Alan Wilson

Alan Wilson and his three brothers all became Eagle Scouts and military officers.¹ His biological father, a Vietnam veteran, died in a training accident at Fort Bragg; his adoptive father is Congressman Joe Wilson.¹ He and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Michael and Anna Grace.²

Wilson joined the National Guard after college and deployed to Iraq, where he earned a Combat Action Badge.² He continues to serve as a colonel in the South Carolina Army National Guard.¹ A Francis Marion University and University of South Carolina law graduate, he clerked for Judge Marc Westbrook, worked as an assistant solicitor and assistant attorney general, and entered private practice at Willoughby & Hoefer.²

First elected attorney general in 2010, Wilson has won three reelections.² His office prosecuted Alex Murdaugh in the 2023 trial for the murders of his wife and son.³⁴ The Supreme Court overturned the murder convictions in May 2026 and ordered a new trial because of the court clerk’s improper influence on jurors.⁴⁵ Wilson pledged to retry the case.⁶

Running against Democrat Jermaine Johnson, Wilson supports continuing the state income tax phaseout and opposes Medicaid expansion, citing long term state costs.⁷ He favors local approval of data centers with their own energy supplies and opposes casino gambling.⁷ The election will choose Henry McMaster’s successor and shape the state’s approach to health coverage, taxes and energy demand.⁷