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. McMaster won the general election with 58% of the vote — a larger margin than in 2018.
Image: Joe Cunningham, Official Porrtait, 116th Congress (cropped)
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Henry Dargan McMaster is an American politician and attorney serving as the 117th governor of South Carolina since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 50th Attorney General of South Carolina from 2003 to 2011 and the 91st lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 2015 to 2017 under Governor Nikki Haley.
Henry McMaster's official portrait, 2005
McMaster meeting with John F. Kelly, the United States secretary of homeland security, in February 2017.
McMaster (center) visits the South Carolina National Guard Air and Ground Expo at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, May 2017