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Evette and Wilson move to governor race runoff
South Carolina GOP voters vote again June 23 in the governor election after Evette and Wilson reached runoff and Mace finished fifth
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Pamela Evette and Alan Wilson moved to a June 23 governor race runoff after no candidate cleared the majority threshold; Rep. Nancy Mace finished fifth.
- Frame 1South Carolina GOP voters vote again June 23 in the governor election after Evette and Wilson reached runoff and Mace finished fifth.
- Frame 2Evette, the lieutenant governor, entered the runoff with Trump's late endorsement and about 29% support.
- Frame 3Wilson, South Carolina's attorney general, held about 26%, keeping the attorney general in the final round.
- Frame 4Mace finished a distant fifth, leaving her congressional-to-governor campaign and next political move uncertain.
- Frame 5The eventual Republican nominee will be favored this fall in solidly red South Carolina.
- Frame 6June 23 decides whether Trump-backed Evette or Wilson becomes the front-runner to replace term-limited Gov. McMaster.
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