South Carolina special primary, August 11, 2026

U.S. Senate

Republican primary

CALLED, GRAHAM

Projected winner

32.7%Darline Graham+8.1 over Norman

Votes counted

335,910of about 335,910 expected

Share of expected vote in

100.0%2,315 of 2,315 precincts have reported

Race called

>99%the feed has called it

The field

10 on the ballot, ordered by vote.

Darline GrahamINCUMBENT32.7%109,881 votes

Ralph Norman24.6%82,628 votes

Russell Fry19.7%66,011 votes

Mark Sanford14.9%50,136 votes

Mark Lynch5.9%19,918 votes

Danny Ford0.8%2,847 votes

Duke Buckner0.5%1,583 votes

Glenda Parker0.3%1,141 votes

Samuel Shepherd0.3%955 votes

Mark McBride0.2%810 votes

How the vote was cast

Of the 335,910 votes counted so far, 438,495 come with the ballot type published. Mail ballots are usually counted first and election-day ballots last, so a lead built on one can move as the others land. Each bar below is that way of voting on its own: who won it, and by how much.

Ballots counted so far, by type

Mail and absentee0.5%2,213 votesEarly in person18.7%82,182 votesElection day80.7%353,959 votesProvisional0.0%141 votes

Mail and absentee2,213 votes, 1% of the count

Graham29.0%641Fry20.4%451Norman17.0%377Sanford13.5%298Parker5.9%130Ford4.5%99

Graham won mail and absentee ballots by 8.6 points over Fry.

Early in person82,182 votes, 19% of the count

Graham29.1%23,889Norman24.9%20,449Fry22.8%18,770Sanford15.5%12,743Lynch5.3%4,331Ford0.9%741

Graham won early in person ballots by 4.2 points over Norman.

Election day353,959 votes, 81% of the count

Graham30.8%109,065Norman25.4%89,972Fry19.5%68,889Sanford14.4%50,858Lynch6.7%23,699Ford1.3%4,605

Graham won election day ballots by 5.4 points over Norman.

Provisional141 votes, 0% of the count

Graham41.8%59Norman19.9%28Fry14.2%20Sanford14.2%20Lynch8.5%12Ford1.4%2

Graham won provisional ballots by 22.0 points over Norman.

Registered voters across the counties in this race: 3,689,769 in total, 0 Democratic, 0 Republican, 0 unaffiliated or other. Registration is the whole electorate, not the primary electorate, so it sets the scale rather than predicting the result.

What is left to count

46 of 46 counties finished, 46 reporting anything.

Every county with an estimate has counted its expected vote.

Where the vote is coming from

Shaded for whoever leads each county, deeper where the margin is wider. Click one to pin it below.

GrahamNormanFrySanfordLynchFord

Every county

46 counties in this race. Every county has reported something. Click any of them to break it down above.

Live returns from the Decision Desk HQ public results feed. Percentages are the share within this contest. Where a county publishes no precinct count, progress is its counted vote against the expected total, or the feed’s own completion flag, and is labeled as such. Lead confidence describes how much of the vote is still out, not a polling forecast. Results are unofficial until certified.