2026 South Carolina elections

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The2026 South Carolina elections will be held in thestate ofSouth Carolina on November 3, 2026, alongside thenationwide midterm elections. Elections will be held for aU.S. Senate seat,governor, as well as other statewide executive offices, all 7 of the state'sU.S. House of Representatives seats and all seats in theState House.Primary elections will be held on June 9, 2026, with runoff elections being held on June 23.^[1]

A solidlyred state, South Carolina has consistently supportedRepublicans in recent decades.Democrats have not won South Carolina on the presidential level since1976, whenJimmy Carter won most of theDeep South.^[2] Democrats have not won any statewide office in South Carolina since2006, whenJim Rex was elected asSuperintendent of Education.^[3]

Incumbent Republican senatorLindsey Graham, who was re-elected in2020 with 54.4% of the vote, is running for re-election to a fifth term in office.^[4]

Paul Dans, the main architect ofProject 2025, is challenging Graham for the Republican nomination.^[5]

All of South Carolina's 7 seats in theUnited States House of Representatives are up for election in 2026.

6 seats are currently held byRepublicans, and 1 is currently held by aDemocrat.^[6]

Incumbent Republican governorHenry McMaster, who was re-elected with 58.04% of the vote in2022, is term-limited and cannot seek re-election a third full term in office.^[7]

Lieutenant GovernorPamela Evette, state senatorJosh Kimbrell, U.S. representativesNancy Mace andRalph Norman, and attorney generalAlan Wilson are running for the Republican nomination.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

Incumbent Republican attorney generalAlan Wilson, who was re-elected unopposed in2022, declined to seek re-election and is instead running forgovernor.^[13]

SolicitorsDavid Pascoe and David Stumbo, as well as state senatorStephen Goldfinch, are running for the Republican nomination.^[14][15][16]

Incumbent Republican secretary of stateMark Hammond, who was re-elected in2022 with 63.3% of the vote, is eligible to run for re-election to a seventh term in office but has not yet stated if he will do so.

Incumbent Republican treasurerCurtis Loftis, who was re-elected in2022 with 79.7% of the vote, is running for re-election to a fifth term in office.^[17]

TheSouth Carolina Senate voted to remove Loftis from office in a 33–8 vote in April 2025 following his involvement in a $1.8 billion accounting error, but the House did not vote on his removal before the end of their legislative session.^[18]

Republican ComptrollerRichard Eckstrom, who was re-elected unopposed in2022, left office on April 30, 2023, following the discovery of a $3.5 billion accounting error.^[19] GovernorHenry McMaster appointed DemocratBrian J. Gaines to serve the remainder of Eckstrom's term. He is not running for a full term.^[20][21]

Republican SuperintendentEllen Weaver was first elected in2022 with 55.5% of the vote. She is eligible to run for re-election to a second term in office, but has not yet stated if he will do so.^[22]

Lisa Ellis, the Democratic nominee for Superintendent of Education in2022, is running in 2026.^[22] She is being challenged in the Democratic primary by Sylvia Wright.^[23]

Incumbent Republican commissionerHugh Weathers was re-elected in2022 with 77.6% of the vote. He is retiring.^[24]

Fred West, the director of market development at theSouth Carolina Department of Agriculture, is running for the Republican nomination. He is endorsed by Weathers.^[24]

All 124 seats in theSouth Carolina House of Representatives are up for election in 2026.

Republicans currently hold 88 seats in the State House, and Democrats hold 36.

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