By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
Ballots are set for November! Just over 10% of registered voters cast ballots in the primary runoffs, according to the state Election Commission’s unofficial tallies. That’s not nearly what it should’ve been. But low turnout is also common in runoffs. Read below for the results…
“We can’t focus on what divides us. We have to focus on what unites us.” - Attorney General Alan Wilson after winning the GOP nomination.
Attorney General Alan Wilson speaks to supporters Tuesday night after clinching the Republican nomination in the South Carolina governor’s race. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)
By Alexander Thompson and Jessica Holdman
Wow! It ended up being a blowout. The race was called less than 30 minutes after polls closed with only 8% of votes counted. Alan Wilson’s winning margin only grew as the counting continued. Jessica was at the attorney general’s election night party, while Alexander was in Myrtle Beach with Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s supporters. The race was called so quickly, there was a delayed reaction at Wilson’s party. It took nearly 15 minutes for the first cheers to go up there.
Cody Simpson with his 1-year-old golden retriever, Manning, outside his family’s general store in Clarendon County. (Photo courtesy of the Simpson campaign)
By Jessica Holdman
The candidate who calls himself “President Trump’s farmer in South Carolina” easily won the GOP nomination to become the state’s next agriculture commissioner. Cody Simpson won every county as he took a lopsided 63% of votes over Danny Ford II.
Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt, left, and Democrat Nancy Lacore, right, won their runoff elections Tuesday. (Photos courtesy of Jenny Costa Honeycutt and Nancy Lacore)
By Skylar Laird
In the state’s most competitive congressional race, a former chief of the Navy Reserve and a Charleston County councilwoman will face off for the coastal 1st District in November. The wins of Jenny Costa Honeycutt and Nancy Lacore from a crowded primary field guarantee the 1st District will continue to be represented by a woman. The race has already drawn national attention.
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