Little, Lollis and Nabors win school board seats as District 55 race awaits final count
November 4, 2026
Three contested Laurens County school board races were decided in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, general election. The outcome of the fourth, the Laurens County School District 55 Seat 6 race, will depend on the review of provisional ballots.
All results are unofficial until they are certified by the Laurens County Board of Voter Registration and Elections.
District 55 Seat 6 too close to call
Nick Babb led Lee McDaniel 694 to 673 for the Seat 6 position, currently held by Peggy Nance. Babb’s total came to 49.96 percent of the 1,389 votes cast, one vote short of the majority required to win the seat outright. Write-in candidates received 22 votes.
About seven provisional ballots countywide will be reviewed when the Laurens County Board of Voter Registration and Elections certifies the results at 10 a.m. Friday at the election office. If Babb reaches a majority once those ballots are counted, he will win the seat. If not, Babb and McDaniel will face each other in a runoff.
District 55 school board
Incumbent Cathy Little, who chairs the Board of Trustees, won reelection to Seat 2. She defeated Melissa Brown 933 to 709, or 56.5 percent to 42.9 percent.
Mike Hughes was unopposed for Seat 4 and received 1,328 votes.
District 56 school board
Elizabeth Plaxico Lollis defeated Jake Patterson 365 to 244, or 59 percent to 39.4 percent, for Seat 6. The seat is currently held by Jan Simmons.
David Nabors defeated Jason R. Mode 429 to 241, or 63.2 percent to 35.5 percent, for Seat 7. The seat is held by longtime Clinton High School football coach Keith Richardson.
Teresa Corley was unopposed for Seat 5 and received 722 votes.
County Council and county offices
Laurens County Council will have three new members, all Republicans who ran unopposed:
District 1: Nancy Garrison, 3,035 votes
District 4: Jimmy Poole, 3,503 votes
District 5: Darryl Halbert, 2,458 votes
Republicans also ran without opposition for county offices. Kevin Nix was elected probate judge, Linda Walden Hodges auditor and Cynthia Burke county treasurer.
Soil and water and watershed districts
Nelson Crisp and Patrick Jackson were elected to the two open seats on the Laurens County Soil and Water Conservation District Commission, with 9,738 and 7,113 votes.
In the watershed conservation districts, voters elected:
Duncan Creek: Harold McClintock Jr.
Rabon Creek: Casey Robinson and Nick Wham
Beaverdam-Warrior Creek: Maxcy P. Hunter Jr.
