BIT, AND WHEN RAIN RETURNS TO A TOWN NEAR YOU, CHRIS, THANK YOU. NOW TO OUR COMMITMENT 2024 COVERAGE, BRINGING YOU RESULTS FROM RACES ACROSS THE UPSTATE IN THE US HOUSE DISTRICT THREE RACE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL SHERRY BIGGS ROSE TO THE TOP AND SECURED THE NOMINATION TONIGHT. HERE YOU SEE THE RESULTS WITH 98% OF THE PRECINCTS REPORTING BIGGS HAS 51% OF THE VOTE TO MARK BURNS, 49%. INCUMBENT JEFF DUNCAN DID NOT SEEK REELECTION. OUR STEPHANIE TROTTER JOINS US FROM HER WATCH PARTY LOCATION IN ANDERSON. A LOT OF CELEBRATING THERE TONIGHT, RIGHT? STEPH. OH, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT, CAROL. IN FACT, HER TEAM SAID SHE WENT FROM AN UNKNOWN TO A KNOWN IN JUST A MATTER OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS. DURING THIS HER FIRST RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE. THE LIEUTENANT COLONEL FASHIONS HERSELF AN OUTSIDER, BUT SHE IS NOW THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT THREE. FOLKS HERE TONIGHT THEY WERE A BIT ON EDGE, SAYING EVERY VOTE WOULD COUNT, AND IT CERTAINLY WAS A TIGHT RACE. HER TEAM IMPLEMENTED A SHOTGUN APPROACH. THEY CANVASED ALL 11 COUNTIES CAMPAIGNING FROM OCONEE TO SALUDA AND THEY SAID THAT THE CANDIDATE, HER RESUME AND SERVICE TO OTHERS STAND OUT. PEOPLE WANT SOMEONE TO GO TO WORK AND JUST WORK HARD FOR THEM AND REPRESENT THEM WELL. WITH INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY THEY SELECTED ME. YEAH. IN RECENT WEEKS, THE CANDIDATE PICKED UP SEVEN UPSTATE SHERIFFS ENDORSEMENT, AS WELL AS THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL. SHE NEVER ONCE COMPLAINED THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ENDORSED HER OPPONENT, SAYING THE TWO CAN DEFINITELY WORK TOGETHER IN DC. COME NOVEMBER. AS FOR HER OPPONENT IN TODAY'S RACE, MARK BURNS, FOR THAT, WE GO TO MY COLLEAGUE PEYTON FURTADO PAYTON. I IMAGINE IT WAS QUITE A DIFFERENT REACTION THERE TONIGHT FROM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. STEPHANIE, YOU CAN BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR IT WAS. YEAH, DIFFERENT REACTION, VERY DIFFERENT MOOD FROM WHAT WE SAW A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. INSTEAD OF CHEERING AND CHANTING, WE SAW PRAYING AND SINGING AS IT BECAME CLEARER AND CLEARER THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT THAT SHERRY BIGGS WOULD BE THE WINNER. NOW, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CALLED THAT RACE AT ABOUT 915 TONIGHT. BURNS BEAT BIGGS IN THE ORIGINAL PRIMARARY, PULLING IN ABOUT 33%F THE VOTE COMPARED TO BIGGS 29%. THESE RESULTS FLIPPING TONIGHT. BIGGS WITH ABOUT 51, BURNS ABOUT 49%. THIS AFTERNOON WE CAUGHT UP WITH BURNS, WHO TOLD US HE WAS CONFIDENT IN A STRONG VICTORY. WHILE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TODAY, HE SAID IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY STAY UNITED. I'M DISAPPOINTED. I MEAN, WE LEFT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE AND AND CAMPAIGNED SUPER HARD. BUT THE PEOPLE SPOKEN. SHERRY BIGGS IS THE CHOSEN ONE. SHE GOT MORE VOTES THAN I DID. SO OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO GET BEHIND THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, MAKE SURE THAT SHE WINS. AND OF COURSE, SHE WILL, UM, AND NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF DIVIDE IN OUR, UH, REPUBLICAN PARTY. NOW, BURNS, WHO'S RUN FOR OFFICE THREE TIMES NOW, DIDN'T RULE OUT RUNNING AGAIN. BUT HE SAYS MOVING FORWARD, HIS MAIN FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS SUPPORTING THE FORMER PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, IN HIS RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN EASLEY. I'M PEYTON FURTADO FOR WYFF NEWS FOUR. THANK YOU BOTH. THE WINNER WILL FACE A DEMOCRAT, BRIAN BEST, IN NOVEMBER. HE WON THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION ON JUNE 11TH WITH 62% OF THE VOTE. WE ARE FOLLOWING SEVERAL RUNOFFS FOR SEATS ON GREENVILLE COUNTY COUNCIL, THE ONLY DEMOCRATIC RACE TONIGHT FOR DISTRICT 25. INCUMBENT DENNIS FANT IS FACING. DEREK CORALS, WITH 100% OF PRECINCTS REPORTING, FANT HAS 51% OF THE VOTE TO CORALS. IS 49%. AND ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU TAKE THE VOTES, THAT'S A DIFFERENCE OF 25 VOTES FOR DISTRICT 20, INCUMBENT STEVE SHAW IS UP AGAINST ALEX REYNOLDS. SHAW HAS BEEN DECLARED THE WINNER WITH 100% OF THE VOTE IN. STEVE SHAW HAS 58%, AND IN DISTRICT 22, INCUMBENT STAN SAVALAS DID NOT RUN TO PURSUE A SEAT IN THE STATE HOUSE. FRANK FARMER AND JAY ROGERS ARE VYING FOR THAT SEAT. FARMER WAS DECLARED THE WINNER. YOU SEE THERE 100% OF THE VOTE IN. HE HAD 64% OF THE VOTE. R REY LLERENA IS LIVE IN GREENVILLE COUNTY WITH A BREAKDOWN OF THESE RACES. RAY AND A QUARTER OF THE SEATS ON COUNTY COUNCIL STILL DIDN'T HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE NOMINEES BEFORE THIS RUNOFF. NOW THE RACES THEY STARTED TO BE CALLED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN AN HOUR AFTER POLLS CLOSED. STEVE SHAW SAYS HE WANTS TO ROLL BACK THE MILLAGE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR AND MANAGE GROWTH. FRANK FARMER SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY AND THE COUNTY'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND ITS. FANT, MEANWHILE, SAYS THE CLOSE RACE MEANS HIS CONSTITUENTS WANT TO SEE MORE FROM HIM. PEOPLE WANT THEIR COUNTY COUNCILMAN TO BE MORE VISIBLE. THEY WANT THEM TO BE MORE HANDS ON WHERE THEY CAN TOUCH THEM, UM, AND BE BETTER CONNECTED AND COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH THEM ON WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MEETING WITH THEM, HEARING WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE. I WANT TO GET TO WORK UNTANGLING SOME OF THE MESS THAT THIS TAX HAS PUT US INTO. OBVIOUSLY, TOO, WE NEED TO LOOK AT PRIORITIZING THE ROADS MORE TRANSPARENCY. WOULD LOVE A FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE BUDGET AND SEE WHERE WE CAN CUT THE FAT AND SAVE Y'ALL SOME MONEY ON TAXES AND IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FARMER WILL WILL FACE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE CORINNEE DABADIE FOR THE DISTRIT 22 SEAT IN NOVEMBER. AND SHAW, MEANWHILE, WILL RUN UNOPPOSED IN NOVEMBER AND WE'LL SEE ANOTHER FOUR YEARS ON COUNCIL LIVE IN GREENVILLE COUNTY. REY LLERENA WYFF NEWS FOUR. RAY THANK YOU. NOW TO SOME OTHER RUNOFF RESULTS IN THE UPSTATE FOR PICKENS COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE. CHRIS BOWERS IS FACING BRANDON THOMAS AND BOWERS WON AN EXTREMELY CLOSE RACE. YOU SEE THERE WITH 100% REPORTING. HE GOT. 50.3% FOR SPARTANBURG COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR. GRANT DESHIELDS IS FACING JUSTIN MCCORKLE. DESHIELDS WAS DECLARED THE WINNER WHEN 100% OF THE VOTE IN. HE HAD 56% OF THAT VOTE AND FOR LAURENS COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT SEVEN, JUSTIN LANE IS FACING OFF WITH DAVID DAVID TRIBBLE, JUNIOR LANE WAS DECLARED THE WINNER WITH 67% OF THE VOTE. WE HEAD NOW TO PICKENS COUNTY IN THE RUNOFF RACE FOR SHERIFF. TWO CURRENT DEPUTIES LOOKING TO BECOME SHERIFF, TOMMY BLANKENSHIP, IS FACING CHUCK JAMES BLANKENSHIP WAS DECLARED THE WINNER. OUR SYDNEY SHADRIX IS LIVE IN PICKENS COUNTY AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH MORE. GAREL NIGEL. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ABOUT A DECADE, THERE WILL BE A NEW SHERIFF IN PICKENS COUNTY. ONLY THE THIRD SHERIFF IN ABOUT 50 YEARS. IN FACT, WE CAUGHT UP WITH TOMMY BLANKENSHIP AND HIS SUPPORTERS EARLIER THIS EVENING. BLANKENSHIP CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE TRAINING LIEUTENANT FOR PICKENS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND SAYS HE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING THE PEOPLE OF PICKENS COUNTY IN THIS NEW ROLE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE STILL HAVE A SHERIFF, AND WE STILL HAVE A COMMAND STAFF. UM, I'M EXCITED TO GET BACK TO WORK BECAUSE I STILL HAVE A JOB THAT NEEDS DONE. I STILL HAVE A SERVICE TO THE OFFICERS. THERE AND TO THE CITIZENS OF PICKENS COUNTY THAT I NEED TO CONTINUE LEADING UP THROUGH THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME HARD DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE MADE. AND I'M EXCITED THAT I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE PICKENS COUNTY IN THIS CAPACITY. AGAIN, NO DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER IN THIS RACE, MEANING THAT WITH THE RUNOFF VICTORY, BLANKENSHIP WILL BE THE COUNTY'S NEW SHERIFF. COME JANUARY. LIVE IN PICKENS COUNTY, SYDNEY SHADRIX WYFF NEWS FOUR, SYDNEY. THANK YOU. STATE SENATE DISTRICT 12 COVERS BOTH SPARTANBURG AND GREENVILLE COUNTIES. FORMER STATE SENATOR LEE BRIGHT IS THE CURRENT STATE REPRESENTATIVE FACING ROGER NUTT. OUR TANIQUA PENNIX IS LIVE IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY. TANIYA. GOOD EVENING, CAROL AND NIGEL. IT WAS A TIGHT RACE, BUT ROGER NUTT HAD A SLIGHT EDGE OVER LEE BRIGHT, MAKING NUTT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR SENATE DISTRICT 12. NOW ROGER HAS SERVED TWO TERMS REPRESENTING SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE DISTRICT 34, AND NOW HE'S HOPING TO TAKE OVER IN THE SENATE. ROGER NUTT GAINED THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF VOTES TONIGHT IN HIS RACE AGAINST FORMER SENATOR LEE BRIGHT. THE FINAL COUNT SHOWED NUTT WITH JUST OVER 51% OF THE VOTES, AND BRIGHT WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN 48% OF THE VOTES. NOW, BOTH CANDIDATES SHARED THE SAME CONSERVATIVE BELIEFS, BUT NUTT ARGUED HE'S THE CANDIDATE WITH PROVEN LEADERSHIP. NOW, I HAVE HEARD FROM NUTT, WE SPOKE BRIEFLY OVER THE PHONE AND HE TELLS ME HE FEELS GREAT, BUT NOW HE HAS TO FACE OFF WITH THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, OCTAVIA AMAECHI, IN NOVEMBER. REPORTING LIVE IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY, TANIQUA PENNIX WYFF NEWS FOUR TANIQUA. THANK YOU. IN THE RUNOFF FOR STATE SENATE DISTRICT SIX, JASON ELLIOTT DECLARED HIMSELF THE WINNER OVER BEN CARPER HERE. YOU SEE 100% OF THE VOTE IN JASON ELLIOTT TOOK 52% OF THAT VOTE. THERE IS NO DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE, MEANING THE WINNER TAKES THE SEAT. THEY LIKE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THEY LIKE THE GOOD CONSERVATIVE GAMES, IMPROVING FAMILIES, KEEPING FAMILIES SAFE, IMPROVING OUR ECONOMY, CUTTING TAXES, IMPROVING EDUCATION. THEY WANT THAT TO CONTINUE IN THE STATE SENATE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, BECAUSE I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF GREENVILLE COUNTY. AND I'M HUMBLED AND I'M HONORED FOR THIS WIN TONIGHT. AND YOU CAN FIND FULL RESULTS OF ALL THE PRIMARY RUNOFF RACES ONLINE. JUST HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE WYFF 4.COM, OR CHECK OUR MOBILE APP. CLEAR SKIES, BUT WE'RE IN THE MID 80S RIGHT NOW AT THIS HOUR OF THE NIGHT COMING UP I'LL MAP OUT WHERE WE GO. THE REST OF THE WEEK. HEAD TO BREAK. HERE'S A LOOK AT MORE RUNOFF RESULTS FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE SENATE AND HOUSE.
