The U.S. Justice Department requested the personal information of 3.3 million South Carolina voters in August.

The South Carolina State Election Commission will have a new chairman effective Jan. 22 after months of turmoil and leadership changes

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The chairman overseeing the state’s elections agency resigned effective Wednesday, saying he felt the agency was in a good place after multiple controversies over the past year. West Columbia attorney Robert Bolchoz will become the next chairman,

Dennis Shedd, who has led the elections commission since 2024, announced he is resigning at a meeting where members are talking about the DOJ’s request to release voter data.

Several South Carolina lawmakers and candidates for governor are speaking out Tuesday as a new push to change how South Carolinians vote in primary elections gains publicity.

Several candidates for governor have weighed in on the ongoing House debate over whether and how to close primaries in South Carolina, which is a debate that has led to a split among Republicans.

Nancy Lacore, a three-star admiral and former chief of the Navy Reserves, is the latest Democratic candidate to enter the race for South Carolina‘s 1st Congressional District in the 2026 midterm elections.

Republicans are entering the 2026 midterms with a 53-47 majority in the Senate (including the two independents who caucus with the Democrats). This cycle, 35 Senate seats are up f

On Wednesday, Jan. 21, Governor Henry McMaster appointed Columbia attorney Robert Bolchoz as the next Chairman of the South Carolina State Election Commission (SEC).

Now, Nancy Lacore stepping into a different spotlight, taking what she learned in the Navy to Washington as a congressperson.