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title: "Abbeville Council Adds Two Members, District 4 Runoff Set"
url: https://www.heregreenwood.com/2026/11/04/abbeville-council-two-new-members-district-4-runoff/
date: 2026-11-04T05:42:29-05:00
modified: 2026-11-04T05:42:29-05:00
author: "Clarence Marshall"
categories: ["Politics"]
site: "HERE Greenwood"
attribution: "HERE Greenwood"
---

# Abbeville Council Adds Two Members, District 4 Runoff Set

> ABBEVILLE, S.C. — Two new members will join Abbeville City Council in January after Tuesday voting, and a third seat will be settled in a runoff. Ellen Earle Leverett won the District 2 special election with 82 votes, or 66.67%, against 40 votes for Sann Lomax. The seat opened when Faye Thomas became mayor, and

*Source: [HERE Greenwood](https://www.heregreenwood.com/2026/11/04/abbeville-council-two-new-members-district-4-runoff/) — November 4, 2026 by Clarence Marshall*

ABBEVILLE, S.C. — Two new members will join Abbeville City Council in January after Tuesday voting, and a third seat will be settled in a runoff.

Ellen Earle Leverett won the District 2 special election with 82 votes, or 66.67%, against 40 votes for Sann Lomax. The seat opened when Faye Thomas became mayor, and the winner gets a full four-year term. Thomas won the special mayoral election in July over John Sutherland.

Sutherland also lost his District 3 council seat Tuesday. Chris Edwards beat him 57 votes to 37, taking 58.76% of the vote.

District 4 is not decided. Incumbent Chris Crawford led with 57 votes, or 38.51%, ahead of Deanna Ashley at 53 votes and Joe Finley Jr. at 36. State law requires a majority to win outright, so Crawford and Ashley move on to a runoff.

Two incumbents held on. Jason Edwards kept District 6 with 116 votes, or 72.05%, over Jon E. Porter, and Stanley Marshall drew 126 votes in District 1, where he had no opponent. All of the council races were nonpartisan.