By Adam Swift
There were few surprises in the Winthrop results for Tuesday’s presidential primary.
The Winthrop vote totals closely mirrored those across the state, and the nation so far, with President Joe Biden easily topping the Democratic primary ballot and former President Donald Trump comfortably taking the Republican side of the race.
Of the 1,836 votes cast in the Democratic primary, Biden collected 1,460. The No Preference option came in with 178 votes in the unofficial results, while Dean Phillips had 88 votes and Marianne Williamson finished with 53.
Juan Pablo Jaramillo ran unopposed for Democratic State Committee man in the district, and finished with 1,226 votes in Winthrop. Gabriella Gigi Coletta was unopposed in the primary for Democratic State Committee Woman and tallied 1,271 votes.
In the Republican presidential primary, Trump cruised to victory with 1,201 votes to 468 for former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley. The other candidates on the ballot all finished in the single digits.
In the race for Republican State Committee Man, Paul Ronukaitus had 971 votes in Winthrop to 366 for Talen Carvalho. Verra Carducci topped the ballot in a three-way race for Republican State Committee Woman in Winthrop with 612 votes to 414 for Jeannemarie Tamas and 193 for Rachel Miselman.
The Libertarian primary saw the no preference option come away with 14 of the 26 ballots cast, while none of the candidates finished above two votes.