Oconee County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
5 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 2 Oconee County races, led by the South Carolina House District 1 contest.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Oconee County is split across 2 South Carolina House districts.
Find your districts by addressSouth Carolina House: 2 districtsDistricts 1, 2
South Carolina House District 1Bill Whitmire (R) · Jasmine Williams (D)
Bill Whitmire
Bill Whitmire is a retired educator with the School District of Oconee County and owner of S & W Farms, per the South Carolina House of Representatives. He has served on the state Education Oversight Committee and the S.C. Family Caucus, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.
Jasmine Williams
Top priorities
- Closing rural-urban teacher pay gaps and making school meals free
- Expanding Medicaid coverage for uninsured South Carolinians
- Reforming road maintenance funding and studying mileage fees for commercial vehicles
Per the campaign site.
About Jasmine Williams
Jasmine Williams was born and raised in Long Creek, South Carolina, and works for a local environmental nonprofit focused on protecting the rivers and forests of Oconee and Pickens counties, per Williams's campaign site.
Bill Whitmire (Republican), Jasmine Williams (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Bill Whitmire is the sitting member, per the House roster. Bill Whitmire won the June 9 Republican primary with 59.8 percent over Craig A Diem (40.2 percent). Jasmine Williams won the June 9 Democratic primary with 67.0 percent over Juni Lynch (33.0 percent). South Carolina primaries require a majority (June 23 runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the SC Election Commission's Candidate Tracking System active list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageSouth Carolina House District 2Christopher Damian Des Marais (Libertarian) · Adam Duncan (R) · Candace Schutt (D)
Christopher Damian Des Marais
No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.
Adam Duncan
Adam Duncan is a safety director and high school coach and a native of Oconee County, per the South Carolina House of Representatives. He is a graduate of West Oak High School and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.
Candace Schutt
Candace Schutt is the Democratic nominee for South Carolina House District 2 in Oconee County, per WSNW radio. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.
Christopher Damian Des Marais (Libertarian), Adam Duncan (Republican), Candace Schutt (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Adam Duncan is the sitting member, per the House roster. Christopher Damian Des Marais (Libertarian) also qualified for the November ballot, per the Election Commission's listing. South Carolina primaries require a majority (June 23 runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the SC Election Commission's Candidate Tracking System active list (read September 7, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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South Carolina's June 9 primaries required a majority, with June 23 runoffs where no candidate reached one; unopposed nominees still print, and minor-party nominees and petition candidates certified by the Election Commission join the November 3 ballot, per the SC Election Commission's Candidate Tracking System.
Who is on the ballot in Oconee County, South Carolina on November 3, 2026?
Oconee County sample ballot 2026: who is running for south carolina house, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in South Carolina?
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