Horry County June elections: candidates, key dates, polling locations. What to know
Horry County’s 2026 primary elections are almost here, and this summer, residents will vote on offices from the local school board to the governor.
Primary Election Day is Tuesday, June 9, 2026. Here’s what Horry County voters should know about who’s running and when, where and how to make their voices heard this election season.
Who’s on the ballot?
Each primary voter can only cast one ballot, so they must choose either a Democrat ballot or a Republican ballot. Here’s who’s running in the June 9, 2026, primary election.
On the Democratic ballot, all Horry County voters can select:
One candidate for governor:
- Jermaine Johnson
- Mullins McLeod
- Billy Webster
One Secretary of State candidate:
- Jason Belton
- Edwina Winter
One state treasurer candidate:
- Vincent Coe
- Trav Robertson Jr.
One comptroller general candidate:
- Tiffany Boozer
- Bruce K. Cole
One state superintendent of education candidate:
- Lisa Ellis
- Sylvia Wright
One U.S. Senate candidate:
- Annie Andrews
- Brandon P. Brown
- Kyle Freeman
Additionally, certain Horry County Democratic voters can select:
S.C. House of Representatives District 61 residents can select one candidate:
- Pete Bember
- Carol Goodman
S.C. House of Representatives District 103 residents can select one candidate:
- Carl Anderson (Incumbent)
- Wendell Padgett
The Horry County School District Board of Education also has Democratic candidates running unopposed in the primary, including District 1 candidate Louis Palm, District 3 candidate Diane Middleton and District 7 candidate Janet P. Graham
On the Republican ballot, voters can select:
One candidate for governor:
- Pamela Evette
- Joshua Kimbrell
- Nancy Mace
- Ralph W. Norman
- Rom Reddy
- Alan Wilson
One attorney general candidate:
- Stephen Goldfinch
- David M. Pascoe
- David Stumbo
One commissioner of agriculture candidate:
- Jeremy B. Cannon
- Danny Ford
- Cody Simpson
- Fred West
One U.S. Senate candidate:
- Calvin Cowen
- Thomas Keith Dismukes
- Lindsey Graham (Incumbent)
- Pat Herrmann
- Mark Lynch
- Darius L. Mitchell
One Horry County Board of Education chair candidate:
- Darrell Ricketts
- Melanie J. Wellons
Republican primary voters can also answer yes or no on the following advisory questions:
- Should people have the right to register with the political party of their choice when they register to vote?
- Should candidates for local school boards be able to run as a candidate of the political party of their choice, just like candidates for other elected offices?
Additionally, certain Horry County Republican voters can select:
District 2 Horry County School District residents can select one Board of Education district candidate:
- Meredith Kennedy
- Thomas Vaughn
District 3 Horry County School District residents can select one Board of Education district candidate:
- J.D. Davis
- David Frierson
- Tracy Winters (Incumbent)
District 10 Horry County School District residents can select one Board of Education district candidate:
- Jason Morgan
- David Warner
- Stephen Whisnant
The Horry County School District Board of Education also has Republican candidates running unopposed in the primary, including District 1 candidate David Koch (incumbent), District 6 candidate Pam Dawson (incumbent) and District 7 candidate Sonya Sasser.
Primary Election Day voting in Horry County
On Election Day – Tuesday, June 9, 2026 – voters must cast a ballot at their precinct’s polling location, which can be found online at MySCVotes. All polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., and any voter in line by 7 p.m. can vote.
Primary election early voting
Voters who want to get a head start can visit any voting center in their county to cast a ballot every day from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday, June 5, 2026.
In Horry County, early voting sites include:
- Aynor Town Hall at 600 S. Main St., Aynor, SC 29511
- Carolina Forest Recreation Center at 2254 Carolina Forest Blvd., Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
- HGTC Business Center at 950 Crabtree Lane, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
- Loris Public Safety Building at 3909 Walnut St., Loris, SC 29569
- North Strand Recreation Center at 120 Highway 57 S., Little River, SC 29566
- South Strand Recreation Center at 9650 Scipio Lane, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588
- Voter Registration and Elections at 1515 4th Ave., Conway, SC 29526
How to check South Carolina voter registration
South Carolina voters can check their registration and find their polling place quickly online on the MySCVotes website. The search requires a first and last name, county of residence and last four Social Security number digits. With that information, voters can see a sample ballot and voting precinct.
South Carolina voting requirements
Voters are required to bring an approved form of photo identification to cast a ballot in South Carolina.
Forms of photo identifications accepted at polling locations:
- South Carolina driver’s license
- South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles ID Card
- South Carolina Concealed Weapons Permit
- South Carolina Voter Registration Card with a photo
- Temporary Identification Certificate
- US Passport
- Federal Military ID
Registered voters without an approved photo ID can get one from the Horry County Voter Registration Office or get a free ID card from DMV offices.
According to the South Carolina Elections Commission, voters who forget to bring their photo ID to their polling place can cast a provisional ballot that will count only if they show their Photo ID to their county elections office before South Carolina’s certification of the primary election on Friday, June 12.
The SCEC also says voters who bring a non-photo voter registration card to their polling place can cast a provisional ballot after signing an affidavit stating they have a reasonable impediment to obtaining a photo ID.