Democratic primary · June 9, 2026
South Carolina Governor Democratic primary
Jermaine Johnson won the Democratic primary on June 9, 2026, advancing to the general election on November 3, 2026.
Where this race stands
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Primary result · Democratic primary
Official outcome · June 9, 2026 · forecast shown for reference1Johnson
2Webster
3McLeod
All polls · 4 results
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| Date | Pollster · trust signals | n · pop | Johnson | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1 | The Citadel | 427 · LV | 33 | — |
| May 30 | The Citadel | 427 · LV | 33 | — |
| May 20 | Conquest Communications Group/South Carolina Policy Council | 500 · LV | 27 | — |
| Jan 31 | Targoz Market Research/South Carolina Policy Council | 348 · LV | 25 | — |
Endorsements · Democratic primary · 19 total
Source · Wikipedia · 0 candidates with no endorsements yetJermaine Johnson · 19
DJermaine Johnson19 endorsers
Most notable · Annie McDaniel · HD-41 (2018–present)
Elected officials18
Federal 1State 17Local 0
Elected officials · 18
- Annie McDaniel · HD-41 (2018–present)
- Bill Clyburn · HD-82 (1995–present)
- Carl Anderson · HD-103 (2005–present)
- Courtney Waters · HD-113 (2025–present)
- Hamilton R. Grant · HD-79 (2025–present)
- Heather Bauer · HD-75 (2022–present)
- J. David Weeks · HD-51 (2000–present)
- John Richard C. King · HD-49 (2009–present)
- Kambrell Garvin · HD-77 (2018–present)
- Leon Howard · HD-76 (1995–present)
- Michael F. Rivers Sr. · HD-121 (2016–present)
- Ro Khanna · CA-17 (2017–present)
- Robert Q. Williams · HD-62 (2007–present)
- Robert Reese · HD-70 (2024–present)
- Rosalyn Henderson-Myers · HD-31 (2017–present)
- Seth Rose · HD-72 (2018–present)
- Wendell K. Jones · HD-25 (2022–present)
- Jerry Govan Jr. · HD-93 (1992–2022, 2024–present)
Organizations1
Organizations · 1
- AFL-CIO · arolina AFL-CIO
Money in this primary
FEC · per-candidate committees · last filing —No FEC committee filings yet for the Democratic primary candidates. Most primary candidates file quarterly; if the primary is recent the data may take a few weeks to appear.
In the news
40 shown · last 30d · Google NewsNews volume · 30d
102 articles · building history
News volume · last 30d
Articles102
Trendbuilding history
Article counts indexed by Google News; the sparkline traces weekly volume across the window.
Net favorability
+0.17
Coverage lean (D−R) · shift −0.16 wk
Net favorability
Score+0.17
Week-over-weekshift −0.16 wk
Tone of coverage, D minus R, scored from −1 (all R-favorable) to +1 (all D-favorable). 0 is balanced.
Coverage tilt
D 17%
Neutral 83%
17% of outlets rated · by editorial lean
Coverage tilt · by outlet lean
D-leaning outlets17%
Neutral83%
R-leaning outlets0%
17% of outlets classified by editorial lean
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Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 4deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested2 platformsupdated 11h ago
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE
Endorsements93 totalWikipedia scrape
News coverage40 / 30dGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks