60 candidates vie in Lexington County’s 2025 general election

Posted 10/29/25

Election Day is Nov. 4.

Here is a comprehensive list of all the seats that are set to expire this year in Lexington County, as well as who filed to run for those seats, according to data from …

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60 candidates vie in Lexington County’s 2025 general election

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Election Day is Nov. 4.

Here is a comprehensive list of all the seats that are set to expire this year in Lexington County, as well as who filed to run for those seats, according to data from the state election commission.

City of Cayce (council district seats one and three are on the ballot; District One is currently held by Tim James and District Three is currently held by Hunter Sox)

  • Tiffany Aull is running for District One
  • Ron Wright is running for District One
  • Alice Rose is running for District Three
  • Incumbent Hunter Sox is running for District Three

Town of Irmo (two council seats are on the ballot, currently held by Mayor Pro Tem Barb Waldman and Gabriel Penfield)

  • Benjamin Battiste is running for town council
  • George Frazier is running for town council
  • Brandon Mundy is running for town council
  • Incumbent Gabriel Penfield is running for town council
  • Adam Raynor is running for town council
  • Incumbent Barb Waldman is running for town council

Town of Lexington (three council seats are on the ballot, currently held by Gavin Smith, Todd Carnes and Mayor Pro Tem Ron Williams)

  • Greg Brewer is running for town council
  • Incumbent Todd Carnes is running for town council
  • Doug Leonard is running for town council
  • Incumbent Gavin Smith is running for town council
  • Incumbent Ron Williams is running for town council

City of West Columbia (four council seats are on the ballot, including council district one, currently held by Mike Green; council district three, currently held by George M. Crowe; council district five, currently held by Mayor Pro Tem Mickey Pringle; and council district seven, currently held by Sarah Mattern)

  • Incumbent Mike Green is running for District One
  • Incumbent George M. Crowe is running for District Three
  • Phyllis Cookie Holmes is running for District Five
  • Kiaun Jaquez Moore is running for District Five
  • Brad Robinson is running for District Five
  • Incumbent Sarah Mattern is running for District Seven 

Town of Batesburg-Leesville (five council seats are on the ballot, including the mayoral seat, currently held by Lancer Shull; council district one, currently held by Barbara Brown; council district three, currently held by Stephen "Steve" Cain; council district five, currently held by Shirley E. Mitchell; council district seven, currently held by Jason Prouse)

  • David W. Bouknight (currently holds the district two seat) is running for mayor
  • Stephen "Steve" Cain (currently holds the district three seat) is running for mayor 
  • Larry McConnaughhay is running for mayor 
  • Greg Moseley is running for mayor 
  • Troy Teague is running for District One
  • Bo Turner is running for District One
  • Incumbent Stephen "Steve" Cain is running for District Three
  • Tyler List is running for District Three
  • Cathe Knox is running for District Five 
  • Sheba Williams is running for District Five
  • Natalie Gary is running for District Seven
  • Joe Montgomery is running for District Seven 

Town of Chapin (the mayor's seat, which was held by Al Koon, who died on Oct. 17, is on the ballot, as well as two council seats, currently held by Gregg White and Leland Teal)

  • Ron Colley is running for mayor 
  • Bill Mitchell Jr. is running for mayor 
  • Ainslee Bost is running for town council 
  • Warren C. Burritt Jr. is running for town council 
  • Jerry Taylor is running for town council 
  • Incumbent Gregg White is running for town council 

Town of Gilbert (the mayor's seat, currently held by John Reeder III, is on the ballot, as well as two council seats, currently held by Cory Rish and Patrick Carson)

  • Incumbent John Reeder III is running for mayor 

Town of Pelion (the mayor's seat, currently held by Frank Shumpert, is on the ballot, as well as two council seats, currently held by Larry Sossamon and Chuck Ingle)

  • John Elkin is running for mayor 
  • Incumbent Frank Shumpert is running for mayor 
  • Starr H. Corley is running for town council
  • Jan Green is running for town council
  • Incumbent Chuck Ingle, according to state election commission data, withdrew his candidacy for town council
  • Incumbent Larry Sossamon, according to state election commission data, withdrew his candidacy for town council

Town of Pine Ridge (the mayor's seat, currently held by Daniel Davis, is on the ballot, as well as two council seats, currently held by Mayor Pro Tem Scott Simms and Floyd Dinkins)

  • Incumbent Daniel Davis is running for mayor 
  • Michael H. Kyzer is running for town council
  • Incumbent Scott Simms is running for town council

Town of Springdale (the mayor's seat, currently held by Juston Ricard, is on the ballot, as well as three council seats, currently held by Mayor Pro Tem Jacob R. Wilkerson, Tate Wilbourne and J. Kevin Reeley)

  • Chad Owens is running for mayor 
  • Incumbent Juston Ricard is running for mayor 
  • Incumbent J. Kevin Reeley is running for town council
  • Ben Vaughan is running for town council
  • Incumbent Tate Wilbourne is running for town council
  • Incumbent Jacob R. Wilkerson is running for town council

Town of Swansea (the mayor's seat, currently held by Viola McDaniel, is on the ballot, as well as the district one council seat, currently held by Mayor Pro Tem Linda Butler, and the district two council seat, currently held by Jerome Williams)

  • Doris W. Simmons is running for mayor 
  • Jerome Williams (currently holds the district two council seat) is running for mayor
  • Angie Alley is running for District One
  • Incumbent Linda Butler is running for District One
  • Melissa Williams is running for District Two

Town of Summit (one council seat is open, currently held by Jennifer Seawright)

  • Deborah S. Nye is running for town council
  • Incumbent Jennifer Seawright is running for town council
  • Felicia N. Wigfall is running for town council

Lexington County Council has no seats on the ballot this year. The towns of Gaston and South Congaree also have no seats set to expire this year. 

Early voting is from Monday, Oct. 20, to Friday, Oct. 31, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lexington County Voter Registration and Election Office, located at 605 West Main Street, Ste. C, in Lexington.

Municipal elections are managed and operated by the Lexington County Registration and Elections Office, not cities or towns.

The Lexington County Registration and Elections Office can be reached at 803-785-8361, and more information is available on the county’s website.

This story has been updated to reflect that Pelion's Chuck Ingle withdrew his candidacy.

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