Elections · U.S. Senate · South Carolina
2026 South Carolina Senate race
Darline Graham (Republican), Annie Andrews (Democrat), Mark Hackett (Constitution) and Kasie Whitener (Libertarian) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. Senate in South Carolina, as recorded September 22, 2026 from the South Carolina State Election Commission.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Mark Hackett (Constitution) and Kasie Whitener (Libertarian).
Official candidate list: South Carolina State Election Commission. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Darline Graham
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2026 · Age 62
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in South Carolina
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 30 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 367,411 votes
- Annie Andrews Won: 61.5% 226,075
- Brandon Brown: 30.2% 110,962
- Kyle Freeman: 8.3% 30,374
Primary source: South Carolina Election Commission certified primary results. Certified June 12, 2026.
First round · 335,555 votes
- Darline Graham: 32.7% 109,881
- Ralph Norman: 24.6% 82,627
- Russell Fry: 19.7% 65,955
- Mark Sanford: 14.9% 50,136
- Mark Lynch: 5.9% 19,892
5 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
The runoff · 368,898 votes
- Darline Graham Won: 52.4% 193,486
- Ralph Norman: 47.6% 175,412
A special primary. Lindsey Graham won the June 9 Republican primary with 56.8% and died on July 11, 2026; the governor appointed Darline Graham to the seat on July 13, and the state held a new Republican primary on August 11 and a runoff on August 25.
Primary source: Official election results. Runoff source: Official election results.
Primary results as recorded September 23, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $19M
- Outside money
- $27M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $13.4M of the race's $27M was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other 2 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
28 filed- Andre BauerRepublican$216K
- Brandon BrownDemocrat$86K
- Paul DansRepublican$1.1M
- Thomas DismukesRepublican$26K
- Kyle FreemanDemocrat$54K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
R+10 in 2020
- Lindsey Graham Won: 54.4%
- Jaime Harrison: 44.2%
2,515,104 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 1.4%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between May 20, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.