Elections · U.S. House · South Carolina

2026 South Carolina House race, District 6

Jim Clyburn (Democrat) and John Peterson (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in South Carolina District 6, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the South Carolina State Election Commission.

The November ballot

JimClyburnDemocrat

Clyburn

$1.2M

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: John Peterson (Republican).

Official candidate list: South Carolina State Election Commission. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

Jim Clyburn

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 1993 · Age 86

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

See their record

How to vote in South Carolina

General electionNovember 3, 2026

All dates and rules

How they won the primary

The primary · 83,556 votes

Jim Clyburn Won: 90.3% 75,411
Frederick Goodwin: 9.7% 8,145

Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: South Carolina Election Commission certified primary results. Certified June 12, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

Where each candidate's money comes from

Jim Clyburn

13%from small donors

Small donors: 13%$165K
Large donors: 24%$293K
PACs: 59%$720K
Other: 4%$47K

Small donors give $200 or less; 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.

Not on the November ballot

2 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.

How this seat voted last time

D+23 in 2024

Jim Clyburn Won: 59.5%
Duke Buckner: 36.7%

305,977 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 3.8%. 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.

The district

Census context

People: 746K
Median household income: $56K
Unemployment: 5.9%
Living below the poverty line: 19.8%
Without health insurance: 10.9%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through June 30, 2026. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.