Meet the 2024
Democratic
Candidates

This information is left over from the 2024 General Election. Elections in 2025 are for non-partisan City and Town Councils/Boards. We’ll update this page for 2026 as the primaries get closer.

2024 Election Results:  SCVotes.gov.

We will preserve this page for a while until the 2026 election cycle gets underway (in about 15 minutes, it seems. See our section on Voting in York County for voting locations. This page will give you a brief introduction to the Democratic candidates for various offices affecting York County voters, with links to their various sites

See your sample ballot here.

Statewide

Governor/Lt. Governor

Officces that are not up for election in 2024 are crossed out

The Governor and Lt. Governor offices – and all other SC ‘Executive’ offices – are not up for election in 2024. These offices will be up for election in 2026.

US Senate

US Senators serve six-year terms. 2024 is an ‘off-year’ for Senate in South Carolina. Neither Senate office is up for election in 2024. Republican Lindsey Graham will be up for re-election in 2026. Republican Tim Scott will be up for re-election in 2028.

Regional Offices

The offices in this section serve only parts of York County. See the York County Political Maps section of this website to see the various political subdivisions.

The Democratic candidates below are all headed directly to the General Election in November, because no one filed to run against them. They did not appear in the June 11 Primary.

SC House District 49
Rep. John King (Rock Hill)

John has represented SC House District 49 since 2009. He ran unopposed for the seat in 2024, and facing only write-in oppositon, he received 98% of the vote

16th Circuit Solicitor's Office

The Solicitor is the chief prosecuting attorney within a judicial circuit. South Carolina has sixteen judicial circuits which are comprised of two or more counties within the State. The 16th Circuit covers York and Union Counties.

Republican Kevin Brackett, the incumbent, defeated Tyler Bratton in the Republican primary. The partisan office has a four-year term. He has no Democratic opposition, and the winner of the November election with 98% of the vote (write-ins are possible).

County Offices

The offices below serve only York County (or parts of York County).

See a full list of all political office holders serving York County (at the Federal, State and County level) here.

York County
School Boards

There are four School Districts in York County. Each ‘seat’ is non-partisan (in theory). The YCDP does not endorse candidates in non-partisan elections, and we won’t be listing candidates here. Candidate filing runs from August 1 – August 15, so this election was not part of the June Primary. Sevral candidate forums (recorded on YouTube) have been held, letting candidates present their platforms. This one has indexing for each candidate (only two were unable to participate).

Elections are held in even-numbered years, with staggered four-year terms. More info here.

Soil and Water
Conservation District Commission

The Commission consists of a board of five nonpartisan commissioners. There is a discrepancy between the York County website and the Commission’s own website. The County website says:

The Commission is comprised of five member seats, voted countywide, with staggered four-year terms. Three seats appear on the ballot during a Presidential election and two seats appear on the ballot during a Gubernatorial election.

The Commission’s website (which appears to be out of date), shows that three of the Commissioners are elected, while two are appointed.

While the Commission’s website does seem to be out of date (it lists Commissioners who’s terms expired in 2022), it appears to be correct about having three elected Commissioners and two appointed Commissioners. That’s based on York County’s Elected Representatives web page, which shows only three elected officials for Soil and Water. One of them, Peggy Palmer, is up for election this year.

However, no one has filed to run for Soil and Water Commissioner. Nevertheless, Catherine White is reported to have won the election according to SCVotes.gov. We remain confused.

Watershed Conservation Districts

We have a lot of people looking after our water, it seems. In addition to the Soil and Water folks, there are two Watershed Conservation Districts serving York County.

Each Commission is comprised of five member seats with staggered four-year terms. Only voters that live in the these districts will see these offices on their ballots. Three seats will appear on the ballot during a Presidential election and two seats appear on the ballot during a Gubernatorial election. The offices are nonpartisan, so we won’t be following the candidates.

Fishing Creek Watershed District 13
The Fishing Creek Watershed lies west of Rock Hill (map).

Tinker's Creek Watershed District 33
The Tinker’s Creek is south of Rock Hill and the Watershed District includes both York and Chester Counties.