2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election

2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election

← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
Turnout50.86% Decrease
 
Nominee Henry McMaster Joe Cunningham
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Pamela Evette Tally Parham Casey
Popular vote 988,501 692,691
Percentage 58.04% 40.67%

McMaster:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Cunningham:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%      No data

Governor before election

Henry McMaster
Republican

Elected Governor

Henry McMaster
Republican

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%.

  1. ^ "South Carolina Primary Results". CNNpolitics. CNN. Retrieved June 15, 2022.