The Voice of Blythewood & Fairfield County

County election results are in

Clarence Gilbert, Peggy Swearingen and Douglas Pauley | Photo: Barbara Ball

WINNSBORO – The results for Fairfield County Council are in. Peggy Swearingen (Dist. 3) and Dan Ruff (Dist. 1) beat out Mikel Trapp and Moses Bell. Douglas Pauley (Dist. 5) and Clarence Gilbert (Dist. 7) were re-elected.

County Council District 1:
Dan Ruff – 555
Moses Bell – 381
Kenny Robertson – 227
Write-in – 2

County Council District 3:
Peggy Swearingen – 583
Mikel Trapp – 446
Write-in – 7

County Council District 5:
Douglas Pauley – 536
Kirk Chappell – 379
Write-in – 16

County Council District 7:
Clarence Gilbert – 589
Lisa Brandenburg – 442
Write-in – 6


Fairfield School Board District 1:
Sylvia Harrison – 774
Clair MoMo Qualls – 300
Write-in – 4

Fairfield School Board District 3:
Henry Miller – 816
Write-in – 10

Fairfield School Board District 5:
Carl E. Jackson Jr – 751
Write-in – 12

Fairfield School Board District 7:
Darreyl Davis – 627
Kolisa Willingham Douglas – 426
Write-in – 8


Solicitor Circut 6:
Randy Newman – 4,925
Write-in – 80

Fairfield County Treasurer:
Norma W Branham – 7,411
Write-in – 76

Fairfield County Auditor:
Anne Bass – 5,766
Frank A Johnson – 2,013
Write-in – 25

Fairfield County Probate Judge:
Bradley Caulder – 6,209
Talya Harper Seals – 1566
Write-in – 30

Fairfield Soil and Water District Commission (2)
Eric Cathcart – 3,381
William J Ladd Jr – 3237
Write-in – 66

Watershed Conservation District Rocky Creek (2)
Claudia F Dean – 37
William F Wishert – 50
Write-in – 0

See more in Thursday’s paper.