SC Gov. McMaster raises most in latest 2022 haul. Here’s where the Democrats stand
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster raised more than $1 million in the most recent three months of the year, bringing his total fundraising haul to $3.5 million as he runs to secure a second four-year term in 2022.
The Columbia Republican ended the quarter, which stretched from July 1 to Sept. 30, with $2.3 million cash on hand. The third quarter donations came from more than 3,800 contributors, his campaign said.
“They are invested in our effort to keep South Carolina moving in the right direction — toward unprecedented economic prosperity, jobs gains and a new era of growth,” McMaster said in a statement. “I could not be more excited for what the future holds.”
So far, McMaster has no high-profile Republican primary challengers. Republican Mindy Steele, of Berkeley County, has raised about $3,900 as of mid-September.
Challenging McMaster from the left is former U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham, state Sen. Mia McLeod, D-Richland, and activist Gary Votour.
Cunningham’s campaign raised $360,000 in the third quarter, bringing his total to more than $1 million for the cycle.
Third-quarter fundraising figures were not available for McLeod and Votour.
McLeod had brought in about $105,000 during the second quarter of the year, her first filing for her gubernatorial campaign. Votour has reported about $1,800 in contributions for the entire cycle, according to his latest campaign filing report.
The COVID-19 pandemic appears not to have hurt the governor’s fundraising efforts.
Though, McMaster said Thursday, the pandemic “did affect it in that we didn’t have some of the events that wanted. Some had to be postponed, but some of them have been held now.”
At the same point in the 2018 cycle, McMaster had raised $2.3 million and had $1.9 million cash in the bank.
