The 2022 South Carolina gubernatorial election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Incumbent Republican Governor Henry McMaster took office on January 24, 2017 upon the resignation of Nikki Haley and was elected to a full term in his own right in 2018.

Who is the current lieutenant governor of South Carolina?

Pamela Evette

Pamela S. Evette of Travelers Rest was elected as the 93rd Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina on November 6, 2018. Prior to her election as the first female Republican lieutenant governor of South Carolina, Evette founded Quality Business Solutions, Inc.

Is there a mask mandate in South Carolina?

South Carolina never passed a statewide mask mandate but allowed local governments to do so in 2020. Most of them faded away after Gov. ... Now, South Carolina is seeing about 5,400 new COVID-19 cases a day, similar to the pandemic's previous peak in January.