ELECTION 2022 RESULTS: Local, state, congressional races impacting Sumter, Clarendon, Lee counties
Here is a list of results (listed by percentage then votes), reported by the South Carolina Election Commission, of contested races that impact Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties. For more coverage, go to www.theitem.com/election2022.
TRI-COUNTY STATE and CONGRESSIONAL SEATS
* Counties reporting: 46/46
Governor
- Henry McMaster (R) – 58.10% | 980,069 - winner
- Joe Cunningham (D) – 40.61% | 684,935
Secretary of State
- Mark Hammond (R) – 66.40% | 1,062,401 - winner
- Rosemounda Peggy Butler – 36.53% | 612,099
State Superintendnet of Education
- Ellen Weaver (R) – 55.57% | 929,442 - winner
- Lisa Ellis (D) – 39.55% | 661,500
U.S. Senate
- Tim Scott (R) – 62.96% | 1,057,341 - winner
- Krystle Matthews (D) – 36.93% | 620,239
U.S. House of Representatives, District 5
- Ralph Norman (R) – 64.03% | 154,157 - winner
- Evangeline Hundley (D) – 34.44% | 82,924
U.S. House of Representatives, District 6
- Duke Buckner (R) – 37.85% | 79,657
- James E. Jim Clyburn (D) – 62.04% | 130,547 - winner
State House of Representatives, District 50
- Marvin Jones (R) – 39.86% | 5,182
- Will Wheeler (D) – 60.04% | 7,805 - winner
State House of Representatives, District 64
- Fawn Pedalino (R) – 55.12% | 7,758 - winner
- Kimberly O. Johnson (D) – 44.78% | 6,303
SUMTER COUNTY
* Precincts reporting: 58/58
Soil and Water District Commission (vote for 2)
- Tommy Laney – 33.73% | 7,718 - winner
- John Lee Newman – 40.31% | 9,224 - winner
- John Earl Perry – 24.55% | 5,618
School Board District 1
- Brian Alston – 37.51% | 764 - runoff
- Daniel Palumbo – 35.40% | 721 - runoff
- Sharon Teigue – 25.82% | 526
School Board District 2
- Frank Baker – 39.41% | 966 - runoff
- Brittany English – 42.96% | 1,053 - runoff
- John Wrenn Jr. – 16.32% | 400
School Board District 3
- Ralph W. Canty Sr. – 53.27% | 1,742 - winner
- Johnny Hilton – 45.66% | 1,493
School Board District 4
- Tarah Cousar Johnson – 36.63% | 1,118 - runoff
- Daryl McGhaney – 19.36% | 591
- Monica Squires – 32.27% | 945 - runoff
- Leon Winn – 11.27% | 344
School Board District 5
- Shawn Ragin – 67.62% | 1,493 - winner
- Mary Singleton – 31.07% | 686
School Board District 6
- Matthew “Mac” McLeod – 56.49% | 1,515 - winner
- Venitia Reebel – 14.77% | 396
- Robby Robinson – 27.70% | 743
School Board District 7
- Gloria Rose Lee – 46.28% | 940
- Shery Smith – 52.63% | 1,069 - winner
School Board District 8
- Phil Leventis – 40.22% | 1,332 - runoff
- Sherril Ray – 16.27% | 539
- Paul Robbins – 11.81% | 391
- Jeff Zell – 30.98% | 1,026 - runoff
School Board District 9
- Bonnie Disney – 66.49% | 1,343 - winner
- Reginald “Reggie” Evans – 32.28% | 652
Sumter County Penny for Progress Referendum Ballot Question
- Yes – 49.16% | 13,449
- No – 50.84% | 13.909 - winner
Sumter City Council District 1
- Joe Brown – 33.53% | 338 - runoff
- Reginald “Reggie” Evans – 6.21% | 62
- Derek Gamble – 24.22% | 242
- Anthony Gibson – 26.23% | 262 - runoff
- Barbette Thames – 8.21% | 82
CLARENDON COUNTY
* Precincts reporting: 25/25
Clarendon County Council District 1
- Joseph A Pedalino (R) – 48.84% | 1,541
- Billy Richardson (D) – 51.06% | 1,611 - winner
Clarendon County Council District 3
- Pat Coker (R) – 61.34% | 1,680 - winner
- Benton Blakely (D) – 38.59% | 1,057
Clarendon County Capital Project Sales and Use Tax
- Yes – 42.42% | 4,567
- No – 57.58% | 6,199 - winner
Clarendon County Change in County Council Composition
- Yes – 53.90% | 5,797 - winner
- No – 46.10% | 4,959
LEE COUNTY
There are no locally contested races in Lee County.