The statewide and U.S. Senate races below are on every South Carolina ballot. Local races (state House, county council, school board) depend on your exact address, so use the official lookup above for your complete ballot.
Two non-binding advisory questions appear on the South Carolina Republican primary ballot on June 9, 2026. These results do not change any law or rule. They let the Republican Party gauge where its primary voters stand on two policy directions. Democrats and unaffiliated voters casting a Democratic primary ballot will not see these questions.
South Carolina currently uses an open primary system: registered voters choose which party’s primary to participate in on Election Day, without declaring a party affiliation when they register. A YES result would signal support for moving to formal party registration — voters would declare a party at registration, and the state could then require voters to be registered with a party before voting in that party’s primary (a “closed primary” system used by many other states). A NO result signals support for keeping the current open system.
South Carolina school board races are currently nonpartisan — candidates appear on the ballot without a party label. A YES result would signal support for allowing school board candidates to run under a party label, the same way candidates for the state House, county council, and other offices do. Supporters argue party labels help voters quickly understand a candidate’s values and priorities. Opponents argue that education governance should be kept separate from partisan politics. A NO result signals support for keeping school board races nonpartisan.
Source: South Carolina Republican Party advisory ballot questions, June 9, 2026 primary. Advisory results are not legally binding and do not amend any state law.
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A party-line score is the share of recorded votes where a legislator voted the same way as the majority of their own party (political scientists call it a party-unity score). A high number means they vote with their party most of the time; a lower number means they cross the aisle more often.
Crossing the aisle is not automatically good or bad. It is just information. BallotLens shows the same measure for every party, so a Republican who often votes with Democrats and a Democrat who often votes with Republicans are shown the exact same way. Only people who hold or have held a legislative office have a roll-call record; candidates for executive offices or first-time candidates will not have one. Records for Congress come from VoteView and GovTrack; state-legislature records are linked from Ballotpedia.
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Data as of June 2026 (candidate filing closed March 31, 2026). South Carolina primary: June 9, 2026.