Lexington County SC state political races go exactly as one would think while mostly Republicans car

Lexington, SC (Paul Kirby) – It took until approximately midnight Tuesday to count all the votes in the 2018 general election in Lexington County. When all the ballots were in and tallied, there were really no surprises in who the people of the county want to serve them in Columbia at the SC State House. Since Lexington County is so heavily Republican, most, if not all the races were won in the June primary. Here are the results from last night.

• Governor – Henry McMaster (Also won statewide & not just in Lexington County)

• Secretary of State – Mark Hammond (Also won statewide & not just in Lexington County)

• State Treasurer – Curtis Loftis (Also won statewide & not just in Lexington County)

• Attorney General – Alan Wilson (Also won statewide & not just in Lexington County)

• Superintended of Education – Molly Spearman (Also won statewide & not just in Lexington County)

• Commissioner of Agriculture – Hugh Weathers (Also won statewide & not just in Lexington County)

• Senate District 20 – Dick Harpootlian (This race was won by a Democrat but only a very small portion of the district is in conservative Lexington County)

• State House 29 – Cal Forrest

• State House 69 – Chris Wooten

• State House 71 – Nathan Ballentine

• State House 85 – Chip Huggins

• State House 87 – Paula Rawl Calhoon

• State House 88 – Mac Toole

• State House 89 – Micah Caskey

• State House 93 – Russell Ott (This race was won by a Democrat but only a very small portion of the district is in conservative Lexington County)

• State House 96 – Kit Spires