Are you ready to vote in South Carolina’s primary? Here’s who is running and what to know

Emalyn Muzzy
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In a few months, South Carolina will host a primary for its state government positions.

This fall, Horry County residents will vote in the general November election for president, county sheriff, U.S. representative and state legislators, among other positions. Before that, there’s the primary.

The primary election will be held on June 11, a Tuesday, and only a handful of the districts will be voting. One out of the 11 South Carolina House of Representative districts located in Horry County will vote and two out of five state senate districts.

Votes will also be cast in one Horry County School board district. In other districts, only one registered candidate in each party is running unopposed.

South Carolina cast votes for presidential candidates during the Feb. 3 presidential primary. President Joe Biden won for the Democrats and former president Donald J. Trump for Republicans.

What to know

You can find your polling place here.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

When voting, you must bring a form of identification that can be a South Carolina driver’s license, U.S. passport, military ID, state DMV ID card or a state voter registration with photo.

You must be registered to vote at least 30 days in order to vote in the primary.

Early voting is from May 28 through June 7. Early voting centers are open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Here’s who is running and where the voting districts are found.

U.S House of Representatives

Horry County is located in South Carolina district seven for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Republican

Russell Fry is the current incumbent and he is running for re-election unopposed.

Democrat

South Carolina State Senate

Here is an interactive district map to see where the districts are located.

District 32

District 33

South Carolina House of Representatives

Here is a map showing the House of Representative districts.

District 57

District 58

  • Jeff Johnson, Republican incumbent since 2014

  • John Beatty, Republican

District 61

District 106

Horry County School Board

Horry County School Board District 11 covers the county north of Conway, as shown on this map.

District 11