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2026 results · South Carolina

Annie Andrews, the Democrat, flips South Carolina’s Senate seat

Annie Andrews won by 4.5 points, 22.4 points more Democratic than the state voted for president in 2024.

In the House, every one of the seven contested seats moved toward Democrats, the median one 13.9 points.

Who won each county, and how far it moved

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South Carolina’s seven House seats

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Before1–6
20262–5

Solid: won; paler: leading, still counting. The tick marks a majority (4 of 7).

Democrats lost or trail in 3 seats by under 7 points: SC-02 R+1.0*, SC-05 R+5.7, SC-04 R+6.1. A majority took 4 of 7; they held 2, and the two closest would have made it.

The seat that decided the majority: SC-05, R+5.7, a district that voted R+22.6 for president in 2024.

Every seat, 2024 to 2026. Open circle: the 2024 presidential margin in the district. Filled: the 2026 House margin (the expected finish where still counting, marked *). Ordered from the most Democratic result to the most Republican; the rule marks the 4 seats needed for a majority.
  1. SC-06James E Jim ClyburnD+38.8← 15.9
  2. SC-01Nancy LacoreD+1.0*← 13.9
  3. SC-02Joe WilsonR+1.0*← 12.6
  4. SC-05Wes ClimerR+5.7← 16.9
  5. SC-04William TimmonsR+6.1← 17.1
  6. SC-07Russell FryR+13.5← 12.5
  7. SC-03Sheri BiggsR+29.3← 13.3

← moved toward Democrats, → toward Republicans, in points from the 2024 presidential vote in the district. * still counting: the expected finish.

Close up: the four counties that moved most

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Each county’s move from the 2024 presidential vote in the Senate race; the maps above show the result beside it.

In the Senate race, these moved furthest toward Democrats, among counties with 2,000 or more votes in 2024 and at least half a percent of the state’s.

  1. Spartanburg County

    Moved 28.9 points toward Democrats: R+33.6 for president in 2024; Darline Graham, the Republican, carried it at R+4.7.

    119,644 votes counted, 155,597 cast in 2024.

  2. Kershaw County

    Moved 27.1 points toward Democrats: R+28.2 for president in 2024; Darline Graham, the Republican, carried it at R+1.1.

    25,905 votes counted, 33,533 cast in 2024.

  3. Lexington County

    Moved 25.7 points toward Democrats: R+33.5 for president in 2024; Darline Graham, the Republican, carried it at R+7.7.

    115,893 votes counted, 146,903 cast in 2024.

  4. Berkeley County

    Moved 25.7 points toward Democrats: R+16.3 for president in 2024; Annie Andrews, the Democrat, carried it at D+9.4. The county changed sides.

    90,990 votes counted, 112,834 cast in 2024.

No county compared moved the other way.

Who lives where it moved

Barely related across counties. On average, ten more points of adults with a degree went with a county about 0.6 points more Republican (r = −0.14).

0D+5D+10D+15D+20D+25D+300%10%20%30%40%50%% with a bachelor's degree →↑ moved toward Democrats from 2024

By place

Suburban20 counties, 1,720,617 votes22.8 pts → D
Rural26 counties, 320,278 votes20.2 pts → D

By race and ethnicity

Black residents 30% or more24 counties, 495,492 votes20.7 pts → D
Every other county22 counties, 1,545,403 votes22.6 pts → D

Each group’s counties added together: its 2026 margin against its 2024 presidential margin. Census Bureau American Community Survey, 2019–2023. Counties, not voters: there are no exit polls here.

Every race in South Carolina

Senate and governor

SenateFlipAnnie Andrews Dover Darline Graham (R)D+4.5R+17.922.4 pts → DwonGovernorAlan Wilson Rover Jermaine Johnson (D)R+4.5R+17.913.4 pts → Dwon

House

District 1Nancy Lacore Dover Jenny Costa Honeycutt (R)D+1.0*R+12.913.9 pts → D99% countedDistrict 2Joe Wilson Rover Zyon Khalifa (D)R+1.0*R+13.612.6 pts → D99% countedDistrict 5Wes Climer Rover Mallory Dittmer (D)R+5.7R+22.616.9 pts → DwonDistrict 4William Timmons Rover Courtney McClain (D)R+6.1R+23.117.1 pts → DwonDistrict 7Russell Fry Rover John Gregory Vincent (D)R+13.5R+26.012.5 pts → DwonDistrict 3Sheri Biggs Rover Eunice Lehmacher (D)R+29.3R+42.513.3 pts → DwonDistrict 6James E Jim Clyburn Dover John Peterson (R)D+38.8D+23.015.9 pts → Dwon

Other statewide offices

Superintendent of EducationEllen Weaver Rover Sylvia Wright (D)R+2.8R+17.915.1 pts → DwonComptroller GeneralMike Burkhold Rover Tiffany Boozer (D)R+4.1R+17.913.7 pts → DwonAttorney GeneralDavid Stumbo Rover Richard Hricik (D)R+4.7R+17.913.2 pts → DwonTreasurerCurtis Loftis Rover Vincent Coe (D)R+5.1R+17.912.8 pts → DwonCommissioner of AgricultureCody Simpson Rover DeShawn Blanding (D)R+5.9R+17.912.0 pts → DwonSecretary of StateMark Hammond Rover Jason Belton (D)R+6.0R+17.911.9 pts → Dwon

Margins are the winner’s or leader’s lead in points of all votes cast. * Still counting: where we expect the count to finish. The move is the 2026 margin against the 2024 presidential margin on the same ground, for races between a Democrat and a Republican.

Ticket splitting

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Across the 46 counties, the Senate race went D+4.5 and the governor's race R+4.5: the Senate margin ran 9.0 points more Democratic than the governor's. 7 counties were carried by different parties in the two.

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Points of difference between the Senate margin and the governor's in each county.

Sen. D, Gov. RSen. R, Gov. DR+60R+30R+3000D+30D+30D+60D+60same margin in both ↗Governor marginSenate margin
Each circle is a county, its area the votes cast. Above the line the Senate Democrat did better than the governor Democrat; below it, worse.

45045carried by different parties

Senate
D+2.2Andrews against Graham
Governor
R+9.1Johnson against Wilson
Difference
D+11.3Andrews ran ahead
Votes
about 215,347
Most votes firstSen.Gov.Diff.
  • 45045D+2.2R+9.1D+11.3
  • 45019D+26.1D+13.0D+13.1
  • 45051R+21.5R+28.9D+7.4
  • 45079D+53.2D+45.6D+7.6
  • 45083R+4.7R+13.6D+8.9
  • 45091D+3.5R+4.7D+8.3
  • 45063R+7.7R+19.3D+11.6
  • 45015D+9.4D+0.8D+8.7
  • 45013R+2.7R+12.1D+9.4
  • 45007R+23.4R+33.0D+9.6
  • 45003R+4.5R+11.9D+7.4
  • 45035D+9.6D+0.9D+8.7
  • 45041D+14.7D+5.3D+9.4
  • 45077R+29.3R+39.8D+10.5
  • 45057R+5.3R+11.7D+6.4
  • 45085D+26.9D+21.6D+5.2
  • 45073R+31.8R+42.6D+10.8
  • 45043R+3.8R+12.6D+8.8
  • 45075D+43.9D+40.3D+3.6
  • 45055R+1.1R+9.8D+8.7
  • 45047R+5.2R+14.6D+9.4
  • 45031D+9.7D+1.6D+8.1
  • 45059R+16.3R+24.3D+8.0
  • 45021R+28.8R+35.5D+6.7
  • 45053D+2.0R+3.9D+6.0
  • 45071R+12.1R+22.1D+10.1
  • 45025R+5.4R+11.3D+5.9
  • 45029D+4.3R+3.9D+8.2
  • 45027D+5.6R+0.1D+5.6
  • 45023D+6.2D+0.5D+5.7
  • 45089D+38.8D+35.4D+3.3
  • 45067D+27.1D+22.1D+5.0
  • 45037R+12.7R+18.7D+5.9
  • 45039D+28.0D+21.7D+6.3
  • 45087R+11.3R+17.7D+6.4
  • 45001R+21.6R+28.7D+7.1
  • 45033D+9.9D+4.0D+6.0
  • 45011D+3.8R+1.1D+4.9
  • 45069D+23.4D+18.2D+5.2
  • 45081R+23.9R+32.7D+8.8
  • 45049D+18.7D+13.6D+5.1
  • 45061D+36.5D+32.0D+4.5
  • 45017D+7.1R+1.2D+8.3
  • 45065R+5.7R+12.8D+7.1
  • 45009D+32.3D+27.6D+4.7
  • 45005D+56.6D+54.4D+2.2

Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican in points of all votes cast in that race, from the counts the state’s election office has published so far; a county still counting is compared on what it has counted in both. A difference is not a count of split tickets: a voter who skipped one race moves it too.

South Carolina’s legislature

Senate1 of 46 seats on the ballotBefore12–34Leaders12–34Republicans keep control.Every district, mapped →House124 of 124 seats on the ballotBefore35–89Leaders45–7910 seats are led by another party than held them. Republicans keep control.Every district, mapped →

Counts are South Carolina’s official state and county counts, published by the South Carolina Election Commission. Where a race is still being counted, its margin is where we expect the count to finish, marked *. A move from 2024 is the 2026 margin against Kamala Harris’s margin over Donald Trump in the same place. A race is won when we call it or the state certifies it.