyle Odonnell Freeman $43,766 raised

L

Kasie Whitener $17,264 raised

Republican

Lindsey O. Graham Incumbent Won Primary — Deceased $6,766,156 raised

Calvin Cowen $13,190 raised

Darline Graham Nominee $346,783 raised

Duke Buckner $15,078 raised

Glenda Gail Parker $13,455 raised

Mark Lynch $5,919,539 raised

Marshall C Sanford $206,237 raised

Pat Herrmann $17,073 raised

Ralph Norman $934,892 raised

Russell Fry $495,027 raised

Thomas Keith Dismukes $25,742 raised

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

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held June 9, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Annie Andrews ✓	225,924	61.5%
Brandon Brown	110,878	30.2%
Kyle Freeman	30,350	8.3%

100% reporting

Republican Runoff

Held August 25, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Darline Graham ✓	193,486	52.5%
Ralph Norman	175,412	47.6%

100% reporting

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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

Held June 9, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Jermaine Johnson ✓	221,751	59.7%
Billy Webster	110,267	29.7%
William Mullins McLeod Jr.	39,739	10.7%
Mullins Mcleod	39,710	10.7%

100% reporting

Republican Runoff

Held June 23, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Alan Wilson ✓	218,548	68.6%
Pamela Evette	100,220	31.4%

100% reporting

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★ U.S. House 7 districts

SC-01 District 1 Likely R Open

Nancy Lacore (D) ✓ Jenny Costa Honeycutt (R) ✓

Democratic Runoff · Jun 23 Nancy Lacore 12,821 52.2% ✓ Mac Deford 11,766 47.9%

100% reporting

Republican Runoff · Jun 23 Jenny Costa Honeycutt 24,033 53.7% ✓ Mark Smith 20,723 46.3%

100% reporting

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SC-02 District 2 Safe R R Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson (R) Incumbent ✓ Zyon Khalifa (D) ✓

Democratic Runoff · Jun 23 Zyon Khalifa 3,068 53.8% ✓ David Robinson 2,632 46.2%

100% reporting

Republican · Jun 9 Joe Wilson 46,553 74.2% ✓ Hamp Redmond 8,725 13.9% Sam Gibbons 7,435 11.9%

100% reporting

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SC-03 District 3 Safe R R Sheri Biggs

Sheri Biggs (R) Incumbent ✓ Eunice Lehmacher (D) ✓

Democratic · Jun 9 Eunice Lehmacher 16,715 53.4% ✓ Ernest Mackins 14,591 46.6%

100% reporting

Republican · Jun 9 Sheri Biggs — — ✓

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SC-04 District 4 Safe R R William Timmons

William Timmons (R) Incumbent ✓ Courtney McClain (D) ✓

Democratic · Jun 9 Courtney McClain — — ✓

Republican · Jun 9 William Timmons 47,865 65.8% ✓ David Atchley 14,178 19.5% Robert Lee 10,657 14.7%

100% reporting

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SC-05 District 5 Safe R Open

Mallory Dittmer (D) ✓ Alex Harper (D) Andrew Clough (D) Bill Bledsoe (R) Wes Climer (R)

Democratic · Jun 9 Mallory Dittmer 25,395 55.8% ✓ Andrew Clough 20,122 44.2%

100% reporting

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SC-06 District 6 Safe D D Jim Clyburn

Jim Clyburn (D) Incumbent ✓ John Peterson (R) ✓

Democratic · Jun 9 Jim Clyburn 75,434 90.3% ✓ Frederick Goodwin 8,138 9.7%

100% reporting

Republican · Jun 9 John Peterson 22,167 74.0% ✓ Maurice Washington 7,774 26.0%

100% reporting

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SC-07 District 7 Safe R R Russell Fry

John Gregory Vincent (D) ✓ Russell Fry (R) ✓

Democratic · Jun 9 John Gregory Vincent — — ✓

Republican · Jun 9 Russell Fry — — ✓

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
Senate	Public Policy Polling (D) partisan·D ±2.0	2026-07-17	577 V	Annie Andrews 42% · Russell Fry 39% · Unsure 19%
Governor · Republican primary	Opinion Diagnostics (R) partisan·R	2026-06-22	875 LV	Alan Wilson 65% · Pamela Evette 23% · Unsure 12%
Governor	InsiderAdvantage ±1.9	2026-06-20	800 LV	Pamela Evette 29% · Alan Wilson 61%
Governor · Republican primary	JMC Analytics (R)	2026-06-15	500 LV	Alan Wilson 63% · Pamela Evette 28% · Unsure 9%

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

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