Recount possibility looms in South Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District race

WIS TV ^ | 04 November 2026 | Leah Allen

[aomagrat]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Republican incumbent Joe Wilson leads Democratic nominee Zyon Khalifa by about 3,000 votes in the race for South Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District, and election officials say the results are close enough that a recount could follow.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: recount; sc

[aomagrat]

Waiting for the democrats to find a bag of uncounted votes, all for Khalifa of course, in a broom closet or car trunk somewhere. Just like they always do.

[House Atreides]

3,000 votes? Yeah… that many could be found in a sedan’s trunk.

[gildafarrell]

Hope South Carolinians won’t let a repeat of WA State’s 2004 Fraudoire & Rossi standoff. Rossi (Repub) was declared the winner. Recount activated. Rossi declared the winner. Then demoncRATS paid for a 2nd recount. Lo and behold deep in demoncRATS territory a box of uncounted ballot was found. Fraudoire declared the winner by Repub Secy of State buffoon Sam Reed, and the citizens of WA paid for her corruption.

[Drew68]

Republican incumbent Joe Wilson leads Democratic nominee Zyon Khalifa by about 3,000 votes in the race for South Carolina’s 2nd Congressional District

FWIW, Joe Wilson won his last race by 70,000 votes.

[gopno1]

The fact that there could be someone named “Zyon Khalifa” that close in a South Carolina congressional race is truly horrifying...

[dfwgator]

The fact that there could be someone named “Zyon Khalifa” that close in a South Carolina congressional race is truly horrifying...

[Bob Wills is still the king]

Both Republicans and Democrats will want a recount of anything that is plausibly close in any race they’ve lost.