South Carolina's 1st congressional district
US House district in South Carolina.
Democrat Nancy Lacore won South Carolina's 1st District, finishing 3,352 votes (1.027%) ahead of Jenny Costa Honeycutt, just outside the automatic recount line. The Associated Press call came on 7 November.
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Nancy Lacore finished 3,352 votes ahead of Jenny Costa Honeycutt, 162,103 to 158,751 (1.027%), on South Carolina State Election Commission results, just outside the 1% automatic recount line. The Associated Press called the seat for Lacore on 7 November 2026.
She led by 2,356 on polling night. The coastal district has been held by Republican Nancy Mace since January 2021; Joe Cunningham, who lost it in 2020, was the first Democrat to hold it since the 1980s.
The result came on the night Annie Andrews took South Carolina's Senate seat for the Democrats. Lacore's win makes the 1st a Democratic gain.
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