Henry McMaster won with 53.9% of the vote (912,860 votes), ahead of James Smith with 46.0% (777,700 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 8.0 percentage points (135,160 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Republican lead of 8.0 points.
1,692,588 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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