Electoral history of Henry McMaster

This is an article about the electoral history of Henry McMaster.

Henry McMaster, a member of the Republican party, is the 117th Governor of South Carolina and assumed office January 24, 2017. He served as the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina from 2015-2017 and the Attorney General of South Carolina from 2003-2011. Additionally, he unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1986, lieutenant governor in 1990, and governor in 2010.

**South Carolina Senate Election, 1986**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ernest Hollings (incumbent)	463,354	63.10%
	Republican	Henry McMaster	261,394	35.50%
Total votes			724,748	100
	Democratic hold

**South Carolina Lt. Governor Election, 1990**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nick Theodore (incumbent)	440,884	58.75%
	Republican	Henry McMaster	309,038	41.19%
Total votes			749,922	100
	Democratic hold

**South Carolina Attorney General Election, 2002**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry McMaster	601,931	55.48%
	Democratic	Stephen K. Benjamin	482,560	44.48%
Total votes			1,084,491	100
	Republican hold

**South Carolina Attorney General Election, 2006 (Uncontested)**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry McMaster (incumbent)	779,453	99.22%
	None	Write-ins	6,107	0.78%
Total votes			785,560	100
	Republican hold

**South Carolina Governor Republican Primary Election, 2010**^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nikki Haley	206,326	48.86%
	Republican	Gresham Barrett	91,824	21.75%
	Republican	Henry McMaster	71,494	16.93%
	Republican	Andre Bauer	52,607	12.46%
Total votes			422,251	100

**South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Republican Primary Election, 2014**^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry McMaster	131,546	43.63%
	Republican	Pat McKinney	73,134	21.75%
	Republican	Mike Campbell	72,204	23.95%
	Republican	Ray Moore	24,335	8.07%
Total votes			301,219	100

**South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Republican Primary Runoff Election, 2014**^[3]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry McMaster	85,301	63.58%
	Republican	Mike Campbell	48,863	36.42%
Total votes			134,164	100

**South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Election, 2014**^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry McMaster	726,821	58.75%
	Democratic	Bakari Sellers	508,807	41.13%
	none	Write-ins	1,514	0.12%
Total votes			1,237,142	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

**South Carolina Gubernatiorial Republican Primary Election, 2018**^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry McMaster (incumbent)	155,072	42.3%
	Republican	John Warren	102,006	27.8%
	Republican	Catherine Templeton	78,432	27.8%
	Republican	Kevin L. Bryant	24,699	6.7%
	Republican	Yancey McGill	6,349	1.7%
Total votes			257,078	100

**South Carolina Gubernatorial Republican Primary Runoff Election, 2018**^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry McMaster	183,820	53.6%
	Republican	John Warren	158,921	46.4%
Total votes			342,741	100

**South Carolina Gubernatiorial Election, 2018**^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Henry McMaster	921,342	53%
	Democratic	James E. Smith Jr.	784,182	46%
Total votes			1,705,524	100
	Republican hold

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References

^ "2010 Republican and Democratic Primary". South Carolina State Elections Commission. 2010. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2014 South Carolina Elections Overview". Politico. 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "2014 Republican and Democratic Primary". South Carolina State Elections Commission. 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "2018 Statewide Primaries". South Carolina State Elections Commission. 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "2018 Statewide Primaries Runoff". South Carolina State Elections Commission. 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "2018 Statewide General Elections". South Carolina State Elections Commission. 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2020.