Elections · U.S. House · South Carolina
South Carolina House race, District 1
Nancy Mace holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Nancy Lacore and Jenny Costa Honeycutt are competing for it.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.
The seat
Nancy Mace
Republican · Holds the seat now
How to vote in South Carolina
- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
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How they won the primary
First round · 56,579 votes
- Nancy Lacore36.5%20,643
- Mac Deford28.9%16,348
- Francina Dantzler9.6%5,425
- Mayra Rivera-Vazquez9.6%5,411
- Ben Frasier9.5%5,369
2 more candidates on the full canvass.
The runoff · 24,598 votes
- Nancy LacoreWon52.1%12,825
- Mac Deford47.9%11,773
First round · 67,110 votes
- Jenny Costa Honeycutt22.1%14,822
- Mark Smith18%12,074
- Sam McCown15.7%10,508
- Mark Sanford (withdrawn)12.1%8,107
- Alex Pelbath10.9%7,288
6 more candidates on the full canvass.
The runoff · 44,759 votes
- Jenny Costa HoneycuttWon53.7%24,035
- Mark Smith46.3%20,724
Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $7.2M
- Outside money
- $2.8M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The 13 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
21 filed- Nancy MaceRepublican$453K
- Logan CunninghamRepublican$30K
- William DefordDemocrat$646K
- Tyler DykesRepublican$25K
- Sam McCownRepublican$1.6M
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 764K
- Median household income
- $90K
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
- Living below the poverty line
- 9.3%
- Without health insurance
- 8.0%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
How this seat voted last time
R+17 in 2024
- Nancy MaceWon58.2%
- Michael B. Moore41.6%
390,777 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.