Here is a list of candidates on Charleston County ballots in the Nov. 8 general election. Other than congressional and statewide candidates, each person in a contested race received a City Paper survey to complete to qualify for an endorsement.
- Those endorsed by the City Paper are indicated with a check mark (✅).
- Those who did not complete the survey are marked “Did not respond,” or DNR.
- To read the answers for each candidate who completed the survey, click on the embedded link for their name.
- Charleston County school board candidates are at the bottom of the list. Click here to go quickly to that section.
Federal candidates
1st Congressional District
- ✅ Annie Andrews (endorsement editorial)
- Nancy Mace
- Joseph Oddo
6th Congressional District
- Duke Buckner
- ✅ Jim Clyburn (endorsement editorial)
Statewide candidates
Governor/Lieutenant Governor
- ✅ Joe Cunningham/Tally Parham Casey (endorsement editorial)
- Henry McMaster/Pamela Evette
- Bruce Reeves/Jessica Ethridge
Secretary of State
- Rosamounda Peggy Butler
- Mark Hammond
State Commissioner of Agriculture
- David Edmond
- Chris Nelums
- Hugh Weathers
State Superintendent of Education
- ✅ Lisa Ellis (endorsement editorial)
- Patricia M. Mickel
- Ellen Weaver
State Treasurer
- Curtis Loftis
- Sarah E. Work
S.C. House candidates
House District 15
- ✅ J.A. Moore
- Latrecia Pond (DNR)
House District 80
- Kathy Landing (DNR)
- ✅ Donna Brown Newton
House District 94
- ✅ Ilene Davis
- Gil Gatch (DNR)
House District 108
- Lee Hewitt (no challenger)
House District 109
House District 110
- Tom Hartnett (DNR)
- ✅ Ellis Roberts
House District 111
- Wendell Gilliard (no opposition)
House District 112
- ✅ David Stanley Artushin
- Joe Bustos (DNR)
House District 113
- Marvin R. Pendarvis (no opposition)
House District 114
- ✅ Michelle Brandt
- Gary Brewer (DNR)
House District 115
- Carroll O’Neal (DNR)
- ✅ Spencer Wetmore
House District 116
(no endorsement)
- Matt Leber (DNR)
- Chardale Murray (DNR)
House District 119
(no endorsement)
- Ken Fipps
- Leon Stavrinakis (DNR)
Charleston County candidates
Probate Judge
Register of Deeds
County Council District 8
- ✅ Joe Boykin
- Anna B. Johnson (DNR)
County Council District 9
Charleston County School Board of Trustees
School Board, District 1 (Mount Pleasant)
School Board, District 2 (East Cooper)
- Grace Bouldin Cowan
- Seana J. Flynn
- ✅ Sarah Shad Johnson
- Ed Kelley (DNR)
- E.J. Milligan
- Elizabeth Moffly
School Board, District 3 (Charleston-Mount Pleasant)
- Chris Collins (DNR)
- ✅ Pam McKinney
- Ashley Peele
- Thomas Ravenell (DNR)
School Board, District 4 (Charleston-North Charleston)
School Board, District 5 (West Ashley-North Charleston)
(no endorsement)
- Charlotte M. Bailey (DNR)
- Melissa Couture (DNR)
- Vivian Sheppard Pettigrew (DNR)
School Board, District 6 (West Ashley)
- ✅ Lee Runyon
- Eric Thorne
- Samuel Whatley II (DNR)
School Board, District 7 (West Ashley)
- Joy Brown
- ✅ Jen Mieras
- Sydney van Bulck
- Leah A. Whatley (DNR)
School Board, District 8 (Ravenel-Johns Island)
- Travis Bedson
- Helen Davis-Frazier (DNR)
- ✅ Darlene Dunmeyer
- Doris Johnson
School Board, District 9 (James-Folly-Kiawah islands)
- Forrest Bjork
- Graham Smith (DNR)
- ✅ Carol Tempel
NOTE: County Council incumbents Herb Sass (District 1) and Teddie Pryor (District 5) and newcomer Larry Kobrovsky (District 3) have no challengers.
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