SC-05 House 2026 · Hidden Levers

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U.S. House, South Carolina District 5 · Open seat

DEMNominee

Mallory Dittmer

7%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28

REPNominee

Wes Climer

93%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28

IncumbentNot available

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026

93% Wes Climer · RepublicanChance to win, between the two named candidates

REP Wes Climer 93%

DEM Mallory Dittmer 7%

Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets

Latest poll Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

Seat lean (Hume PVI) R+12 as of cycle 2020

Prior result, this seat REP 63.6% 2024 general · margin 27.2%

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures

FEC summary through 2026-10-14

MeasureDEMDittmerREPClimer

Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees

Mallory Dittmer$226,553.04

Wes Climer$1,132,483.52

Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date

Mallory Dittmer$146,988.87

Wes Climer$863,314.06

Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period

Mallory Dittmer$79,564.17

Wes Climer$269,169.46

Latest pollpercent, as stored

Mallory DittmerNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

Wes ClimerNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate

Mallory DittmerR+12seat-level

Wes ClimerR+12seat-level

Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

0 listed · newest first

Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

Seat lean · Hume PVI

as of cycle 2020

R+12

Lean (D minus R, points): -11.526

Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the district, computed on the district's current lines, not the Cook PVI.

Prior result, this seat

election returns

2024 general

Candidate	Party	Votes	% of total
Ralph Norman	REP	228,260	63.61%
Evangeline Hundley	DEM	130,592	36.39%

Total votes 358,852 · winning margin 27.22% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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