Elections Intelligence

South Carolina 1st District

DEFENDED SEAT
LEAN R
Nancy Lacore Democratic · Nominee
KALSHI PARTY MARKETCHECKED Aug 27
DEMOCRAT 29¢REPUBLICAN 75¢
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Jenny Costa Honeycutt Republican · Nominee
Also on the ballot: Clayton Cuteri (I), Bill Reeside (L) and Margo Ellis (other).
FTP RACE SIGNAL

The market is less sure of this seat than its history is — a 17-point Republican hold in 2024, priced at 75¢ today.

Lean R
SAFE DLIKELY DLEAN DTOSS-UPLEAN RLIKELY RSAFE R
Market · Lean RR 75¢ — traders' price for a Republican hold. Prior result · Likely RR+16.61 in 2024.
Signal clarityLow — no pollingas of 2026-08-27
The market moved 2¢ toward the Democrat in the last 7 days.
MARKET BandPRICEToss-up50–65¢Lean65–82¢Likely82–95¢Safe95¢ and above
R 75¢

Kalshi party market · checked Aug 27

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POLLING BandPOINTSToss-up0–5Lean5–10Likely10–20Safe20 and above
GQR ↗ A Jul 15 - 22 · n=400 LV · HYPOTHETICAL MATCHUP Smith+2 D SPONSOR
PRIOR RESULT BandPOINTSToss-up0–5Lean5–12Likely12–25Safe25 and above
R+16.61

Nancy Mace (R)

58.22 — 41.6 · 2024 general election

def. Michael B. Moore (D). Margin verified against retrieved official results.

FUNDRAISING BandRATIO TO 1Parity1–5Lean5 and above
4.1 to 1
Nancy Lacore$2.28M
Jenny Costa Honeycutt$556.4K

PULLED 08-25 · PERIOD 06-30 · FEC

Total receipts this cycle. Parity — neither campaign leads by enough for fundraising to take a place on the spectrum.

BALLOT & DATES Primary 06-09 · HELDRunoff 06-23 · HELDGeneral Nov 3, 2026 R settled · D settled · I settled · L settled · other settled COMPARE THE CANDIDATES ⇄