Early Voting in Primary Runoffs Starts Today

Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer

Early voting for the Tuesday South Carolina Primary Runoff in Anderson County is under way.

There are two runoff races.

In the United States House Dist. 3 race, Sheri Biggs will face Mark Burns. The two are vying to fill the seat which will be left vacant by Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-SC, who chose not to run for another term.

Burns received 35.72 percent of the primary election vote, 8,195 votes, and Biggs 33.24 percent, 5,842 votes.

In the race to fill the S.C. House Dist. 9 seat which will be left vacant by long-term legislator S.C. Rep. Anne Thayer, who is retiring, will feature attorney James Galyean and former West Pelzer Mayor Blake Sanders.

Sanders received 41.66 percent (1,852 votes) of the vote in the primary, to Galyean’s 38.78 percent, (1,763 votes). Rick Bradshaw, who received the remaining 551 votes in this race has endorsed Sanders in the runoff.

Sanders In the S.C. House Dist. 9 race, Blake Sanders and James Galyean were neck-and-neck with around 40 percent of the vote (as of 10 p.m. no official result numbers), and in the U.S. House Dist. 3 race to fill Jeff Duncan’s seat, Mark Burns will face Sheri Biggs in a runoff. Burns received 35.72 percent of the vote, 8,195 votes, and Biggs 33.24 percent, or 5,842.

All registered voters, whether they voted in the primary or not, are eligible to vote in the runoff elections. Only voters who voted Republican in the primary will be allowed to vote in the runoff since there are no Democratic Party runoff elections.

Early voting is scheduled today-Friday from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Anderson County Election Office, 301 N Main Street in Anderson and the Powdersville Branch Library, 4 Civic Court in Powdersville. For the Tuesday runoff, regular polling places will be open. To find your polling place, visit scvotes.gov