Laurens County Voters Head to the Polls for 2026 Statewide Primary
June 9, 2026
Laurens County polling locations opened at 7 a.m. today for the 2026 South Carolina Statewide Primary, giving registered voters until 7 p.m. to cast their ballots in a number of competitive races up and down the ticket.
By the time primary day arrived, 2,704 Laurens County residents had already made their voices heard through early voting, representing approximately 6 percent of the county’s registered voter base.
Voters arriving at their precinct today will need to present an accepted form of photo identification, including a South Carolina driver’s license, DMV-issued ID card, photo voter registration card, federal military ID, concealed weapons permit, U.S. passport, or a Temporary Identification Certificate. Those without photo ID may cast a provisional ballot, which will be counted only if the voter presents valid identification to the Laurens County elections office before the election is certified on the Friday following the primary. Voters who have a reasonable impediment to obtaining photo ID may also cast a provisional ballot after signing an affidavit at the polling location.
Residents can look up their assigned polling place and view a sample ballot through their MySCVOTES account at scvotes.sc.gov.
Republican and Democratic ballots are both available today. The contested races appearing before Laurens County voters are listed below.
REPUBLICAN BALLOT
Governor Pamela Evette | Joshua Kimbrell* | Nancy Mace | Ralph Norman | Rom Reddy | Alan Wilson
*Joshua Kimbrell has suspended his campaign; however, his name will still appear on the ballot.
Attorney General Stephen Goldfinch | David Pascoe | David Stumbo
Commissioner of Agriculture Jeremy Cannon | Danny Ford | Cody Simpson | Fred West
U.S. Senate Calvin Cowen | Thomas Keith Dismukes | Lindsey Graham | Pat Herrmann | Mark Lynch | Darius Mitchell
SC House District 14 Luke Rankin | Rick Shealy
Laurens County Council, District 4 Libby Pinson | Jimmy Poole | Lonnie Wilson
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT
Governor Jermaine Johnson | Mullins McLeod | Billy Webster
Secretary of State Jason Belton | Edwina Winter
State Treasurer Vincent Coe | Trav Robertson Jr.
Comptroller General Tiffany Boozer | Bruce Cole
Superintendent of Education Lisa Ellis | Sylvia Wright
U.S. Senate Annie Andrews | Brandon Brown | Kyle Freeman
U.S. House, District 3 Eunice Lehmacher | Ernest Mackins
Republican voters will also weigh in on two advisory questions appearing on the ballot.
The first asks whether people should have the right to register with a political party of their choice at the time they register to vote. The second asks whether school board candidates should be allowed to run under a party affiliation, as candidates for other elected offices do.
Polls close at 7 p.m.
