2026 results · South Carolina · South Carolina 1st District
Nancy Lacore, the Democrat, leads in the race for South Carolina's 1st District
Donald Trump carried the district by 12.9 points in 2024; this year's count is a 13.9-point move toward the Democrats.
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Share of the vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy LacoreDemocrat | 162,103 | 49.7% | |
| Jenny Costa HoneycuttRepublican | 158,751 | 48.6% | |
| Bill ReesideLibertarian | 5,351 | 1.6% | |
| Write-in | 218 | 0.1% |
Every one of the 6 counties marks its count finished, but our estimate still expects about 3,300 more votes. Honeycutt trails by 3,352 and would need more votes than are left.
Not called: within 1.5 points, it goes to the count and the state's recount rules. How we call races →
About 99% of the expected vote counted326,423 votesCount last changed Nov 6, 6:25 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 6:29 PM ESTSource: South Carolina Election Commission
The map
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Who wins
99+ in 100Nancy Lacore’s chance of winning
The count should finish around D+1.0, most likely between D+0.9 and D+1.2.
About 99% of the vote we expect is counted, and 6 of 6 counties finished.
The estimate uses only the official count by county. The vote still to come in each place is expected to lean the way that place has voted so far, with room for late ballots to lean differently. Where nothing is counted yet, our pre-election estimate for that place stands in, adjusted for how far the counted places ran from it. This is not a call.
About the seat
South Carolina's 1st District takes in all or part of 6 counties. The Republicans held it before this election. Its voters went R+12.9 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 13.9 points toward the Democrats, ranks 4 of 7 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.
- 2024 president
- R+12.9
- 2024 House race, same lines
- R+16.6
- Move from 2024, rank in state
- 4 of 7
- Charleston County29%
- Berkeley County28%
- Beaufort County26%
- Dorchester County15%
- Jasper County2%
- Colleton County0%
Shares are of the votes counted this year. The 2024 House figure is the same district, on the same lines.
What the count shows
Added together, the 6 counties compared moved 13.9 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.
The counties compared cast 81% as many votes as in 2024, from 136% in Jasper County to 78% in Charleston County.
Berkeley County moved most: R+15.8 for president in 2024, D+4.7 this year
The 5 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.
2024 president 2026
Berkeley County added 22,125 net votes for Lacore against the 2024 margin, 40% of the district's change
Across the 6 counties compared, the margin moved by 55,436 votes toward Lacore: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.
- Berkeley County+22,125 Lacore
- Charleston County+13,038 Lacore
- Dorchester County+11,106 Lacore
- Beaufort County+9,021 Lacore
- Colleton County+338 Lacore
- Jasper County+192 Honeycutt
3 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Lacore this year
Striped on the map above. Largest first.
- Charleston CountyR+6.9D+4.9
- Berkeley CountyR+15.8D+4.7
- Dorchester CountyR+16.4D+3.1
How the vote came in
Lacore did best among mail ballots (D+32.9) and Honeycutt among Election Day votes(R+17.3).
- Early Voting182,947 votes, 56% of the countD+12.9
- Election Day134,010 votes, 41% of the countR+17.3
- Absentee By Mail8,906 votes, 3% of the countD+32.9
- Provisional331 votes, 0% of the countD+13.3
- Failsafe172 votes, 0% of the countD+22.7
- Failsafe Provisional57 votes, 0% of the countR+3.5
The office’s own categories, as it reports them. Margins are within each kind of vote.
South Carolina’s ballot
The seat that changed party
StatewideRepublicans won 7 of South Carolina's 8 statewide races; Democrats won 1.
U.S. HouseBefore the election R 6–1, now R 5–2, counting the leaders in 2 uncalled seats
won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.
Every count on this page is the official count published by the South Carolina Election Commission. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.