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.
Cunningham, a former congressman, topped state Sen. Mia McLeod in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Cunningham tallied 56 percent of the vote with 63 percent of the votes reported as of 10:16 p.m. ET.
Endorsed by Donald Trump, the 75-year-old McMaster is the oldest person to hold the governor’s seat in South Carolina. Longevity is apparently a family trait as McMaster’s father retired from his law firm when he was 99 and tried his final case when he was 93….