South Carolina Governor GOP Primary Called
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson beat Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in the South Carolina Governor GOP Primary.
It was a runoff election.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson will be on the ballot this November as the state elects its first new governor in nearly a decade.
Wilson defeated Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in Tuesday’s runoff election in the South Carolina Republican primary.
Trump endorsed both candidates in the race.
Wilson faces off against Rep. Jermaine Johnson in the general election.
But then last week, Mr. Trump endorsed both candidates in the runoff, writing: “I can’t hurt one of them by only endorsing the other, so, therefore, I am going to endorse, for Governor of South Carolina, both Pam Evette and Alan Wilson!”
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Wilson also drew support from Mace, who endorsed him after conceding in the primary. Mace, who had her own fraught relationship with Mr. Trump, may have given Wilson credibility with voters skeptical of the president’s grip on the state party.
With the runoff settled, Republicans now turn their attention to November, where Wilson is considered a heavy favorite in a state that has not elected a Democratic governor since 1998. He will face Johnson, who won the Democratic primary, in the general election on Nov. 3.
