COLUMBIA, S.C. — As Election Day nears, News19 is assembling candidate profiles for statewide offices. Here are the candidates for South Carolina Governor (in alphabetical order):
Joe Cunningham (Democrat): The 40-year-old was born in Caldwell County, Kentucky, and moved to South Carolina to attend College of Charleston. Cunningham’s father is a Vietnam Veteran and retired Kentucky Supreme Court Justice, and his mother operated a publishing company. Cunningham has a Bachelors of Science degree in ocean engineering and a law degree from Northern Kentucky University. He practiced construction law in Charleston before being the first Democrat elected to represent South Carolina’s First Congressional District in over 40 years in 2018. In Congress, Cunningham served on the House Veterans Affairs and Natural Resources…
