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29212

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Lexington County, SC

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

12 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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29212 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Lexington County races

U.S. House, South Carolina District 2
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Zyon Khalifa
DEM
Biography
Zyon Khalifa is an Air Force veteran and 2023 University of South Carolina graduate who also holds a law degree from Southern University Law Center, per WFXG. Raised in Aiken County, he is the Democratic nominee for South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Infrastructure investment
  • Affordability for working families
  • Economic opportunity for small towns
Per the WFXG.
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Dayna Alane Smith
Biography
Dayna Alane Smith is the Workers Party candidate for South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the South Carolina Election Commission's general-election candidate listing. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Full profile
Joe Wilson portrait
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Joe Wilson
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Joe Wilson has represented South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District since 2001, per his official House biography. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Economy and jobs
  • National security and veterans issues
Per the house.gov.
Key voting record
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About this race
Zyon Khalifa (Democratic), Dayna Alane Smith (Workers Party), Joe Wilson (Republican) meet on the November 3 ballot for South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District, per the South Carolina Election Commission's general-election candidate listing. Joe Wilson won the June 9 Republican primary with 74.2 percent over Hamp Redmond (13.9 percent), Sam Gibbons (11.9 percent). No candidate reached 50 percent in the June 9 Democratic primary (David Robinson II 41.0 percent, Zyon Khalifa 34.1 percent, Roger Pruitt 20.0 percent and 1 others); Zyon Khalifa won the June 23 runoff with 53.8 percent over David Robinson II (46.2 percent). Dayna Alane Smith (Workers Party) also qualified for the November ballot, per the Election Commission's listing. South Carolina primaries require a majority; runoffs were held June 23. Results per the Election Commission's official results.
U.S. Senate
4 candidates
Federal ▾
Darline Graham portrait
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Darline Graham
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Darline Graham (Darline Graham Nordone) is South Carolina's sitting junior U.S. senator, appointed by Gov. Henry McMaster on July 13, 2026 and sworn in July 14 after the death of her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, per the governor's office. She spent nearly 30 years in state government, including as commissioner of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind and in roles at the state vocational rehabilitation agency and the Department of Employment and Workforce, per her campaign site. She is the Republican nominee for the full term on the November 3, 2026 ballot after winning the party's August 25 special nomination runoff, per the South Carolina Election Commission's candidate listing.
Top Priorities
  • Protect taxpayer dollars and government efficiency
  • Help South Carolinians find dignity through work
  • Conservative values and a lifetime of public service
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Annie Andrews
DEM
Biography
Andrews is a pediatrician who has spent nearly 20 years caring for South Carolina children, from newborns to adolescents, per the campaign site. She is a mother who says she decided to run after seeing families struggling in ways she believes should not be accepted as normal, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Expand access to healthcare
  • Build an economy that works for working people
  • Support strong schools and affordable child care
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Kasie Whitener
Biography
Kasie Whitener is a University of South Carolina clinical assistant professor of entrepreneurship, director of the Faber Entrepreneurship Center, a business owner and a radio host from Blythewood, per her campaign site. She is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the South Carolina Election Commission's candidate listing.
Top Priorities
  • A balanced budget amendment and reducing the national debt
  • Real oversight of government and ending protectionist policies
  • Independent, accessible representation over party operatives
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Mark Hackett
Biography
Mark Hackett is the Constitution Party nominee for U.S. Senate on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the South Carolina Election Commission's candidate listing. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
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Governor
4 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Alan Wilson
REP
Biography
Alan Wilson is the Republican nominee for South Carolina governor on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the South Carolina Election Commission's candidate listing, and the state's attorney general. His campaign emphasizes law enforcement, public safety, conservative legal leadership, veterans, and a Wilson-Reichenbach ticket for governor and lieutenant governor. Mike Reichenbach is the running mate for lieutenant governor, per the South Carolina Election Commission's general-election candidate listing.
Top Priorities
  • Strengthen law enforcement and public safety
  • Advance conservative legal and executive leadership
  • Support veterans, families, and economic growth
Campaign siteFull profile
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Jermaine Johnson
DEM
Biography
Jermaine Johnson is the Democratic nominee for South Carolina governor on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the South Carolina Election Commission's candidate listing, a former state representative, and community advocate. His campaign emphasizes accountability, education, economic fairness, health care, and a state government more responsive to working families. Sam Skardon is the running mate for lieutenant governor, per the South Carolina Election Commission's general-election candidate listing.
Top Priorities
  • Improve education and opportunity
  • Address affordability and health care access
  • Bring accountability and community-focused leadership to state government
Campaign siteFull profile
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Walid Hakim
Biography
Walid Hakim is the Green Party candidate for governor of South Carolina on the November 3, 2026 ballot, with Arnold E. Karr as the running mate for lieutenant governor, per the South Carolina Election Commission's general-election candidate listing. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
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Michael Addison
Biography
Michael Addison is a Medical Director who has provided care to more than 15,000 patients in South Carolina, per his campaign site. He is also a Licensed Asbestos Inspector and EPA- and OSHA-certified property damage analyst who has served as an expert witness in court, per the campaign site. He has worked as a community organizer with R.A.C.E., providing foreclosure prevention and job training assistance, and is running for Governor of South Carolina, per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Attorney General
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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David Stumbo
REP
Biography
David Stumbo is the Republican nominee for South Carolina attorney general, the 8th Circuit solicitor. He campaigns on prosecuting violent crime, backing law enforcement, and defending South Carolina law. The office is open with incumbent Alan Wilson running for governor.
Top Priorities
  • Prosecute violent crime
  • Back law enforcement
  • Defend South Carolina law
Campaign siteFull profile
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Richard Hricik
DEM
Biography
Richard Hricik is a Lowcountry attorney with more than 30 years of practice and the Democratic nominee for South Carolina attorney general on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per Live 5 News and the SC Election Commission's candidate listing. He is running without accepting campaign contributions or self-funding, per Live 5 News. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Defend the rule of law as the state's chief legal officer, per his Live 5 News interview
  • Give the attorney general's civil and consumer-protection duties more attention alongside criminal cases, per his Live 5 News interview
  • Run without donations, PACs or self-funding, per Live 5 News
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Secretary of State
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Mark Hammond
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Mark Hammond is South Carolina's incumbent secretary of state and the Republican nominee for another term, serving since 2003. He campaigns on business services efficiency and charity-fraud enforcement. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Efficient business filings
  • Charity-fraud enforcement
  • Customer service
Full profile
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Jason Belton
DEM
Biography
Jason Belton is a former state director of the South Carolina AFL-CIO, a small business owner and a father of six who became a U.S. citizen in 2018, per WSOC's Political Beat candidate guide; he is the Democratic nominee for secretary of state on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the SC Election Commission's candidate listing. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Oversight of voter-roll maintenance after the state moved to remove roughly 200,000 inactive registrations
  • Protecting naturalized citizens' access to voting
Per the WSOC's candidate guide.
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Superintendent of Education
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Ellen Weaver
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Weaver serves as South Carolina's State Superintendent of Education and previously worked with U.S. Senator Jim DeMint; the campaign site says she grew up in South Carolina with experience ranging from public education to construction work, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Literacy and academic achievement
  • School choice
  • Workforce-ready education
Campaign siteFull profile
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Sylvia Wright
DEM
Biography
Sylvia Wright has worked in South Carolina public education for more than twenty years, most recently as District Coordinator for Secondary Education at Dorchester School District Four, according to her campaign site. She holds a Doctor of Education degree from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Education from The Citadel, per the site.
Top Priorities
  • Preschool for every 4-year-old regardless of family income, per the SC Daily Gazette
Campaign siteFull profile
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Baba Amin Ojuok
Biography
Baba Amin Ojuok is on the SC Election Commission's candidate listing as the United Citizens Party candidate for Superintendent of Education on the November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of October 1, 2026.
Full profile
Treasurer
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
Curtis Loftis portrait
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Curtis Loftis
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Loftis is South Carolina's State Treasurer, first elected in 2010, overseeing the state's public funds, investments, and asset custody, per the campaign site. He is a small business owner and founder of the Saluda Charitable Foundation, and a graduate of the University of South Carolina, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Safeguard state funds
  • Investment transparency
  • Taxpayer protection
Campaign siteFull profile
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Vincent Coe
DEM
Biography
No campaign website was found as of September 27, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Shore up the state pension plan's unfunded liability, per WSOC's candidate guide
  • Return the more than $850 million in unclaimed property held by the state to its owners, per WSOC's candidate guide
  • Transparency after the treasurer's office accounting error, per WIS
Full profile
Comptroller
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Mike Burkhold
REP
Biography
Mike Burkhold is a Charleston businessman and founder of Equiscript, a healthcare technology company serving hospitals and health centers, per his Greenville News op-ed. The State reports he started Equiscript in 2009 and was the only Republican to file for comptroller general.
Top Priorities
  • Counting the state's money and showing voters where it goes, with weekly releases of state spending drawn from public records
Campaign siteFull profile
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Tiffany Boozer
DEM
Biography
Tiffany Boozer is a Certified Public Accountant with experience in financial reporting, analysis and compliance, per her campaign site. She is running for South Carolina Comptroller General, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Focuses her campaign on ensuring the state's accounting records are accurate and compliant with government accounting standards
Campaign siteFull profile
Agriculture Commissioner
4 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Cody Simpson
REP
Biography
Cody Simpson is a fifth generation South Carolina farmer, according to his campaign site. He is running for Commissioner of Agriculture with endorsements from President Donald Trump and Governor Henry McMaster, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Supporting South Carolina farm families and family farming operations
Campaign siteFull profile
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DeShawn Blanding
DEM
Biography
DeShawn Blanding grew up in the Silver Community of Clarendon County and is the grandson of a fourth generation South Carolina farmer, according to his campaign site. His career has focused on helping legislators, government officials and the public understand agriculture and food access, per the site.
Top Priorities
  • Increasing access to food and lowering food costs
  • Simplifying government processes for farmers with local solutions
  • Securing farmland and the food supply chain
Campaign siteFull profile
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Michael Sullens
Biography
Michael Sullens is on the SC Election Commission's candidate listing as the Libertarian candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture on the November 3, 2026 ballot. No campaign website was found as of October 1, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Increase South Carolina's infrastructure to keep South Carolina food in South Carolina to feed South Carolinians
Full profile
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Chris Nelums
Biography
Chris Nelums is an entrepreneur since 1985 and the chief pastor and overseer of Speak to My Heart Ministries in Winnsboro, per the ministry's leadership page, which also lists him as a 2018 statewide candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture and a Keenan High School and Benedict College graduate. No campaign website was found as of October 1, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Help struggling farmers, especially Black farmers
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Countywide races in Lexington County

ZIP 29212 sits in Lexington County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Lexington County races (23).

Lexington County Probate Judge
1 candidate
County ▾
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Brian Eckstrom
REP
Biography
Brian Eckstrom is an associate attorney at Moore Bradley Myers Law Firm, where his practice includes criminal defense, DUI defense, civil litigation and probate law, per his law firm biography. He previously spent about eight years as an assistant solicitor in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit focusing on DUI prosecution. Eckstrom is the son of longtime Lexington County Probate Judge Dan Eckstrom, per New Irmo News. Brian Eckstrom appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Lexington County Probate Judge, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Brian Eckstrom (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot for Lexington County Probate Judge, per the SC Election Commission's Candidate Tracking System (filing location Lexington County). Brian Eckstrom won the June 9 Republican primary with 66.4 percent over Cammie Campbell (33.6 percent). Results per the county's official Clarity results feed (enr-scvotes.org).
Lexington County Soil and Water District Commission
2 candidates
County ▾
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Kathryn Hensley
Biography
Kathryn Hensley appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Lexington County Soil and Water District Commission, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Kathryn Hensley.
Full profile
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Brad Sease
Biography
Brad Sease appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Lexington County Soil and Water District Commission, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Brad Sease.
Full profile
About this race
Kathryn Hensley (Nonpartisan), Brad Sease (Nonpartisan) meet on the November 3 ballot for Lexington County Soil and Water District Commission, per the SC Election Commission's Candidate Tracking System (filing location Lexington County). Nonpartisan office: no primary; the November 3 vote decides.
Watershed Conservation District, Hollow Creek (Lexington County)
1 candidate
County ▾
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Jeff Rikard
Biography
Jeff Rikard appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Watershed Conservation District, Hollow Creek (Lexington County), per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Jeff Rikard.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Jeff Rikard (Nonpartisan) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot for Watershed Conservation District, Hollow Creek (Lexington County), per the SC Election Commission's Candidate Tracking System (filing location Lexington County). Nonpartisan office: no primary; the November 3 vote decides.
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