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County Commission / Council · Beaufort County SC (5)

Beaufort County, South Carolina · 2026

From the permanent candidacy record: every candidate who has run for this office, with results where the source reports them. Race code US-SC-C45013-COUNTY_COMM-5.

2026 · General election · 2026-11-03

Joshua HowerRepublican · on the ballot · VM-20X-83V2 Lynn GersonDemocratic · on the ballot · VM-S8Y-SQZ1

Source: vrems.scvotes.sc.gov

2026 · Runoff · 2026-06-23

Joshua HowerRepublican · won · 766 votes (61.3%) · VM-20X-83V2 Mary Jeans OttoRepublican · lost · 484 votes (38.7%) · VM-SQM-QKRX

Source: enr-scvotes.org

2026 · Primary · 2026-06-09

Joshua HowerRepublican · result not on file · 827 votes (40.6%) · VM-20X-83V2 Mary Jeans OttoRepublican · result not on file · 683 votes (33.5%) · VM-SQM-QKRX Joe MaioranoRepublican · lost · 529 votes (25.9%) · VM-CZD-R1TY

Source: enr-scvotes.org