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2026 midterms · State

South Carolina

Primary Jun 9, 2026 · runoff Jun 23, 2026 · general election Nov 3, 2026

races
9
candidates listed
19
statements classified
59,471
9

races tracked

7 House, 1 Senate and 1 governor; none is rated a toss-up or leaning to a party (Cook Political Report ratings, entered by the lab).

Statewide races

A Senate race and a governor’s race are on the 2026 ballot. Once a primary is called, only the candidates recorded as advancing are listed; before that, everyone running.

Each race links to its own page: the candidates, what they say and the money they report. Cook Political Report ratings, entered by the lab (last updated by the lab on Jun 24, 2026); a forecaster’s judgement about the general election, not the lab’s.

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House races

Seven House races, all with a recorded primary result. Districts are in order, 5 at a time; choose any district to go straight to it.

House districts follow the candidates’ FEC filings. Where a state redrew its map for 2026, a few candidates may still appear under their old district number.

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What the candidates say

16 of South Carolina’s 21 candidates have 10 or more classified statements. 15 have 50 or more and are ranked against candidates nationwide.

An AI model reads each statement and marks the kinds of statement it contains; a candidate’s rate is the share of their statements with that label. Incumbent members of Congress are measured on everything they publish in office, everyone else on posts on X. A rate describes what was said, not whether it was right.

How do South Carolina’s candidates compare?

Share of each candidate’s statements with each label; sort by any column

Candidates in South Carolina: rates of each kind of statement
Annie AndrewsDSenateChallenger4359.7%7.1%21%2.5%2.8%
Alan WilsonRGovernorChallenger1,8091.2%12%58%2.8%37%
William DefordD1st DistrictOpen seat2357.7%23%33%2.5%8.9%
Nancy LacoreD1st DistrictOpen seat2321.3%4.3%34%2.2%9.5%
Jenny HoneycuttR1st DistrictOpen seat781.3%2.6%47%2.6%24%
Notes
Only candidates with 10 or more classified statements are in the table. Each candidate’s page compares them with similar candidates nationwide.

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