John Lastinger and Brian Duncan will head to a run-off vote in the Republican primary election for State House District 88. The District covers the Three Fountains area of West Columbia and other parts of Lexington County.

The special election was held Tuesday to replace former SC Rep. RJ May, who resigned after being arrested on charges of distributing child sex abuse materials.

SC Election Commission posted results. 1,488 ballots total were cast in the primary. The vote count from Tuesday is below.

• John Lastinger: 596 votes, 40.05% of total votes
• Brian Duncan: 565 votes, 37.97% of total votes
• Lorelai Graye: 225 votes, 15.12% of total votes
• Darren E. Rogers Sr.: 102 votes, 6.85% of total votes

No candidate got 50% of the vote, so there will be a runoff election between Lastinger and Duncan. The winner of the primary will face Democrat Chuck Hightower in the special election on Dec. 23. Hightower ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.