Meet the 2024
Democratic
Candidates

We’ve had the Presidential Primary in February, of course. The rest of the slate will be running in the General Primary on June 11 (see our section on Voting in York County for Primary dates and voting locations).

However… when the Candidate filing period closed on April 1, none of the Democratic candidates for offices affecting York County had an opponent. So they will not appear in the June 11 Primary. They head straight to the November 5 General Election, and they can begin campaigning for that election now! York County voters will not have a June 11 Democratic Primary!

Two good sources of candidate and election information are Ballotpedia and Vote411. Vote411 is sponsored by the League of Women Voters. They provide a non-partisan review of candidates up and down your local ballot, though all information is provided by the candidates themselves.

See a full list of all political office holders serving York County (at the Federal, State and County level) here.

A list of Candidates who have filed for the June Primary is here. (You will have to make some selections on that page to get the list you want. Note that if you search for the Primary candidates, you won’t see everyone – you’ll only see the candidates that have a primary opponent. Search in the November General Election to see everyone ).

President/Vice President

President Biden won the South Carolina First in the Nation Primary on February 3, and will be the Democratic Nominee for President in the general election on November 5. Vice President Kamala Harris will be his running mate for Vice President.

Statewide

Governor/Lt. Governor

Officces that are not up for election in 2024 are crossed out

The Governor and Lt. Governor offices – and all other SC ‘Executive’ offices – are not up for election in 2024. These offices will be up for election in 2026.

US Senate

US Senators serve six-year terms. 2024 is an ‘off-year’ for Senate in South Carolina. Neither Senate office is up for election in 2024. Republican Lindsey Graham will be up for re-election in 2026. Republican Tim Scott will be up for re-election in 2028.

Regional Offices

The offices in this section serve only parts of York County. See the York County Political Maps section of this website to see the various political subdivisions.

The Democratic candidates below are all headed directly to the General Election in November, because no one filed to run against them. They will not appear in the June 11 Primary.

US House - 5th District

Note: In 2024, York County
is located entirely within
the 5th Congressional District

Evangeline Hundley has filed as a Democratic candidate. She ran for this office in the 2022 cycle.

Evangeline Hundley

Republican Ralph Norman is the incumbent, and he has declared for 2024.

Elizabeth Tedder  has declared as an Independent candidate for 2024.

South Carolina State Senate

York County includes parts of SC Senate Districts 14, 16 and 17, and all of Senate District 15. State Senators serve four-year terms, with elections in Presidential years, so all State Senate seats are up for election in 2024.

SC Senate District 17
Mike Fanning

incumbent, filed

Three Republicans will face off in the primary on June 11 to run against Fanning in November. They are Tibi Czentye, Tripp McCoy, and Everett Stubbs.

No Democrats have filed to run in Districts 14, 15 and 16. District 15 has an Alliance Party candidate (the Alliance party considers itself to be a ‘centerist’ party - make of that what you will). District 16 has a Worker’s Party candidate (they claim to represent the ‘working class’, labor unions, etc., ie. the usual Democratic Party constituancy). That Worker’s Party Candidate, Kiral Mace, has also filed for SC House in District 26. (According to their website, Mace will withdraw from one of those races after learning the results of the Republican Primary.)

South Carolina
State House of
Representatives

York County includes all or part of SC House Districts 26, 29, 43, 46, 47, 48 and 49.

SC House District 26
Matt Vilardebo (Fort Mill)

This is Matt’s second run at the D26 House seat. This time around, incumbent Republican Raye Felder isn’t running, so it’s an open seat, and will be more competitive.

Matt has no Democratic opposition, so he won’t be running in the Primary, and goes straight to the November election (note: there are no York County Democrats in the Primary).

Two Republicans have filed and will face off in the June 11 Primary. A candidate from the SC Workers Party has also filed for both the SC House 26 seat and the SC 16 Senate Seat. That candidate is unopposed, and the Worker’s Party web site says they will drop out of one race or the other, depending on the result of the Republican Primary.

SC House District 46
John Zabel (Rock Hill)

links pending

This is John’s first run at a political office. He has no Demorcatic opponent, so will head straight to the November election, where he’ll face off against incumbent Republican Heath Sessions.

SC House District 49
Rep. John King (Rock Hill)

John has represented SC House District 49 since 2009. He is running unopposed for the seat in 2024, so will face only write-ins in the November general election.

16th Circuit Solicitor's Office

The Solicitor is the chief prosecuting attorney within a judicial circuit. South Carolina has sixteen judicial circuits which are comprised of two or more counties within the State. The 16th Circuit covers York and Union Counties.

Republican Kevin Brackett is the incumbent and he has filed. He will be facing Republican Tyler Bratton in the June 11 primary. The partisan office has a four-year term.

County Offices

The offices below serve only York County (or parts of York County).

See a full list of all political office holders serving York County (at the Federal, State and County level) here.

York County Council

County Council Districts 1, 2, 5 and 6 are up for election in 2024. Bump Roddey (Council District 4) is the only Democrat on the Council, and he is not up for reelection this year.

The District 2 race will have a primary on June 11 as three Republicans have filed to run. Incumbent Allison Love will face off against Jason Amentler and Andrew Litten. The other races will not have a primary as the Republican incumbents were the only candidates to file. Those are Tom Audette for District 1, Christi Cox for District 5, and A. Watts Huckabee Sr. for District 6.

Current Council members are listed here.

York County Sheriff

York County Sheriff is a partisan office, elected every four years, and will be up for election in 2024.

In an interesting turn of events, the York County Republican Party reopened its filing period after Republican Sheriff Kevin R. Tolson, the incumbent, withdrew his filing following a last-minute filing by his wife Beth Bryant Tolson, also a Republican. This is allowed in state law if there are less than two candidates in a party running for the position after one candidate withdraws or dies. There are now a total of five candidates for Sheriff, all Republicans, on the ballot for June 11.

No Democrat has filed for the York County Sheriff position.

York County Clerk of Court

York County Clerk of Court and Register of Deeds is a partisan office, elected every four years, and will be up for election in 2024. Republican Angie M. Bryant is the incumbent. She is the only candidate who has filed.

York County Coroner

York County Coroner is a partisan office, elected every four years, and will be up for election in 2024. Republican Sabrina Gast is the incumbent and has filed for reelection. She is the only candidate who has filed.

Probate Court Judge

The Probate Court handles various matters including the administration of decedents' estates, the issuance of marriage licenses, the appointment of guardians and conservators, and involuntary commitments. It is headed by an elected probate judge who serves a four-year term, with elections in ‘mid-term- years, and will be up for election in 2026. Republican Carolyn E. Woodruff is the incumbent.

Probate Judge is a partisan, countywide office.

York County
School Boards

There are four School Districts in York County. Each ‘seat’ is non-partisan (in theory). The YCDP does not endorse candidates in non-partisan elections, and we won’t be listing candidates here. Candidate filing runs from August 1 – August 15, and this election is not part of the June Primary.

Elections are held in even-numbered years, with staggered four-year terms. More info here.

Soil and Water
Conservation District Commission

The Commission consists of a board of five nonpartisan commissioners. There is a discrepancy between the York County website and the Commission’s own website. The County website says:

The Commission is comprised of five member seats, voted countywide, with staggered four-year terms. Three seats appear on the ballot during a Presidential election and two seats appear on the ballot during a Gubernatorial election.

The Commission’s website (which appears to be out of date), shows that three of the Commissioners are elected, while two are appointed.

While the Commission’s website does seem to be out of date (it lists Commissioners who’s terms expired in 2022), it appears to be correct about having three elected Commissioners and two appointed Commissioners. That’s based on York County’s Elected Representatives web page, which shows only three elected officials for Soil and Water. One of them, Peggy Palmer, is up for election this year.

However, no one has filed to run for Soil and Water Commissioner.

Watershed Conservation Districts

We have a lot of people looking after our water, it seems. In addition to the Soil and Water folks, there are two Watershed Conservation Districts serving York County.

Each Commission is comprised of five member seats with staggered four-year terms. Only voters that live in the these districts will see these offices on their ballots. Three seats will appear on the ballot during a Presidential election and two seats appear on the ballot during a Gubernatorial election. The offices are nonpartisan, so we won’t be following the candidates.

Fishing Creek Watershed District 13
The Fishing Creek Watershed lies west of Rock Hill (map).

Tinker's Creek Watershed District 33
The Tinker’s Creek is south of Rock Hill and the Watershed District includes both York and Chester Counties.