How will you vote in Lexington County’s elections? Here are the candidates
Voters in Lexington County will decide a host of local offices in this summer’s Republican primary after candidate filing for the 2026 election closed at noon Monday.
Three of four seats on Lexington County Council will be contested in the GOP primary on June 9. Councilwoman Beth Carrigg is being challenged by Jason Guerry in District 7, which covers the north side of Lexington around the Lake Murray dam and the St. Andrews area north of the Saluda River.
Carrigg has served on the council since 2019, including a stint as the council chairwoman, and was previously Lexington County’s clerk of court. Guerry owns a remodeling business and in 2024 was the Republican nominee in S.C. Senate District 26, losing to Democrat Russell Ott. His wife Tina Guerry is the Lexington County register of deeds.
In District 2 — covering the western part of the county including Gilbert, Summit and Batesburg-Leesvile — incumbent Larry Brigham is being challenged by Ted Stambolitis. Stambolitis is the owner of Lexington’s Flight Deck restaurant and previously served on Lexington Town Council from 2004 until 2018, when he moved outside the town limits.
Councilman Glen Conwell is running for a third term against West Columbia realtor Evelio Duque in District 8. That district runs from West Columbia up Sunset Boulevard to the northeastern corner of Lexington.
Incumbent Todd Cullum in Cayce-area District 9 is running unopposed in both the GOP primary and the Nov. 3 general election. No Democrats or third party candidates filed to run for county offices this year.
The only countywide office up for election this year is probate judge, where Brian Eckstrom is running against Cammie Campbell in the Republican primary.
Eckstrom is an attorney for the firm Moore Bradley Myers, but he’s also a familiar name to Lexington County voters: his father Dan Eckstorm has served as probate judge for 36 years, but is stepping down after this fall’s election. The younger Eckstrom will face Campbell, an attorney for Cromer Law Offices and a former estate clerk for the Richland County Probate Court.
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