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The 2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican governor Henry McMaster ran for re-election for a second full term in office and secured the Republican nomination in the June 14 primary. Joe Cunningham, former United States Representative from South Carolina's 1st congressional district, was the Democratic nominee. [1] McMaster won the general election with 58% of the vote — a larger margin than in 2018.
McMaster became the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win Calhoun County since 1994 and the first to win Clarendon County and Dillon County since 1990. This election marks the largest gubernatorial victory in the state since 1990, when incumbent Republican Carroll Campbell won his re-election bid by a margin of 41.7%.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Henry McMaster (incumbent) | 306,555 | 83.0% | |
Republican | Harrison Musselwhite | 61,545 | 16.7% | |
Total votes | 367,689 | 100% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Joe Cunningham | 102,315 | 56.5% | |
Democratic | Mia McLeod | 56,084 | 31.0% | |
Democratic | Carlton Boyd | 9,526 | 5.3% | |
Democratic | William Williams | 6,746 | 3.7% | |
Democratic | Calvin McMillan | 6,260 | 3.5% | |
Total votes | 180,931 | 100% |
After winning the primary, on July 18, Cunningham released a shortlist of potential running mates. [36] He announced Tally Parham Casey as his running mate on August 1. [37]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independence | Jokie Beckett Jr. | |||
Independence | Michael Copeland | |||
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The Cook Political Report [41] | Solid R | July 26, 2022 |
Inside Elections [42] | Solid R | July 22, 2022 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [43] | Safe R | June 29, 2022 |
Politico [44] | Solid R | April 1, 2022 |
RCP [45] | Safe R | June 8, 2022 |
Fox News [46] | Solid R | May 12, 2022 |
538 [47] | Solid R | July 31, 2022 |
Elections Daily [48] | Safe R | November 7, 2022 |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Henry McMaster (R) | Joe Cunningham (D) | Other | Undecided |
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Echelon Insights (R) [58] | August 24 – September 7, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 50% | 44% | 6% | 0% |
Impact Research (D) [59] [A] | August 24–30, 2022 | 700 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 49% | 42% | 4% [b] | 5% |
The Trafalgar Group (R) [60] | August 25–28, 2022 | 1,071 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 51% | 43% | 2% [c] | 4% |
Blueprint Polling (D) [61] | August 24–25, 2022 | 721 (LV) | ± 3.7% | 50% | 39% | 1% | 9% |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Democratic | Libertarian | Labor |
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Henry McMaster | Joe Cunningham | Morgan Reeves | Gary Votour | |||||
[62] | Oct 26, 2022 | South Carolina ETV | Gavin Jackson Andy Shain | P | P | N | N |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican |
| 988,501 | 58.04% | +4.08% | |
Democratic |
| 692,691 | 40.67% | −5.25% | |
Libertarian |
| 20,826 | 1.22% | N/A | |
Write-in | 1,174 | 0.07% | |||
Total votes | 1,703,192 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,718,626 | 50.86% | |||
Registered electors | 3,379,089 | ||||
Republican hold |
McMaster won 6 of 7 congressional districts. [64]
District | McMaster | Cunningham | Representative |
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1st | 55% | 44% | Nancy Mace |
2nd | 56% | 42% | Joe Wilson |
3rd | 71% | 28% | Jeff Duncan |
4th | 61% | 37% | William Timmons |
5th | 62% | 37% | Ralph Norman |
6th | 36% | 63% | Jim Clyburn |
7th | 63% | 36% | Tom Rice (117th Congress) |
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