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South Carolina races

South Carolina votes on a Senate seat and all 7 House seats this cycle.

South Carolina races to watch

The delegation, district by district

8 seats on the ballot
District 1. Nancy Mace holds the seat and is not running for it. 23 candidates on file.District 7. Russell Fry holds the seat and is on the ballot. 6 candidates on file.District 4. William Timmons holds the seat and is on the ballot. 5 candidates on file.District 5. Ralph Norman Jr. holds the seat and is not running for it. 7 candidates on file.District 2. Joe Wilson holds the seat and is on the ballot. 8 candidates on file.District 3. Sheri Biggs holds the seat and is on the ballot. 3 candidates on file.District 6. Jim Clyburn holds the seat and is on the ballot. 4 candidates on file.

Tap or point at a district for the seat and who holds it.

1 Democratic6 Republican2 not running again

House seats, filled by the party that holds each one today.

Party of the member holding each seat now, never a margin and never a prediction. A hatched district means that member is not on the ballot for it. Boundaries as drawn for the 119th Congress.

How to vote in South Carolina

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election.

All dates and rules

South Carolina by the numbers

5.3Mpeople across 7 districts

Median household income$56K to $90K
District 6District 1
Living below the poverty line9.3% to 19.8%
District 1District 6
Without health insurance8.0% to 11.0%
District 1District 7

The lowest and highest of South Carolina's districts, on the national range for each measure. Census American Community Survey 2024 five year estimates.

What this ballot costs

$45M in play

Of every dollar in South Carolina's federal races, 21 cents is outside groups spending on their own, not the campaigns. The Senate seat and the whole House map are on one scale.

Raised by candidatesOutside money
The Senate seat$27M
$21M raised by candidates$6.2M outside money
All 7 House races$18M
$15M raised by candidates$3.3M outside money$2.6M a seat on average

Gifts of $200 or less

$9.1M25%

Larger individual gifts

$13M35%

From PACs

$3.4M9%

Shares of what the campaigns raised themselves. The rest is party money, self funding and transfers.

Incumbents defending a seat

The 6 sitting members on this ballot, what they have raised, and the stock trades they have disclosed.

Who is spending on South Carolina

$9.5M outside money

The groups spending independently on South Carolina's races, by what they have filed. Open a row to see how the money was spent, supporting or opposing each party, and the interest behind the committee.

1 to 5 of 23 groups

How far the money traveled

Most of the outside money on South Carolina's races comes from groups whose only filings this cycle are here.

Groups spending in other states too
$2.8M29%
Groups spending only in South Carolina
$6.8M71%

Groups filing here

23

The widest one reaches

23states

Independent spending filed on South Carolina's races, by whether the committee is also spending in other states this cycle. A filing records where a group spends, not where its donors live, so this is a measure of reach, never of who paid for it.

Every race on the ballot

Candidates on file with the FEC, not a certified ballot. Each row opens the full field, the money, and the outside spending for that seat.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Census context from the American Community Survey, public domain. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.