South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson won the Republican runoff for the state’s governor on June 23.
Wilson defeated Pamela Evette, the state’s lieutenant governor. Wilson will face Democratic state Rep. Jermaine Johnson in the general election on Nov. 3. Democrats have not won the South Carolina governorship since 1998.
The Associated Press called the race at 7:26 p.m ET. Wilson had 65.5 percent of the votes, while Evette had 34.5 percent, with 10 percent of ballots counted.
The winner in the general election will succeed term-limited Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, who endorsed Evette.
Multiple polls showed Wilson leading Evette. A polling average from FiftyPlusOne showed Wilson with 55.7 percent support compared to Evette’s 31.7 percent….