By The Epoch Times | Created at 2026-06-24 00:08:42 | Updated at 2026-06-24 01:10:25
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South Carolina Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Alan Wilson, with support from U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), speaks to a crowd in Columbia, S.C., on June 22, 2026. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images).
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.
