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Election 2022 Results

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2022 South Carolina governor election

Henry McMaster (Republican) beat Joe Cunningham (Democrat) in South Carolina in 2022, 58.0% to 40.7%, a margin of 17.4 points and 295,018 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2018, when Henry McMaster also won.

Republicans led in 34 of the 46 counties and Democrats in 12. The largest, Greenville, cast 176,990 votes and went to the Republican by 23.2 points. The closest was Marlboro, where 38 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Henry McMaster won Republican 985,120 58.0%
Joe Cunningham Democratic 690,102 40.7%
All other candidates 21,869 1.3%
Total1,697,091

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Greenville 66,478 37.6% 107,565 60.8% 2,947 176,990 R+23.2
Charleston 84,995 55.6% 66,234 43.3% 1,570 152,799 D+12.3
Horry 39,756 29.8% 92,600 69.4% 1,137 133,493 R+39.6
Richland 84,287 66.4% 40,921 32.2% 1,808 127,016 D+34.1
Lexington 33,547 33.8% 64,048 64.6% 1,576 99,171 R+30.8
Spartanburg 31,750 32.9% 63,570 65.8% 1,305 96,625 R+32.9
York 35,896 37.7% 57,756 60.6% 1,673 95,325 R+22.9
Berkeley 30,576 42.8% 39,819 55.8% 979 71,374 R+13.0
Beaufort 29,118 40.8% 41,571 58.3% 594 71,283 R+17.5
Anderson 16,437 26.1% 45,883 72.8% 727 63,047 R+46.7
Aiken 17,945 32.8% 35,826 65.5% 892 54,663 R+32.7
Dorchester 21,737 43.7% 27,350 54.9% 695 49,782 R+11.3
Florence 18,175 43.9% 22,731 54.9% 508 41,414 R+11.0
Pickens 9,477 23.7% 29,831 74.7% 633 39,941 R+51.0
Lancaster 11,615 33.8% 22,299 64.8% 498 34,412 R+31.0
Sumter 16,037 52.3% 14,280 46.6% 334 30,651 D+5.7
Oconee 6,976 24.1% 21,573 74.6% 354 28,903 R+50.5
Georgetown 10,885 39.6% 16,363 59.5% 239 27,487 R+19.9
Orangeburg 16,472 62.9% 9,495 36.3% 209 26,176 D+26.7
Kershaw 8,065 36.0% 14,015 62.6% 306 22,386 R+26.6
Greenwood 7,258 33.5% 14,130 65.2% 269 21,657 R+31.7
Darlington 8,330 41.6% 11,529 57.6% 169 20,028 R+16.0
Laurens 5,746 29.1% 13,707 69.5% 282 19,735 R+40.3
Cherokee 3,661 22.8% 12,253 76.2% 157 16,071 R+53.5
Newberry 4,247 33.1% 8,409 65.6% 165 12,821 R+32.5
Chesterfield 4,434 35.3% 7,982 63.6% 139 12,555 R+28.3
Colleton 5,239 41.8% 7,158 57.1% 147 12,544 R+15.3
Clarendon 4,974 43.5% 6,361 55.7% 89 11,424 R+12.1
Jasper 4,745 42.7% 6,253 56.2% 120 11,118 R+13.6
Williamsburg 5,833 59.6% 3,852 39.4% 95 9,780 D+20.3
Chester 3,695 38.6% 5,762 60.1% 126 9,583 R+21.6
Edgefield 2,783 31.7% 5,894 67.1% 109 8,786 R+35.4
Union 2,845 33.0% 5,684 66.0% 82 8,611 R+33.0
Abbeville 2,497 29.1% 6,006 69.9% 89 8,592 R+40.8
Fairfield 4,615 54.9% 3,653 43.5% 136 8,404 D+11.4
Marion 4,460 53.2% 3,841 45.8% 85 8,386 D+7.4
Dillon 3,495 44.3% 4,337 54.9% 66 7,898 R+10.7
Saluda 1,782 27.2% 4,692 71.6% 82 6,556 R+44.4
Marlboro 3,241 49.7% 3,203 49.1% 80 6,524 D+0.6
Barnwell 2,538 40.6% 3,636 58.2% 71 6,245 R+17.6
Hampton 2,902 51.6% 2,663 47.4% 57 5,622 D+4.3
Calhoun 2,300 41.0% 3,225 57.5% 83 5,608 R+16.5
Lee 3,081 58.7% 2,115 40.3% 57 5,253 D+18.4
McCormick 1,754 38.5% 2,748 60.4% 51 4,553 R+21.8
Bamberg 2,190 55.0% 1,735 43.6% 55 3,980 D+11.4
Allendale 1,233 67.8% 562 30.9% 24 1,819 D+36.9

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Carolina governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Henry McMaster (R) R+17.4
2018 Henry McMaster (R) R+8.0
2014 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+14.5
2010 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+4.5
2006 Mark Sanford (R) R+10.3
2002 Mark Sanford (R) R+5.8
1998 James H. Hodges (D) D+8.0
1994 David Beasley (R) R+2.5
1990 Carroll Campbell (R) R+41.6
1986 Carroll Campbell (R) R+3.1
1982 Richard Riley (D) D+39.6
1978 Richard W. Riley (D) D+23.6
1974 James B. Edwards (R) R+3.3
1970 John C. West (D) D+5.9
1966 Robert Evander McNair (D) D+16.3
1962 Donald S. Russell (D) D+100.0
1958 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+100.0
1954 George Bell Timmerman (D) D+100.0
1950 James F. Byrnes (D) D+100.0
1946 James Strom Thurmond (D) D+100.0
1942 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1938 Burnet Rhett Maybank (D) D+98.9
1934 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1930 Ibra C. Blackwood (D) D+100.0
1926 John G. Richards (D) D+100.0
1924 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1922 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1920 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1918 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1916 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+97.9
1914 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+99.8
1912 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.5
1910 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.8
1908 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+100.0
1906 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+99.9
1904 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1902 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1900 Miles B. McSweeney (D) D+100.0
1898 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+100.0
1896 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+82.5
1894 John Gary Evans (D) D+69.6
1892 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+99.9
1890 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+79.8
1888 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1886 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1884 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+100.0
1882 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+79.0
1880 Johnson Hagood (D) D+96.4
1878 Wade Hampton (D) D+99.8
1876 Wade Hampton (D) D+0.6
1874 Daniel H. Chamberlain (R) R+53.9
1872 Franklin J. Moses Jr. (R) R+65.4
1870 Robert K. Scott (R) R+62.3
1868 Robert K. Scott (R) R+50.4
1865 James Lawrence Orr (other)