South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson wins GOP gubernatorial primary

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has won the Republican nomination to be the state’s next governor, positioning him to take on Democratic state Rep. Jermaine Johnson in the general election.

Wilson defeated Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in the Republican primary runoff after the two candidates advanced from the seven-candidate June 9 primary. With 9% of the vote counted as of Tuesday evening, Wilson won the runoff with 65.8% of the vote, with Evette garnering 34.2%, according to the Associated Press.