Election 2026 · South Carolina

South Carolina — Every 2026 Race

U.S. Senate

U.S. SenateWinner Andrews

South Carolina U.S. Senate

Election Day is November 3. This race exists because a senator died in July, his sister was appointed to replace him, and she then had to win the nomination from her own party to keep the…

Governor

GovernorWinner Wilson

South Carolina Governor

Election Day is November 3. Governor Henry McMaster is term-limited, every named handicapper rates this race Solid Republican, and the polling average has the Republican ahead by double…

U.S. House

U.S. HouseWinner Lacore

South Carolina's 1st District

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. This is the whole race — an open coastal seat, a relieved three-star admiral, a county councilwoman, and what the sources actually show. Read the…

U.S. House

South Carolina's 2nd District

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and voting is already underway in South Carolina. This is the whole race on the record we could verify — including one wrong date we correct so it…

U.S. HouseWinner Biggs

South Carolina's 3rd District

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and voting is already underway in South Carolina. This is the whole race on the record we could verify.

U.S. HouseWinner Timmons

South Carolina's 4th District

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and voting is already underway in South Carolina. This is the whole race on the record we could verify — including one spelling the sources cannot…

U.S. HouseWinner Climer

South Carolina's 5th District

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and voting is already underway in South Carolina. This is the only open seat in the South Carolina batch — the fuller end of short-form, because…

U.S. HouseWinner Clyburn

South Carolina's 6th District

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and voting is already underway in South Carolina. One name on some lists for this race cannot be verified at all. We print it as unverified — and…

U.S. HouseWinner Fry

South Carolina's 7th District

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and voting is already underway in South Carolina. The incumbent in this race also ran in a Senate primary this summer. He lost that one and is…

Statewide Offices

Attorney General

South Carolina Attorney General

Election Day is November 3. Alan Wilson, attorney general since 2011, left the seat to run for Governor, and no Democrat has held this office since Thomas Medlock left in 1995. David Stumbo…

Commissioner of Agriculture

South Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture

Election Day is November 3. Hugh Weathers is retiring after about twenty-two years as Commissioner of Agriculture, and both major-party nominees come from the same county. Cody Simpson, 35,…

Comptroller General

South Carolina Comptroller General

Election Day is November 3. This is the office that, for a decade, overstated South Carolina's General Fund cash position by about $3.5 billion — a reporting error in the stated balances,…

Secretary of StateWinner Hammond

South Carolina Secretary of State

Election Day is November 3. Mark Hammond has been South Carolina's Secretary of State since 2003 — he is seeking a seventh term, having been re-elected in 2022 with 63.3%. His challenger,…

State Treasurer

South Carolina State Treasurer

Election Day is November 3. Curtis Loftis has been Treasurer since 2011 and is seeking a fifth term — a year and a half after the State Senate voted 33–8 to remove him from office for…

Superintendent of Education

South Carolina Superintendent of Education

Election Day is November 3. Ellen Weaver, the Republican incumbent, won this office in 2022 at 55.5% — having completed, in about six months, the master's degree state law requires for it,…

Race pages are living documents — updated as reporting is verified. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

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