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2022 South Carolina Secretary of State election

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2022 South Carolina Secretary of State election
← 2018 November 8, 2022 2026 →
 
Nominee Mark Hammond Rosemounda Peggy Butler
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,071,907 619,089
Percentage 63.33% 36.61%
Hammond:      50–60%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Butler:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
     No data
Secretary of State before election

Mark Hammond
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Mark Hammond
Republican

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The 2022 South Carolina Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican Mark Hammond was seeking another term in office against Democratic challenger Rosemounda Peggy Butler,[1][2] after defeating an opponent in the Republican primary.[3] The last Democratic Secretary of State of South Carolina was John T. Campbell in 1991. Primary elections were held on June 14, 2022.[4][5] Hammond defeated his Democratic opponent and retained his seat.[6]

Republican primary

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Primary results by county
  Hammond
  •   60–70%
      70–80%
      80–90%

Candidates

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  • Keith Blanford, businessman and perennial candidate[4]
  • Mark Hammond, incumbent secretary of state[7]

Results

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South Carolina Secretary of State Republican primary election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Hammond (incumbent) 257,131 75.1%
Republican Keith Blanford 85,050 24.9%
Total votes 342,181 100%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] Safe R December 1, 2021
Elections Daily[10] Safe R November 7, 2022

Results

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2022 South Carolina Secretary of State election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican
1,071,451 63.33%
Democratic
  • Rosemounda Peggy Butler
 619,341 36.61%
Write-in 1,109 0.07%
Total votes 1,691,901 100.00%
Republican hold

By congressional district

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Hammond won 6 of 7 congressional districts.[11]

District Hammond Peggy Butler Representative
1st 62% 38% Nancy Mace
2nd 63% 37% Joe Wilson
3rd 75% 25% Jeff Duncan
4th 67% 33% William Timmons
5th 66% 34% Ralph Norman
6th 41% 59% Jim Clyburn
7th 67% 33% Tom Rice (117th Congress)
Russell Fry (118th Congress)

References

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  1. ^ "Candidates for South Carolina Secretary of State". WLTX. June 1, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Staff Reports (November 2, 2022). ""Looking at the races"". The Island News. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Collins, Jeffrey (June 14, 2022). ""Secretary of State Hammond wins GOP primary; to face Butler"". WACH-TV. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "2022 voter guide: Who's running for governor of South Carolina". The Greenville News. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  5. ^ WLTX (June 1, 2022). ""Candidates for South Carolina Secretary of State: Two candidates are challenging Mark Hammond's run for a sixth term"". WLTX-TV. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  6. ^ NPR Staff (November 8, 2022). ""Here are the results of all races for secretary of state in 2022"". NPR. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  7. ^ Staff Reports (June 6, 2022). ""Candidate for Secretary of State (R-SC): Mark Hammond"". WHNS-TV. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  8. ^ Staff Reports (October 24, 2022). ""Candidate for Secretary of State (D-SC): Rosemounda "Peggy" Butler"". WHNS-TV. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  9. ^ "Secretary of State Races: More Important Than Ever in 2022, and More Complicated, Too". Sabato's Crystal Ball. December 2021. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  10. ^ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  11. ^ "Dra 2020".
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