Governor of South Carolina
Alan Wilson
Attorney General of South Carolina (since 2011)R
- Race
- Governor of South Carolina
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponents
- Jermaine Johnson (D); Walid Hakim (G); Michael Addison (United Citizens)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did3 statements · 0 votes
What I have always supported is defense of South Carolina's Heartbeat Bill, obviously with exceptions.
Protect legal access to abortion
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2026-11-03
| Alan Wilson R | challenger |
| Jermaine Johnson D | challenger |
| Walid Hakim G | challenger |
| Michael Addison United Citizens | challenger |
Running with Lt. Gov. candidate Mike Reichenbach, a state senator from Florence County. Won the June 23 Republican runoff with 68.6%.
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
What I have always supported is defense of South Carolina's Heartbeat Bill, obviously with exceptions.
Said he has always supported defending South Carolina's Heartbeat Law, with exceptions, and his team confirmed he believes the six-week law should stand; he and Johnson both pledged at an October 6 debate not to seek to make the restrictions more severe.[4][5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
As Attorney General he joined 27 other attorneys general in amicus briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold state laws limiting girls' sports teams to biological females, and described the Court's June 2026 ruling as a landmark.
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
At the October 6 debate he said he wants every family to have access to health care but that expanding Medicaid is not the answer, arguing the state cannot afford it.
Documented position[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Alan Wilson has been South Carolina's Attorney General since 2011, elected in 2010 and re-elected three times. He won the Republican runoff for governor and is running with state Sen. Mike Reichenbach. His platform calls for eliminating the state income tax, government audits and expanded technical education, and he says he will continue defending the state's heartbeat abortion law.[1][2][3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Wilson was born on July 16, 1973, in West Columbia, South Carolina, and grew up with three brothers; he is an Eagle Scout.[1] His biological father, an Army captain and Vietnam veteran, died in a military training exercise, and his mother later married Joe Wilson, now a U.S. representative, who adopted him at age three.[1] Wilson earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Francis Marion University in 1996 and a law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2002.[1]
After college Wilson joined the South Carolina National Guard, where he holds the rank of colonel in the Judge Advocate General's Corps.[1] After law school he worked as an assistant solicitor and assistant attorney general before entering private practice.[1] He and his wife, Jennifer, have a daughter.[1]
Wilson was first elected attorney general in 2010 and was re-elected three times, most recently in 2022.[1] He announced his run for governor on June 23, 2025, and chose Sen. Mike Reichenbach of Florence County as his running mate.[1][2] After advancing from the June 9 primary to a runoff against Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, he was projected by the Associated Press to win the June 23 Republican runoff and faces Democrat Jermaine Johnson in November.[8]
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- legal2025-09-22 · Announced that he joined 27 other attorneys general in friend-of-the-court briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow states to limit girls' sports teams to biological females, in cases from West Virginia and Idaho.[6]
- legal2026-06-30 · Issued a statement after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can keep men out of women's school sports, noting he had joined a multistate amicus brief in the case.[7]
- legalAs Attorney General, has defended South Carolina's abortion restrictions, including the 2023 Heartbeat law, in court.[5]
In their own words
Priorities
- Eliminating the state income tax, saying the state has a spending problem rather than a revenue problem.[4]
- Expanding technical and trade education pipelines that begin in high school.[4]
- Auditing state agencies, with Reichenbach leading the effort, and what the ticket describes as a law-and-order approach to public safety.[9][4]
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.SC Governor's Race | Candidate Profile: Alan Wilson · FOX Carolina · 2026-05-29 News report
- 2.Alan Wilson lays out priorities in bid for governor alongside running mate · ABC News 4 (WCIV) · 2026-01-19 News report
- 3.South Carolina governor's race set as Wilson, Johnson turn to general election · Live 5 News (WCSC) · 2026-06-24 News report
- 4.Alan Wilson lays out priorities in bid for governor alongside running mate · ABC News 4 (WCIV) · 2026-01-19 News report
- 5.SC governor candidates agree on abortion, differ on gambling and Medicaid · SC Daily Gazette · 2026-10-07 News report
- 6.Attorney General Alan Wilson asks U.S. Supreme Court to protect girls' sports · South Carolina Attorney General's Office · 2025-09-22 Official record
- 7.Attorney General Alan Wilson issues statement on Supreme Court decision to protect women's sports · South Carolina Attorney General's Office · 2026-06-30 Official record
- 8.Alan Wilson projected to win GOP runoff in SC governor's race · FOX Carolina · 2026-06-23 News report
- 9.South Carolina governor's race set as Wilson, Johnson turn to general election · Live 5 News (WCSC) · 2026-06-24 News report