2022 Midterm Elections

McMaster, Cunningham Win South Carolina Gubernatorial Primaries

McMaster, Cunningham Win South Carolina Gubernatorial Primaries
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster speaks to a crowd in Columbia, South Carolina, on Nov. 3, 2020. Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Jeff Louderback
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MT. PLEASANT, S.C.—Incumbent Gov. Henry McMaster decisively defeated lone challenger Harrison Musselwhite in South Carolina’s Republican gubernatorial primary on June 14. He will face Democrat Joe Cunningham, who won the Democrat primary, in the general election in November.

With 73 percent of the votes reported at 10:15 p.m. ET on June 14, McMaster received 83.6 percent of the vote.

Jeff Louderback
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Jeff Louderback covers major news and politics, including the Make America Healthy Again movement and regenerative farming. Since joining The Epoch Times in 2022, he has covered national elections, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign, the East Palestine train derailment, and the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina. Jeff has 30-plus years of professional experience as a reporter, editor, and author.
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