No winner was announced for the Spartanburg County Sheriff Special Primary, according to unofficial results from the county’s Board of Voter Registration and Elections. At the time of publication, 113 of Spartanburg’s 115 precincts have reported their results.
Provided results are certified as is, a runoff election between Rusty Clevenger and Bill Rhyne will be held on Aug. 19. The runoff is a result of neither candidate receiving 50% or more of the vote. Rusty Clevenger received 25.63%, and Bill Rhyne received 28.28%. No other candidate surpassed 20%.
Residents can cast their ballot in the runoff election from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19. Early voting for the runoff will be held Aug. 13-15. The winner of the runoff will run unopposed on the Nov. 4 general election ballot.
The Spartanburg County Council District Three Primary also ended with no official results, according to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections. Provided results are certified as is, a runoff election between Paul D. Abbott Jr. and Jason C. Lynch will be held on Aug. 19, alongside the Sheriff runoff.
The runoff is a result of neither candidate receiving 50% or more of the vote. Paul D. Abbott Jr. received 36.22%, and Jason C. Lynch received 34.03%. The winner of the County Council runoff will be on the November ballot, running against Democrat Kathryn Harvey and Forward Party candidate Sarah Gonzalez.
Over 25,000 Spartanburg residents came out to vote in the special primary election, with 5,300 voting early. With 207,904 registered voters in the county, the voter turnout rate was 12.4%.
View the certified results of these races at SCVotes.gov following the election. View the unofficial results from the board of elections here.
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