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南卡罗来纳州民主党选民周二选出一名前篮球运动员出身的州议员作为该州州长职位的候选人。
这个“棕榈州”在州议会选举中向来是共和党稳固的票仓——上一位民主党州长是吉姆·霍奇斯，他在2002年被丑闻缠身的共和党人马克·桑福德击败。
不过，来自该党不同意识形态阵营的三名民主党人此前都在争夺这个机会，以期成为本世纪首位当选州长的民主党人。
南卡罗来纳州众议员杰梅因·约翰逊代表里奇兰县和克肖县部分区域，在仅参选数月后就被美联社宣布胜出。
这位千禧一代民主党人在2020年凭借CNN评论员、前南卡罗来纳州众议员巴卡里·塞勒斯的支持，成功推翻了长期在位的吉米·贝尔斯。
福克斯新闻独家报道：共和党激进议员南希·梅斯宣布参选南卡罗来纳州州长
南卡罗来纳州众议员老杰梅因·约翰逊与儿子科比在南卡罗来纳州霍普金斯投票。（肖恩·雷福德/盖蒂图片社摄）
约翰逊曾在查尔斯顿学院参加校篮球队，2009年NBA选秀未被选中。
之后他被当时位于内华达州西部的NBA发展联盟里诺大羊角队签下。该球队后来沿80号州际公路向东迁移，并更名为斯托克顿国王队。
在最近的初选中，约翰逊批评 fellow 民主党人据称在全州部分地区没有开展竞选活动。
“我去到了那些选民从未见过候选人的地方，民众都情绪高涨，”约翰逊说道。
当竞争对手马林斯·麦克劳德批评约翰逊过于频繁与共和党超级多数派合作时，他打趣道：“没上过战场的人，扔石头才容易。”
自由核心小组议员拉尔夫·诺曼誓言要在南卡罗来纳州州长竞选中“打破僵局”
南卡罗来纳州议会大厦，位于南卡罗来纳州哥伦比亚市。（盖蒂图片社摄）
他表示，在一项环保法案方面，他帮助将其从“糟糕透顶”改进到“略有起色”。
麦克劳德是来自沃尔特伯勒的审判律师，在查尔斯顿开展业务，其家族长期参与州政府事务，他在竞选活动中提出了简洁的施政纲领。
“哥伦比亚的体制不仅仅需要像对手所言的那样更换领导层。这套体制没有按照初衷运行——我们必须先打破它，才能修复它，”他在个人网站上写道。
南卡罗来纳州总检察长宣布参选州长，倡导废除州所得税、精简政府治理
马林斯·麦克劳德竞选南卡罗来纳州州长。（特雷西·格朗茨/盖蒂图片社摄）
他支持任期限制，终结“裙带资本主义”，并通过将年度未使用预算资金返还给纳税人来精简政府规模。
第三名候选人比利·韦伯斯特是一名商人，与乔治·H·W·布什和克林顿两届政府都有渊源。
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据威廉·J·克林顿总统图书馆资料显示，韦伯斯特曾在布什政府时期担任白宫研究员，当时还是美国最大的波詹格斯快餐连锁店加盟商总裁，之后在副幕僚长厄斯金·鲍尔斯手下工作。
来自格林维尔的韦伯斯特在个人网站上表示，他过去曾在自己的波詹格斯门店外开展选民登记活动，因为“如果一个社区支持你的生意，你就理应有所回报”。
在辩论中，韦伯斯特着重强调了自己的商业背景和务实的施政方式，将自己定位为专注于经济增长、基础设施建设和共识搭建的问题解决者。
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Ex-pro basketball player wins shot to become next governor of South Carolina
2026-06-09 8:58pm EDT / Fox News
South Carolina Democratic voters chose a former basketball player-turned-state lawmaker as their nominee for the governorship on Tuesday.
The Palmetto State is reliably red when it comes to the State House — with the most recent Democrat being Gov. Jim Hodges, who was defeated by scandal-plagued Republican Mark Sanford in 2002.
However, three Democrats from across the party’s ideological spectrum vied for the chance to become the first Democrat elected governor this century.
State Rep. Jermaine Johnson, who represents parts of Richland and Kershaw Counties, was declared the winner by the Associated Press after launching his bid only months ago.
The millennial Democrat notably ousted longtime incumbent Jimmy Bales in 2020 with support from CNN commentator and former South Carolina lawmaker Bakari Sellers.
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South Carolina state Rep. Jermaine Johnson Sr. votes with his son Kobe in Hopkins, S.C.(Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Johnson played scholastic ball at the College of Charleston and went undrafted in the 2009 NBA draft.
He later was picked up by the then-Reno Bighorns of the NBA’s G-League in western Nevada. The team has since moved farther down I-80 and renamed themselves the Stockton Kings.
During a recent primary debate, Johnson criticized his fellow Democrats for reportedly not showing up around the state in certain areas.
“I have been going to places where they have never seen a candidate before, and people are fired up,” said Johnson.
When contender Mullins McLeod criticized Johnson for working with the Republicans’ supermajority too much, he quipped: “It’s hard to throw rocks when you have not been in the fight.”
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The South Carolina Statehouse, in Columbia, S.C.(Getty Images)
He said that in terms of an environmental bill, he helped move it from “horrible to a little bit better.”
McLeod, a trial lawyer from Walterboro who works out of Charleston and whose family has long been involved in state government, offered a succinct campaign platform in the race.
“The system in Columbia does not just need new leadership like my opponents would have you believe. The system is not working the way it was intended —we must go break it to fix it,” he said on his website.
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Mullins McLeod campaigns for the South Carolina governorship.(Tracy Glantz/Getty Images)
He supports term limits, ending “crony capitalism,” and shrinking government by returning unspent annual budget funds to taxpayers.
The third candidate, Billy Webster, is a businessman with ties to the George H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations.
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A White House Fellow in Bush’s administration, Webster was at the time president of the largest Bojangles franchisee in the country before moving on to work under deputy chief of staff Erskine Bowles, according to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library.
Webster, of Greenville, said on his website he used to run voter registration drives out of his Bojangles because “if a community supported your business, you owed something back.”
In the debate, Webster leaned on his business background and pragmatic governing approach, presenting himself as a problem-solver focused on growth, infrastructure, and consensus-building.
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