2022 South Carolina Secretary of State election

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2022 South Carolina Secretary of State election

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Nominee Mark Hammond Rosemounda Peggy Butler Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,071,907 619,089 Percentage 63.33% 36.61%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Hammond:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Butler:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%      No data

Secretary of State before election Mark Hammond Republican Elected Secretary of State Mark Hammond Republican

The 2022 South Carolina Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican Mark Hammond was seeking another term in office against Democratic challenger Rosemounda Peggy Butler, ^{[1] [2]} after defeating an opponent in the Republican primary. ^[3] The last Democratic Secretary of State of South Carolina was John T. Campbell in 1991. Primary elections were held on June 14, 2022. ^{[4] [5]} Hammond defeated his Democratic opponent and retained his seat. ^[6]

Republican primary

Primary results by county

  Hammond

•   60–70%
    70–80%
    80–90%

Candidates

• Keith Blanford, businessman and perennial candidate ^[4]
• Mark Hammond, incumbent secretary of state ^[7]

Results

South Carolina Secretary of State Republican primary election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Hammond (incumbent)	257,131	75.1%
	Republican	Keith Blanford	85,050	24.9%
Total votes			342,181	100%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Rosemounda Peggy Butler, former West Columbia councilwoman ^[8]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [9]	Safe R	December 1, 2021
Elections Daily [10]	Safe R	November 7, 2022

Results

2022 South Carolina Secretary of State election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Hammond (incumbent)	1,071,451	63.33%
	Democratic	Rosemounda Peggy Butler	619,341	36.61%
	Write-in		1,109	0.07%
Total votes			1,691,901	100.00%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Hammond won six of seven congressional districts. ^[11]

District	Hammond	Peggy Butler	Representative
1st	62%	38%	Nancy Mace
2nd	63%	37%	Joe Wilson
3rd	75%	25%	Jeff Duncan
4th	67%	33%	William Timmons
5th	66%	34%	Ralph Norman
6th	41%	59%	Jim Clyburn
7th	67%	33%	Tom Rice (117th Congress)
			Russell Fry (118th Congress)

References

1. "Candidates for South Carolina Secretary of State". WLTX. June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
2. Staff Reports (November 2, 2022). ""Looking at the races"". The Island News. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
3. Collins, Jeffrey (June 14, 2022). ""Secretary of State Hammond wins GOP primary; to face Butler"". WACH-TV. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
4. "2022 voter guide: Who's running for governor of South Carolina". The Greenville News. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
5. WLTX (June 1, 2022). ""Candidates for South Carolina Secretary of State: Two candidates are challenging Mark Hammond's run for a sixth term"". WLTX-TV. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
6. NPR Staff (November 8, 2022). ""Here are the results of all races for secretary of state in 2022"". NPR. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
7. Staff Reports (June 6, 2022). ""Candidate for Secretary of State (R-SC): Mark Hammond"". WHNS-TV. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
8. Staff Reports (October 24, 2022). ""Candidate for Secretary of State (D-SC): Rosemounda "Peggy" Butler"". WHNS-TV. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
9. "Secretary of State Races: More Important Than Ever in 2022, and More Complicated, Too". Sabato's Crystal Ball. December 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
10. Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
11. "Dra 2020".