2022 election season is heating up in Beaufort County. Here’s who filed to run
Election season is upon us in Beaufort County and with the filing period closed for county and statewide elections, voters have a better idea of who will be on the ballot later this year.
Aside from seven of the 11 seats on the Beaufort County Council being up for election, there’s four countywide positions: sheriff, probate judge, county auditor and county treasurer.
Only one person each filed to run for the probate judge and county treasurer positions, the latter an incumbent. Meanwhile, the sheriff and county auditor positions both have two Republican candidates which will land on the primary ballot June 14 to decide who will be listed on the general election ballot in November.
There will also be primary elections for County Council districts 2, 6, 8, 9 and 11.
Here’s who filed to run in Beaufort County:
Sheriff
▪ Incumbent PJ Tanner (R)
▪ JoJo Woodward (R)
Probate Judge
▪ Heather Galvin (R)
County Auditor
▪ David Cadd (R)
▪ Willie Turral (R)
County Treasurer
▪ Incumbent Maria Walls (R)
County Council District 2
▪ Incumbent Paul Sommerville (R)
▪ David Bartholomew (R)
▪ Marilyn Harris (D)
County Council District 4
▪ Incumbent Alice Howard (R)
▪ Josh Scallate (R)
▪ Ashley McElveen (R)
County Council District 5
▪ Incumbent Joseph Passiment (R)
County Council District 6
▪ Michael Covert (R)
▪ Tab Tabernik (R)
▪ Alphonso Small Jr. (D)
County Council District 8
▪ Paula Brown (R)
▪ John Zmarzly (R)
County Council District 9
▪ Incumbent Mark Lawson (R)
▪ Shellie West Hodges (R)
County Council District 10
▪ Incumbent Larry McElynn (R)
County Council District 11
▪ Incumbent Stu Rodman (R)
▪ Tom Reitz (R)
▪ Cathy McClellan (D)
Statewide elections
Beaufort County residents will also have multiple statewide races on their ballots, including for the S.C. House of Representatives, governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, comptroller general, state superintendent of education and commissioner of agriculture. There are also seats open in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, including South Carolina’s competitive U.S. House of Representatives District 1.
S.C. House of Representatives District 118
▪ Incumbent Bill Herbkersman (R)
S.C. House of Representatives District 120
▪ Incumbent Weston Newton (R)
S.C. House of Representatives District 121
▪ Incumbent Michael Rivers Sr. (D)
▪ Eric Erickson (R)
▪ Timothy Swain (R)
S.C. House of Representatives District 122
▪ Incumbent Shedron Hook Williams (D)
▪ Bill Hager (R)
S.C. House of Representatives District 123
▪ Incumbent Jeff Bradley (R)
S.C. House of Representatives District 124
▪ Incumbent Shannon Erickson (R)
▪ Barb Nash (D)
This story was originally published March 30, 2022 at 2:14 PM.
