About this page…

Meet the Candidates is a series of web pages that we hope will give you a good idea of what to expect on your York County ballot for the November 3 General Election. There is a Runoff election on June 23 for some Republican offices, but no Democrats are involved.

See our Voting in York County page for more details on things like Early Voting and Polling Places.

It’s important to note that the YCDP does not endorse candidates for the Primary. We attempt to list all Democratic Party candidates equally. These pages are designed to show you who’s running, and give you links to the candidate’s own web pages and social media. Of course there is a ton of news stories and other media that we can’t even try to keep track of.

Other places to look

The SC Votes Candidate Tracker‍ ‍shows all the candidates, but it’s a little confusing 😕. You’ll be presented with a bunch of drop-down boxes and several choices. Among them, you’ll have to choose between the Primary and General election (and make several more choices), and choosing Primary gives you a different result than choosing General. Most Primary candidates also appear in the General list and vice versa, but not all of them are on both lists 😵, so best to look at both. Third Party candidates do not have a primary, so only appear on the General Election list.

You can keep up on Ballotpedia, which reports candidates who have filed some form of paperwork, but perhaps haven’t actually filed run, like Bill Bledsoe. Wikipedia has even more detailed information, but may be less up-to-date, listing candidates who declared but never actually filed. This Meet the Candidates listing is up to date and complete.

Money in Politics:

SPOILER ALERT: Republicans raise a lot more than Democrats in South Carolina

Check out this FEC page, for Federal election fundraising totals – it’s eye-opening👁. The link takes you to the US House candidates in SC5, where the reports for the first quarter of 2026 (through March 31) are now listed. Yes, Republican Wes Climer, the Republican running for Congress from SC 5 has raked in over $750k💰, while Democratic competitor Mallory Dittmer raised about $80,000. Perhaps this will encourage you to open your checkbook (do you still use a checkbook?)

State Candidates report here. These reports cover every candidate and public official in the state from Governor to dog catcher, searched by last name (only). It’s a little hard to search — common names bring up dozens or hundreds of listings — but once you find your target, again, it’s eye opening and there is a lot of detail. Look hard enough and find the names of every contributor, and how much they gave. Of course this isn’t the dark money that goes to PACs, just what people are willing to be accountable for (or didn’t realize they were being reported in public records).

To request an update or report an error on this website, contact YCDPTV@gmail.com.