Weaver, Matthews Top Vote Getters in Anderson Primary Runoffs
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 11:44PM Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer
With a voter turnout of 6.3 percent Anderson County chose two candidates in Tuesday's primary runoff elections to move on to the November general elections.
Ellen Weaver, director of the Pametto Promise Institute, defeated Kathy Maness by a wide margin in the race for the Republican spot for State Superintendent of Education. Weaver received 5,371 votes, or 66.9 percent, to Maness's 2,659 votes, 33 percent. Statewide, Weaver took just over 62 percent of the vote. Weaver will face Democrat and retired school teacher Linda Ellis in November.
In the race for the Democratic United States Senate seat, Krystle Matthews won a tight race with 29 more votes than challenger Catherine Fleming Bruce. Matthews recieved 301 votes to Matthews' 272. Matthews, who received 50.1 percent of the vote statewide, will face Republican Incumbent Tim Scott in November.