It's budget season in Clarendon County, and with that comes elected officials presenting their budget requests to county council members, with one elected official requesting an assistant for a fourth time. For the upcoming fiscal year 2024-25 … more

In 2022, South Carolina House Rep. Fawn Pedalino, of District 64, won the seat with 55.12% of the vote, or 7,758 votes, over first-term incumbent Kimberly Johnson's 6,303 votes. This was the first time in four decades a Republican has held the … more

Here are some of the South Carolina state and local Sumter elections in 2024 with current elected officials and candidates who have filed for those seats below each current elected official (this is the most recent information shown on the state's … more

Clarendon County held special elections for Summerton and Manning mayoral races on Tuesday, April 2, and the official results are in. Manning Mayor Julia Nelson will continue to serve her community … more

Clarendon County held special elections for Summerton and Manning Mayoral races on Tuesday, April 2 and the unofficial results are in. According to the Clarendon County Voter Registration Office the … more

Liberty STEAM Charter School will see no changeover in its nine-member board of directors this year after three incumbents for elected seats won uncontested races recently and two appointed directors were reappointed. Jenny Knopf, the Rev. Marion … more

A lifelong Camden resident is running for South Carolina Senate seat 35, which is currently held by three-term South Carolina Democratic Sen. J. Thomas McElveen III. McElveen told The Sumter Item earlier this month that he will not be seeking … more

COLUMBIA (AP) — A federal court on Thursday ruled that this year's congressional elections in South Carolina will be held under a map that it had already deemed unconstitutional and … more