Upcoming elections in South Carolina
A free, nonpartisan guide to elections in South Carolina. Learn about candidates and officials on your ballot, including who is independent of partisan and big-money influence.
Local elections in South Carolina
Explore offices coming up for election near you. Offices with this symbol have candidates on the ballot who have taken the People First Pledge to serve people first, independent of both major parties and big-money interests.
Candidates and officials who took the People First Pledge
Candidates and elected officials in South Carolina who have taken the People First Pledge. Read why they’re running and serving, in their own words.
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Candidates and elected officials with this symbol took the People First Pledge, promising to serve people first, independent of both major parties and big-money interests.
Candidates with this symbol run without either major party's endorsement. They signed the People First Pledge to serve people first, independent of both major parties and big-money donors.
You can't research every candidate. This symbol tells you something concrete: they signed the People First Pledge to run without major-party endorsements, raise most of their money from individuals, and stay accountable to you.
Michelle Goodwin Calwile
Greenville County School Board - Area 25
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Independents are winning close to home
Independent and nonpartisan candidates from South Carolina and across the country have run without major parties, won, and are now holding office.
Jennifer HutchinsonSchool Board Member, Rock Hill, SC
“I decided to run because I want to be an advocate for the Rock Hill community — not just people of color, but just the working class,”
Joe OddoFormer Congressional Candidate, District 6, SC
“People should consider not wasting their vote anymore on either of the big two, because we have the solutions that nobody addresses.”
Kathy LarsonSchool Board Candidate, Wayne County, NC
“I'm very passionate about being unaffiliated, intentionally so, because I don't think that either side has it all figured out. I don't agree 100% with every single thing on either side. I particularly am disturbed and saddened by the increasing division in our country between the two parties, the anger, vitriol, and rudeness.”
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