There will be a debate in the SC GOP governor runoff

The top two candidates in the GOP governor's race will meet one more time before voters choose between them in a runoff.

Gov. Henry McMaster and John Warren will meet for a debate on Wednesday, June 20, at the Newberry Opera House. The 7 p.m. debate will be sponsored by SC ETV, the Post and Courier and S.C. Public Radio.

The debate falls a week after Warren forced McMaster into a runoff in the GOP primary, and a week before GOP primary runoff voters will decide between the two men on June 26.

McMaster, the incumbent governor who has been a fixture of S.C. politics for decades, won 42 percent of the vote Tuesday. That was good enough for first in the five-candidate GOP field but not good enough to avoid a runoff against Warren, the Upstate businessman seeking his first elected office. Warren came in second with 28 percent of the vote.

This story was originally published June 13, 2018 at 12:57 PM with the headline "There will be a debate in the SC GOP governor runoff."