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2018 South Carolina gubernatorial election

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2018 South Carolina gubernatorial election
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The 2018 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the governor of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican governor Henry McMaster, who took office after Nikki Haley resigned to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, ran for election to a full term. The primary was held on June 12, with the Democrats nominating State Representative James E. Smith Jr. McMaster failed to win a majority of the vote, and then defeated John Warren in the Republican runoff on June 26. In the general election, McMaster defeated Smith, winning election to a full term.[1]

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Republicans won their fifth straight gubernatorial election in the state, their longest such streak in history.

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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Defeated in runoff

  • John Warren, businessman[5][6]
    • Running mate: Pat McKinney, businessman[7]

Defeated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Catherine Templeton
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Organizations
John Warren
State figures

First round

Polling

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Results

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Primary results by county:
McMaster
  •   McMaster—60–70%
  •   McMaster—50–60%
  •   McMaster—40–50%
  •   McMaster—30–40%
Warren
  •   Warren—30–40%
  •   Warren—40–50%
Templeton
  •   Templeton—40–50%
McGill
  •   McGill—40–50%
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Runoff

Polling

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Results

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Primary runoff results by county:
McMaster
  •   McMaster—80–90%
  •   McMaster—70–80%
  •   McMaster—60–70%
  •   McMaster—50–60%
Warren
  •   Warren—50–60%
  •   Warren—60–70%
  •   Warren—70–80%
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Defeated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Phil Noble

Polling

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Results

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Primary results by county:
Smith
  •   Smith—70–80%
  •   Smith—60–70%
  •   Smith—50–60%
  •   Smith—40–50%
Willis
  •   Willis—40–50%
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Independents and third parties

Declared

  • Phil Cheney (Independent), former Anderson City Councilman, candidate for SC-03 in 2006 and write-in candidate for SC-05 in 2017[57]

Failed nomination

  • Martin Barry (American Party), medication researcher,[58] nomination declined by the American Party[59]
    • Running mate: James Cartee, theater director

General election

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Notes
  1. The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Endorsements

Henry McMaster (R)
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Organizations
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James Smith (D)
Former U.S. executive branch officials
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Local and statewide politicians
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Polling

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Results

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

McMaster won six of seven congressional districts, including one that elected a Democratic representative.[95]

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References

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