LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. — Elizabeth Plaxico Lollis and David Nabors will join the Laurens County School District 56 board after winning the district’s two contested seats in Tuesday’s general election, unofficial returns show.
Lollis took Seat 6 with 365 votes, about 59 percent, over Jake Patterson, who drew 244. In the Seat 7 contest, Nabors finished with 429 votes to 241 for Jason R. Mode, a margin of nearly two to one. Teresa G. Corley had no opponent for Seat 5 and collected 722 votes.
The tightest local contest of the night came in neighboring District 55, where only 21 votes separated the candidates for Seat 6. Nick Babb ended the count with 694 votes and Lee McDaniel with 673. Cathy Little won District 55 Seat 2 by a wider spread, 933 votes to 709 for Melissa Brown, and Mike Hughes ran unopposed for Seat 4 with 1,328 votes.
Countywide, 23,548 ballots were cast out of 41,763 registered voters, putting turnout at 56 percent.
Republicans won each of the five contested state House races on the county’s ballot. Incumbent Rick Shealy held House District 14 with 8,959 votes against 5,321 for Democrat Michanna Tate and 156 for Henry D. Jones of the United Citizens Party. In House District 42, incumbent Doug Gilliam drew 2,003 votes in the county to 1,565 for Democrat Robert Larry Williams.
Up the ballot, county voters backed the Republican ticket of Alan Wilson and Mike Reichenbach for governor and lieutenant governor, 14,388 votes to 8,704 for Democrats Jermaine Johnson and Sam Skardon. In the U.S. Senate contest, Republican Darline Graham carried Laurens County with 13,267 votes, while Democrat Annie Andrews drew 9,454.
Several county offices were uncontested. Kevin C. Nix received 17,300 votes for probate judge, and Nancy R. Garrison, Jimmy Poole and Darryl Halbert won without opposition in County Council Districts 1, 4 and 5. The results remain unofficial until election officials certify them.
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