Electoral history of Henry McMaster

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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.

South Carolina Senate Election, 1986
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ernest Hollings (incumbent)463,35463.10%
Republican Henry McMaster261,39435.50%
Total votes724,748 100
Democratic hold
South Carolina Lt. Governor Election, 1990
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Nick Theodore (incumbent)440,88458.75%
Republican Henry McMaster309,03841.19%
Total votes749,922 100
Democratic hold
South Carolina Attorney General Election, 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster601,93155.48%
Democratic Stephen K. Benjamin 482,56044.48%
Total votes1,084,491 100
Republican hold
South Carolina Attorney General Election, 2006 (Uncontested)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster (incumbent)779,45399.22%
NoneWrite-ins6,1070.78%
Total votes785,560 100
Republican hold
South Carolina Governor Republican Primary Election, 2010 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Nikki Haley 206,32648.86%
Republican Gresham Barrett91,82421.75%
Republican Henry McMaster71,49416.93%
Republican Andre Bauer 52,60712.46%
Total votes422,251 100
South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Republican Primary Election, 2014 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster131,54643.63%
Republican Pat McKinney73,13421.75%
Republican Mike Campbell72,20423.95%
Republican Ray Moore24,3358.07%
Total votes301,219 100
South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Republican Primary Runoff Election, 2014 [3] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster85,30163.58%
Republican Mike Campbell48,86336.42%
Total votes134,164 100
South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Election, 2014 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster726,82158.75%
Democratic Bakari Sellers 508,80741.13%
noneWrite-ins1,5140.12%
Total votes1,237,142 100
Republican gain from Democratic
South Carolina Gubernatiorial Republican Primary Election, 2018 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster (incumbent)155,07242.3%
Republican John Warren102,00627.8%
Republican Catherine Templeton 78,43221.4%
Republican Kevin L. Bryant 24,6996.7%
Republican Yancey McGill 6,3491.7%
Total votes366,558 100
South Carolina Gubernatorial Republican Primary Runoff Election, 2018 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster (incumbent)183,82053.6%
Republican John Warren158,92146.4%
Total votes342,741 100
South Carolina Gubernatiorial Election, 2018 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster (incumbent)921,34253%
Democratic James E. Smith Jr. 784,18246%
Total votes1,705,524 100
Republican hold
South Carolina Gubernatiorial Republican Primary Election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster (incumbent)306,21683%
Republican Harrison Musselwhite61,47317%
Total votes367,689 100%
South Carolina Gubernatorial Election, 2022 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Henry McMaster (incumbent)988,50158%
Democratic Joe Cunningham 692,69141%
Libertarian Bruce Reeves20,8261%
Total votes1,703,192 100%
Republican hold

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