This is an article about the electoral history of Henry McMaster.
Henry McMaster, a member of the Republican party, is the 117th Governor of South Carolina and assumed office January 24, 2017. He was elected the Attorney General of South Carolina, serving from 2003-2011, and Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina in 2014, serving from 2015-2017. Upon the resignation of Nikki Haley, McMaster became governor. In 2018, he was elected to a full term and he sought and he won reelection in the 2022 election. Additionally, he unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1986, lieutenant governor in 1990, and governor in 2010.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ernest Hollings (incumbent) | 463,354 | 63.10% | |
Republican | Henry McMaster | 261,394 | 35.50% | |
Total votes | 724,748 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Nick Theodore (incumbent) | 440,884 | 58.75% | |
Republican | Henry McMaster | 309,038 | 41.19% | |
Total votes | 749,922 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry McMaster | 601,931 | 55.48% | |
Democratic | Stephen K. Benjamin | 482,560 | 44.48% | |
Total votes | 1,084,491 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry McMaster (incumbent) | 779,453 | 99.22% | |
None | Write-ins | 6,107 | 0.78% | |
Total votes | 785,560 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Nikki Haley | 206,326 | 48.86% | |
Republican | Gresham Barrett | 91,824 | 21.75% | |
Republican | Henry McMaster | 71,494 | 16.93% | |
Republican | Andre Bauer | 52,607 | 12.46% | |
Total votes | 422,251 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry McMaster | 131,546 | 43.63% | |
Republican | Pat McKinney | 73,134 | 21.75% | |
Republican | Mike Campbell | 72,204 | 23.95% | |
Republican | Ray Moore | 24,335 | 8.07% | |
Total votes | 301,219 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry McMaster | 85,301 | 63.58% | |
Republican | Mike Campbell | 48,863 | 36.42% | |
Total votes | 134,164 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry McMaster | 726,821 | 58.75% | ||
Democratic | Bakari Sellers | 508,807 | 41.13% | ||
none | Write-ins | 1,514 | 0.12% | ||
Total votes | 1,237,142 | 100 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry McMaster (incumbent) | 155,072 | 42.3% | |
Republican | John Warren | 102,006 | 27.8% | |
Republican | Catherine Templeton | 78,432 | 21.4% | |
Republican | Kevin L. Bryant | 24,699 | 6.7% | |
Republican | Yancey McGill | 6,349 | 1.7% | |
Total votes | 366,558 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry McMaster (incumbent) | 183,820 | 53.6% | |
Republican | John Warren | 158,921 | 46.4% | |
Total votes | 342,741 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry McMaster (incumbent) | 921,342 | 53% | |
Democratic | James E. Smith Jr. | 784,182 | 46% | |
Total votes | 1,705,524 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry McMaster (incumbent) | 306,216 | 83% | |
Republican | Harrison Musselwhite | 61,473 | 17% | |
Total votes | 367,689 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Henry McMaster (incumbent) | 988,501 | 58% | ||
Democratic | Joe Cunningham | 692,691 | 41% | ||
Libertarian | Bruce Reeves | 20,826 | 1% | ||
Total votes | 1,703,192 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
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