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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, one of President Donald Trump's earliest campaign supporters, will have to compete in a runoff for the Republican nomination for a full term in two weeks after failing to get a majority of the vote.

McMaster had 44 percent of the primary vote to businessman John Warren's 26 percent when the Associated Press called the runoff with 55 percent of precincts reporting. Under South Carolina law, if no candidate gets a majority of the vote in a primary, the top two competitors go head-to-head for the nomination.

McMaster had had the support of Trump, who wrote tweets backing the South Carolina governor. McMaster was the highest-ranking GOP elected official to endorse Trump in January 2016 when he was the state's lieutenant governor. He ascended to the governorship a year later when Trump appointed then-Gov. Nikki Haley to the Cabinet.

The runoff will take place June 26. See live results here.

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