Editor's note: Republican Vic Dabney also filed to run for the S.C. House District 45 seat. His name was left out of the original story. Additionally, it is Stuart Graham who is running for the Lancaster Council District 1 seat, not his incumbent father, Terry Graham, as initially indicated.
LANCASTER, S.C. — Candidates have officially filed to run in both the upcoming primary and general elections.
Individuals seeking to run for public offices in Lancaster County and statewide had through the end of March to file as candidates for their party’s nomination.
Depending on the number of candidates within each party, some will proceed to a primary election to determine their party’s front-runner for the November election.
Some of the notable contested elections in this cycle include U.S. House District 5, State Senate Districts 17 and 27, and Lancaster County Council Districts 1 and 7.
Candidates for State House District 65, Lancaster County Council Districts 3 and 5, and the entire slate of other Lancaster County elected officials are uncontested.
The following individuals have filed to run, according to scvotes.gov:
• Ralph Norman, Republican, incumbent
• Evangeline Hundley, Democrat
• Michael Johnson, R, incumbent
• Kiral Mace, Workers Party
State Senate District 17
• Mike Fanning, D, incumbent
State Senate District 27
• Penry Gustafson, R, incumbent
State House District 44
• Mike Neese, R, incumbent
State House District 45
• Brandon Newton, R, incumbent
State House District 53
• Richard Richie Yow, R, incumbent
State House District 65
• Cody T. Mitchell, R, incumbent
Lancaster County Council District 1
• John A. Delfausse, Forward Party
Lancaster County Council District 3
• Billy Mosteller, R, incumbent
Lancaster County Council District 5
• Steve Harper, R, incumbent
Lancaster County Council District 7
• Brian Carnes, R, incumbent
Lancaster County Sheriff
• Barry Faile, R, incumbent
Lancaster County Clerk of Court
Lancaster County Coroner
• Karla Knight Deese, R, incumbent
Lancaster County Auditor
• Suzette Connell Murphy, R, incumbent
Lancaster County Treasurer
• Carrie Williams Helms, R, incumbent
South Carolina’s statewide primary will be held June 11, with the general election on Nov. 5. For more details on the upcoming elections, visit www.scvotes.gov.
