2022 South Carolina Secretary of State election

For related races, see 2022 United States secretary of state elections.

2022 South Carolina Secretary of State election
November 8, 2022
 
Nominee Mark Hammond Rosemounda Peggy Butler
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,071,907 619,089
Percentage 63.33% 36.61%
Hammond:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Butler:      40–50%      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

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

Candidates

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

Results

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

Candidates

Declared

General election

Predictions

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

Results

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 county

[11]

County Mark Hammond
Republican 		Rosemounda Butler
Democratic 		Write-ins
Other parties
# % # % # %
Abbeville 6,240 72.99% 2,306 26.97% 3 0.04%
Aiken 37,679 68.82% 17,025 31.10% 44 0.08%
Allendale 589 32.78% 1,208 67.22% 0 0.00%
Anderson 48,847 77.36% 14,265 22.59% 29 0.05%
Bamberg 1,833 46.28% 2,127 52.70% 1 0.03%
Barnwell 3,802 60.74% 2,453 39.19% 4 0.06%
Beaufort 44,911 63.12% 26,180 36.79% 60 0.08%
Berkeley 44,014 62.14% 26,763 37.79% 50 0.07%
Calhoun 3,471 62.02% 2,123 37.93% 3 0.05%
Charleston 78,695 52.15% 72,104 47.78% 100 0.07%
Cherokee 12,813 79.46% 3,308 20.51% 5 0.03%
Chester 6,084 63.41% 3,505 36.53% 5 0.05%
Chesterfield 8,342 66.68% 4,164 33.29% 4 0.03%
Clarendon 6,660 58.48% 4,722 41.46% 6 0.05%
Colleton 7,774 62.22% 4,715 37.74% 5 0.04%
Darlington 12,207 61.11% 7,760 38.85% 8 0.04%
Dillon 4,435 56.64% 3,391 43.31% 4 0.05%
Dorchester 30,357 61.66% 18,837 38.26% 40 0.08%
Edgefield 6,140 69.79% 2,655 30.18% 3 0.03%
Fairfield 3,956 47.65% 4,333 52.19% 13 0.16%
Florence 24,385 59.08% 16,863 40.85% 30 0.07%
Georgetown 17,484 64.03% 9,819 35.96% 4 0.01%
Greenville 117,887 66.62% 58,922 33.30% 149 0.08%
Greenwood 15,021 69.16% 6,684 30.77% 15 0.07%
Hampton 2,805 50.30% 2,769 49.66% 2 0.04%
Horry 97,236 73.07% 35,804 26.90% 39 0.03%
Jasper 6,557 59.13% 4,524 40.79% 9 0.08%
Kershaw 15,203 68.21% 7,073 31.73% 14 0.06%
Lancaster 23,523 68.10% 10,999 31.84% 20 0.06%
Laurens 14,557 73.67% 5,175 26.19% 28 0.14%
Lee 2,217 42.38% 3,010 57.54% 4 0.08%
Lexington 71,308 72.14% 27,458 27.78% 80 0.08%
Marion 4,025 48.12% 4,336 51.84% 3 0.04%
Marlboro 3,353 51.78% 3,122 48.21% 1 0.02%
McCormick 2,799 61.33% 1,765 38.67% 0 0.00%
Newberry 9,109 71.34% 3,654 28.62% 5 0.04%
Oconee 22,893 79.31% 5,955 20.63% 17 0.06%
Orangeburg 10,065 38.59% 16,010 61.38% 8 0.03%
Pickens 31,936 79.85% 8,037 20.09% 23 0.06%
Richland 48,898 38.76% 77,146 61.14% 125 0.10%
Saluda 4,973 76.07% 1,562 23.89% 2 0.03%
Spartanburg 68,926 71.25% 27,737 28.67% 73 0.08%
Sumter 15,270 49.97% 15,278 50.000% 11 0.04%
Union 6,024 69.82% 2,595 30.08% 9 0.10%
Williamsburg 4,093 42.19% 5,604 57.76% 5 0.05%
York 62,055 64.91% 33,496 35.04% 46 0.05%
Totals 1,071,451 63.33% 619,341 36.61% 1,109 0.07%

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Hammond won six of seven congressional districts.[12]

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

  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. ^ "SC - Election Night Reporting". South Carolina Election Commission. November 17, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2026.
  12. ^ "Dra 2020".
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