SC-05 · House · 2026
Republicans are heavily favored to win this seat
96% probability
Candidates
Last verified 2026-09-14.
Mallory Dittmer
Democrat
Wes Climer
Republican
David Wesley Climer is an American politician.
Open seat -- the current officeholder is a Republican, Ralph Norman, who is not running (running for governor).
Why we think this
- This district's baseline partisan lean favors Republicans by about 11 points of margin before anything else is considered.
- This is an open seat: the current officeholder (a Republican, Ralph Norman) is not on the ballot, which tends to make the race more competitive than a defended seat.
Model details -- coefficients, calibration, and the full technical decomposition.
Model house-2026-panel-v1 · computed 2026-09-16