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2022 South Carolina Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2022 South Carolina Gubernatorial Election?

Henry D. McMaster won the 2022 South Carolina Gubernatorial Election. Henry D. McMaster received 988,501 popular votes (58.04%). The main challenger was Joe Cunningham (40.67%).

See the full head-to-head between McMaster and Cunningham

McMaster +17.4 pts · won by 295,810 votes
Henry D. McMasterRepublicanWINNER58.04%
988,501 votes
Joe CunninghamDemocratic40.67%
692,691 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.3% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.