An election was held on November 2, 1982, to select the governor of South Carolina. The state constitution was amended by the voters on November 4, 1980 to allow for the governor to serve a second consecutive four-year term. Governor Richard Riley, the popular Democratic incumbent, easily defeated Republican W. D. Workman Jr. and became the first governor since Thomas Gordon McLeod in 1924 to be elected to a second consecutive term.
As of 2025, this is the only time a Democratic governor won a second term since the constitution was amended to allow for two consecutive terms. It was also the last election that a Democrat has carried every county in South Carolina, and the last South Carolina gubernatorial race where any candidate won every county.
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