June 9 primary results affecting Sumter, Clarendon, Lee counties

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Here are the current results as they come in for primary races affecting Sumter, Clarendon and Lee counties.
An asterisk (*) represents the candidate is the incumbent running for re-election.

STATEWIDE

U.S. Senate – (R)

  • Duke Buckner — 6.1% — 28,347 votes
  • *Lindsey Graham — 67.57% — 313,739 votes (winner)
  • Michael LaPierre — 17.14% — 79,579 votes
  • Joe Reynolds — 9.19% — 42,664 votes

U.S. House of Representatives, District 5 (D)

  • Moe Brown — 67.89% — 31,922 votes (winner)
  • Sidney A. Moore — 32.11% — 15,101 votes

State Senate, District 29 (R)

  • J.D. Chaplin — 82.40% — 4,153 votes (winner)
  • Ronald Reese Page — 17.60% — 887 votes

State Senate, District 36 (D)

  • Eleazer Leazer Carter — 25.06% — 2,376 votes
  • *Kevin L. Johnson — 74.94% — 7,106 votes (winner)

State House of Representatives, District 64 (D)

  • Jack Furse — 34.55% — 1,176 votes
  • Kimberly O. Johnson — 49.03% — 1,669 votes (winner; absentee votes not official, but appear to push her to outright win)
  • Robert A. McFadden Sr. — 16.42% — 559 votes

State House of Representatives, District 64 (R) 

  • Hal Cercopely — 26.80% — 331 votes
  • Cindy Risher — 73.20% — 904 votes (winner)

SUMTER COUNTY

Coroner (D)

  • *Robbie Baker — 52.75% — 6,126 votes (winner)
  • Isaac Johnson — 47.25% — 5,488 votes

County Council, District 1 (D)

  • Caleb Mack Kershaw Jr. — 22.64% — 484 votes
  • *Chris Sumpter — 32.04% — 685 votes (advances to runoff)
  • Carlton B. Washington — 45.32% — 969 votes (advances to runoff)

County Council, District 5 (D)

  • *Vivian Fleming-McGhaney — 61.19% — 1,318 votes (winner)
  • Kenny Rose — 38.81% — 836 votes

CLARENDON COUNTY

Probate Judge (D)

  • Peggy Holland Knox — 40.83% — 1,108 votes
  • *Margaret Jackson Sorrell — 59.17% — 1,606 votes (winner)

Coroner (D)

  • Jacqueline Blackwell — 60.91% — 1,658 votes (winner)
  • *Bucky Mock — 39.09% — 1,064 votes

LEE COUNTY

School Board, District 3 (D)

  • *Queenie M. Boyd — 69.05% — 174 votes (winner)
  • Joshua Caughman — 30.95% — 78 votes

School Board, District 7 (D)

  • Marcia Henry — 41.08% — 122 votes
  • Lucretia N. Mack — 58.92% — 175 votes (winner)

Updated 11:18 a.m. Wednesday, June 10. Source: S.C. Election Commission.