Hello REALTORS®,
For Realtors and voters who live in the City of Anderson, Tuesday, April 7, is election day. Voters in Anderson will choose candidates for Mayor and five seats on Anderson City Council. The Mayor and four of the five city council races are for four-year terms, and one city council race is a special election to fill an open seat on Anderson City Council.
Below is a Voter Guide to the various candidates for Anderson City Council. If you live in the City of Anderson, please plan to vote on April 7. Polls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. See the list of polling places below. Check your voter registration card for your polling place.
Anderson City Council Voter Guide
Anderson City Council, like most cities in South Carolina, are non-partisan, which means candidates don’t declare a political party affiliation when they file. In addition, Anderson uses the runoff method for their elections, which means a candidate in each race must receive 50 percent plus one of the votes, otherwise, a runoff election will be held two weeks later. However, that is unlikely since the two contested races have just two candidates competing.
Mayor
- Mayor Terence Roberts (incumbent): Mayor Roberts was first elected in 2006. He owns a State Farm Agency on Peerman Dairy Road. Campaign Information
- Van Sullivan Jr.: Sullivan is a photographer who specializes in real estate photography. Campaign Information
Council District 5
Councilwoman Beatrice Thompson, who has held the district 5 seat for 50 years, is retiring at the end of her term. Two candidates are competing to succeed her:
- Darryl Thompson is a community activist and manufacturing training consultant. Campaign Information
- Tonya Winbush is a community activist and leader of the Anderson NAACP, League of Women Voters, VFW, and Democratic Party. Campaign Information
In addition to these contested races, the following candidates are unopposed:
- Council District 1: Councilman Kyle Newton was first elected in 2016. He is an Assistant Superintendent at Anderson School District 5.
- Council District 3: Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Roberts was first elected in 2018. He is a contractor. Campaign Information
- Council District 7: Councilman Matt Harbin was first elect in 2010. He is a financial advisor at Edward Jones. Campaign Information
In addition, there is a special election to fill an unexpired term for city council:
- Council District 2 (two years remaining): Marshall Pickens III. Pickens is Chairman of the Anderson Planning Commission and works for Southern First Bank. Campaign Information
Polling Places
Anderson’s elections are administered by the Anderson County Elections Office. However, some polling places may be different than those used in countywide elections. Below is the polling places listed in Anderson’s election ordinance. Check your voter registration card for your polling place.
- Anderson 1/1 – Whitehall Elementary School, 702 Whitehall Road
- Anderson 1/2 – Concord Elementary School, 2701 Calrossie Road
- Anderson 2/1 – Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 209 Board Street
- Anderson 2/2 – Calhoun Academy of the Arts, 1520 E. Calhoun Street
- Anderson 3/1 – Anderson County Library, 300 N. McDuffie Street
- Anderson 3/2 – Nevitt Forest Community School of Innovation, 1401 Bolt Drive
- Anderson 4/1 – C.F. Reames Education Center, 1225 S. McDuffie Street
- Anderson 4/2 – Nevitt Forest Community School of Innovation, 4101 Bolt Drive
- Anderson 5/A and Anderson 5/B – Southwood Academy of the Arts, 1110 Southwood Street
- Anderson 6/1 – Trinity United Methodist Church, 1809 N. Main Street
- Anderson 6/2 – Southwood Academy of the Arts, 1110 Southwood Street; Anderson
- Cox’s Creek – Anderson Area YMCA 201 East Reed Road, Anderson
- Hammond School – Midway Elementary School, 1221 Harriett Circle
- Hammond Annex – Anderson Area YMCA, 201 E. Reed Road
- Edgewood Station A – Centerville Fire Station, 196 Sullivan Road
- Anderson and Edgewood Station B – Anderson Sports & Entertainment Center, 3207 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Filing for Statewide and County-Level Races
Filing for statewide and county-level races closed Monday, March 30. In the Western Upstate, 118 candidates filed for 35 offices including Governor, US Congress, SC House of Representatives, and the three county councils. Of particular interest: the Democratic Party fielded candidates for nearly every office that will be in the ballot—41 of the 118 candidates on the ballot in the Western Upstate. That has not happened in more than 30 years.
This month, your REALTORS® Association will screen the various candidates, make any recommendations to RPAC, and develop a Voter Guide to help you decide how you will vote in the June 9 primaries.
Consider Supporting RPAC
You and your association can influence how your government affects you and regulates your industry.
Elections are an important way that your association represents you and helps make a strong market for real estate. Elections are also an important way that you participate in your government. Your association’s objective is to help elect candidates who share the Realtor position that a vibrant and healthy real estate market is vital to a vibrant and healthy economy. Of course, you must balance your personal and business interests when you vote.
More than 90% of Realtors in the Western Upstate are registered to vote, which is amazing. But just 31% supported RPAC in 2025.
You can help your industry by supporting RPAC. It’s easy. Your association includes a voluntary contribution to RPAC on your annual dues invoice. Pay it, and you are an RPAC supporter. If you haven’t supported RPAC this year, I encourage you to do so by clicking here.
Michael Dey, Director of Government Affairs