2022 voter guide: Here's who is running for countywide offices in Greenville County
Primaries for the 2022 elections in South Carolina will be held June 14 as voters whittle down Republican and Democratic candidates ahead of the general election on Nov. 8.
Voters can participate in any one party's primary in South Carolina, which does not provide registration by party.
If no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote in the race for an office, a runoff will be held on June 28, and voters who participated in that party's primary will be eligible to vote in the runoff.
Visit scvotes.gov to register to vote, check eligibility, view sample ballots and find polling places. Voters must register at least 30 days in advance of an election to vote in it.
The information below is provided by The Greenville News, Anderson Independent Mail and Spartanburg Herald Journal as a service to our readers. The information was provided by the candidates, except what was found in background checks.
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Candidates running for Greenville County Council
County Council District 17, Republican
Candidate: Sheryl Guarniero
Political experience: No prior political experience
Occupation: Environmental scientist
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: www.sherylgforsc.com
Candidate: Joey V. Russo
Political experience: No prior political experience
Occupation: Small business owner
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: www.votejoeyrusso.com
Candidate: Joe Dill
Political experience: Elected to County Council in 1998. Chairman, Planning and Development Committee. Chairman, Regional Advisory Committee. Former chairman, Appalachian Council of Governments. Board member, South Carolina Association of Counties.
Occupation: County Council member
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: n/a
County Council District 19, Republican
Candidate: Ivan R. Mathena
Political experience: No prior political experience
Occupation: Director of Business Development, Paper Cutters Inc.
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: n/a
Candidate: Jackie M. Clark
Political experience: No prior political experience
Occupation: Retired state trooper
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: n/a
Candidate: Benton E. Blount
Occupation: Musician
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: bentonblount.com
Candidate: Willis Meadows
Occupation: County council member and insurance agent
Political experience: Elected to County Council in 2006. Past chairman of the Greenville Legislative Delegation Transportation Committee, past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Greenville Federal Credit Union, past chairman of the Board of Directors of Miracle Hill Ministries.
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: n/a
County Council District 23, Democrat
Candidate: Larry B. "Ben" Carper, Jr.
Occupation: Radio broadcaster
Political experience: No prior political experience
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: n/a
Candidate: Alan L. Mitchell
Political experience: Greenville County Tax Assessment Appeals board member, Nicholtown Neighborhood Association, Inc. president
Occupation: Former PRISMA Health construction procurement/purchasing agent
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: www.alanmitchell-greenville23.com
Candidate: David C. Mitchell
Political experience: Greenville Chamber Minority Business Accelerator member, past chair of the Greenville Transit Authority board of directors, former chair of the Greenville Housing Authority board of commissioners.
Occupation: Manager
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: n/a
County Council District 26, Republican
Candidate: Lynn Ballard
Political experience: Elected to County Council in 2014, Vice Chairman of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, council liaison to the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission.
Occupation: County council member
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: n/a
Candidate: Rick Bradley
Political experience: No prior political experience
Occupation: R.D. Bradley Company
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: rickworks4u.com
County Council District 28, Republican
Candidate: Dan Tripp
Political experience: Elected to County Council in 2018, Vice-Chairman of Greenville County Council, Chairman of the Finance Committee
Occupation: County council member and small business owner
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: n/a
Candidates running for Greenville County treasurer, Republican
Candidate: Al Hodges
Political experience: Past Republican Party executive committee member
Occupation: CPA
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: hodgesfortreasurer.com
Candidate: Michael Carter
Political experience: Greenville County deputy treasurer
Occupation: Deputy treasurer
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: carterfortreasurer.com
Candidates running for Greenville County auditor
Candidate: Scott Case
Political experience: Greenville County auditor since 2007, former Greenville County Council member, past vice chairman/chairman of finance.
Occupation: Greenville County auditor
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Candidates running for Greenville County probate judge
Candidate: Debora Faulkner
Political experience: Elected as probate judge in 1998. Past president of the S.C. Association of Probate Judges and state representative to the National College of Probate Judges
Occupation: Probate judge
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: n/a
Candidate: Chad Groover
Political experience: Past chairman of the Greenville County Republican Party, member of the South Carolina Bar, member of the Greenville County Bar Association, member of the Greenville Estate Planning Commission.
Occupation: Attorney
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: n/a
Candidates running for 13th Judicial Circuit Solicitor
Candidate: W. Walt Wilkins III
Political experience: Elected to Solicitor in 2010. Past U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina, past chairman of the District's Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee, past member of the S.C. Commission on Prosecution Coordination.
Occupation: Solicitor
Background check: A search of court records revealed no felony conviction or civil judgment against Sparks in South Carolina.
Website: n/a
This article originally appeared on Greenville News: 2022 voter guide: Who is running for Greenville County offices
