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South Carolina District 1 election, 2026

Nancy Lacore vs. Jenny Costa Honeycutt. Today's article: every forecast for this race →

VotePredictor forecast
Jenny Costa Honeycutt favored
Lean R · predicted margin R+2.6
69%
chance to win
2024 presidential margin
R+13.0
2026 national environment
D+8.0
District polls
4, averaging R+0.7
Forecast spread
±5.1 points

Margin from the district's presidential lean on its 2026 lines, one fitted intercept and the national environment as a uniform swing; the win probability adds a decaying incumbency premium (open seat: none). The 4 district polls are blended in by inverse variance, about 58% of the weight: the model alone said R+5.2.

Democratic

Nancy Lacore

Major-party general-election nominee.

Republican

Jenny Costa Honeycutt

Major-party general-election nominee.

Other listed candidates

  • Bill Reeside · Libertarian

Polls

The polls behind it

5 polls · newest first

Each pollster name links to the poll's source; the grade under it is its VotePredictor grade from past elections. Margin is the poll as published. The ± under the sample size is the 95% margin of error on each candidate's share, from the sample size (the gap between them is about twice as uncertain).

PollsterDateMargin
Public Policy PollingGrade A-10-22D+2.0
GQR (via Wikipedia)Grade C+10-04D+3.0
co/efficient (via Wikipedia)10-01R+6.0
Public Policy Polling (via Wikipedia)Grade A-09-10R+1.0
GQRGrade C+07-22R+2.0

These polls move the forecast: their average is blended into the model's own margin by inverse variance, with about 58% of the weight on the polls (a single poll gets about half; more polls, more weight). The rule was preregistered and validated on 321 polled districts from 2018–2024. See methodology.

Campaign money

FEC reports through October 14, 2026
Nancy LacoreDEM$4.9M raised
Spent $4.7MCash on hand $175k43% from donors under $200
Top contributors, industries and states

Contributors

  1. PAJCIC, STEPHEN$17k
  2. HEISING, MARK$11k
  3. MORAN, GARRETT$11k
  4. PAJCIC, SALLYN$11k
  5. RHODES, JOHN STEPHEN$11k

Industries

  1. Unemployed$634k
  2. Self-Employed & Freelance$118k
  3. Finance, Insurance & Real Estate$42k
  4. Legal & Professional Services$36k
  5. Education & Academia$13k

States

  1. SC$244k
  2. CA$168k
  3. NY$124k
  4. FL$96k
  5. CT$92k
Every contribution on GovMoneyGraph ↗
Jenny Costa HoneycuttREP$1.3M raised
Spent $984kCash on hand $308kDebts $10k2% from donors under $200Self-funded $14k
Top contributors, industries and states

Contributors

  1. GOP WINNING WOMEN 2026$43k
  2. HONEYCUTT, JENNY$14k
  3. DYKE, JAMES$11k
  4. WATTS, CLAUDIUS$11k
  5. HASH, THOMAS$10k

Industries

  1. Retired$191k
  2. Self-Employed & Freelance$133k
  3. Finance, Insurance & Real Estate$27k
  4. Legal & Professional Services$27k
  5. Homemaker$13k

States

  1. SC$741k
  2. VA$25k
  3. PA$13k
  4. GA$13k
  5. TX$11k
Every contribution on GovMoneyGraph ↗
Bill ReesideLIB$115k raised
Spent $112kCash on hand $4kDebts $106k2% from donors under $200Self-funded $106k
Top contributors, industries and states

Contributors

  1. REESIDE, WILLIAM$106k
  2. MCCRAW, JEAN$1k
  3. MCCONNELL, ROSS$1k
  4. EARLE, PEGGY$1k
  5. HARVEY, JAMES$1k

Industries

  1. Retired$4k
  2. Self-Employed & Freelance$1k
  3. Diversified Holdings$1k
  4. Transportation & Logistics$208

States

  1. SC$4k
  2. PA$1k
  3. AL$760
  4. NC$520
  5. CT$250
Every contribution on GovMoneyGraph ↗

What each candidate's own campaign committees reported for the 2025–26 cycle; outside spending by PACs and parties is not included. Industries are classified from donors' reported employers. The House forecast's win probability reads the two nominees' shares of individual contributions shown here, a small term that never moves the predicted margin. Data: GovMoneyGraph, based on FEC records.

Other forecasts

We have not yet ingested a district rating from these independent forecasters for SC-1; links go to their current national House ratings. Missing is shown as missing—not converted into a probability.

Cook Political Report
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Inside Elections
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Sabato's Crystal Ball
View House analysis ↗

Past results

Every election in South Carolina's 1st district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.

YearWinnerMargin
2020Nancy Mace(R)R+1.3
2013Mark Sanford(R)R+8.8
2008Henry E. Brown(R)R+4.0

Candidate news

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Candidate field source: 2026 House election roster ↗

Nearby in the directory: RI-2 · SC-2