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South Carolina House race, District 5

Ralph Norman Jr. holds this seat but is not on the November ballot. Mallory Dittmer and Wes Climer are competing for it.

The November ballot

Climer
$884K
Dittmer
$140K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Ralph Norman Jr.

Republican · Holds the seat now

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How to vote in South Carolina

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

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How they won the primary

Democratic primary

The primary · 45,566 votes

  • Mallory DittmerWon55.8%25,428
  • Andrew Clough44.2%20,138

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
$1.2M
Outside money
$1.2K

Where each candidate's money comes from

30%$41KSmall donors$12K1%
68%$95KLarge donors$631K71%
<1%$100PACs$236K27%
<1%$1.2KSelf-funding$5.6K<1%
2%$2.2KOther--

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 2 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

5 filed

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
758K
Median household income
$72K
Unemployment
4.8%
Living below the poverty line
12.5%
Without health insurance
8.7%

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+27 in 2024

  • Ralph NormanWon63.5%
  • Evangeline Hundley36.3%

359,409 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.

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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.