Voters went to the polls Tuesday to cast the major of ballots for Molly Spearman, Henry McMaster and Tom Thompson in the primary runoff, though poll workers said turnout was low.
Former Attorney General Henry McMaster was named the Republican nominee to be South Carolina's lieutenant governor.
The 67-year-old Columbia resident ran on his experience, saying he has the knowledge to get things done. McMaster was a U.S. attorney during President Ronald Reagan's first term and state GOP chairman from 1993 to 2002 before being elected to two terms as attorney general.
McMaster took 57 percent of the vote in Anderson County, garnering 3,513 ro Campbell's 2,621.
McMaster had a strong lead in the four-way GOP primary two weeks ago, taking 44 percent of the vote. But he needed more than 50 percent to avoid a runoff.
His opponent, Mike Campbell, actually finished third. But he advanced to the runoff when second-place finisher Pat McKinney bowed out.
McMaster will face 29-year-old Democratic state Rep. Bakari Sellers in November.
Superintendent of Education
Tom Thompson is the Democratic nominee for South Carolina education superintendent, though the turnout for this race was very low in Anderson County. Thompson received 179 votes, or 51 percent or the county's votes, compared to Sheila Gallagher's 175 votes.
The former dean of graduate studies at South Carolina State University placed second in the four-way primary two weeks ago. His opponent, Gallagher, had attracted attention by advocating legalizing and taxing marijuana to raise money for schools.
But Thompson called it absurd to link buying marijuana to quality education.
The Chicago native started his career in 1970 as an inner-city high school math teacher. Thompson came to South Carolina in 1982 from Wisconsin to be the first black principal of Winnsboro High School in Fairfield County.
Thompson ran unsuccessfully for state superintendent in 2010.
Molly Spearman is the Republican choice to be South Carolina education superintendent.
Spearman spent the last decade advocating for the state's 3,600 K-12 administrators. But her career began in the classroom, as a music teacher for 18 years, then two years as an assistant principal. Her other roles include legislator, deputy superintendent and chief of staff at the state education agency.
Spearman won big in Anderson County winning 56 percent, or 3,440 votes, while her opponent Sally Atwater finished well behind with 2,707 votes.