South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

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South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: April 1, 2024
	Primary: June 11, 2024; Primary runoff: June 25, 2024; General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Voting in South Carolina
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Solid Republican; DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican; Inside Elections: Solid Republican; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
	South Carolina's 1st Congressional District; 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th • 7th; South Carolina elections, 2024; U.S. Congress elections, 2024; U.S. Senate elections, 2024; U.S. House elections, 2024; Alabama U.S. House racesAlaska U.S. House racesArizona U.S. House racesArkansas U.S. House racesCalifornia U.S. House racesColorado U.S. House racesConnecticut U.S. House racesDelaware U.S. House racesFlorida U.S. House racesGeorgia U.S. House racesHawaii U.S. House racesIdaho U.S. House racesIllinois U.S. House racesIndiana U.S. House racesIowa U.S. House racesKansas U.S. House racesKentucky U.S. House racesLouisiana U.S. House racesMaine U.S. House racesMaryland U.S. House racesMassachusetts U.S. House racesMichigan U.S. House racesMinnesota U.S. House racesMississippi U.S. House racesMissouri U.S. House racesMontana U.S. House racesNebraska U.S. House racesNevada U.S. House racesNew Hampshire U.S. House racesNew Jersey U.S. House racesNew Mexico U.S. House racesNew York U.S. House racesNorth Carolina U.S. House racesNorth Dakota U.S. House racesOhio U.S. House racesOklahoma U.S. House racesOregon U.S. House racesPennsylvania U.S. House racesRhode Island U.S. House racesSouth Carolina U.S. House racesSouth Dakota U.S. House racesTennessee U.S. House racesTexas U.S. House racesUtah U.S. House racesVermont U.S. House racesVirginia U.S. House racesWashington U.S. House racesWest Virginia U.S. House racesWisconsin U.S. House racesWyoming U.S. House racesSubmit

South Carolina 2024 elections

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All U.S. House districts, including the 1st Congressional District of South Carolina, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was June 11, 2024, and a primary runoff was June 25, 2024. The filing deadline was April 1, 2024. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.^[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.^[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 56.4%-42.5%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 53.5%-44.9%.^[3]

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Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Incumbent Nancy Mace defeated Michael B. Moore in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Nancy Mace (R)	58.2	227,502
	Michael B. Moore (D)	41.6	162,582
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	693

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 390,777
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Michael B. Moore defeated Mac Deford in the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 11, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michael B. Moore	51.6	10,893
	Mac Deford	48.4	10,209

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,102
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Benjamin Frasier (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Incumbent Nancy Mace defeated Catherine Templeton and Bill Young in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 11, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Nancy Mace	56.8	28,300
	Catherine Templeton	29.8	14,849
	Bill Young	13.4	6,691

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,840
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Austin Anderson (R)
Daniel Hanlon (R)

Candidate profiles

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Nancy Mace

Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: Yes

Political Office:

U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina District 1 (Assumed office: 2020)
South Carolina House of Representatives, District 99 (2018-2020)

Biography: Mace received a bachelor's degree from The Citadel and a master's degree from the University of Georgia. Mace's professional experience included working in public relations and marketing for Arketi Group and the Mace Group and as a field director for Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.

Key Messages

The following key messages were curated by Ballotpedia staff. For more on how we identify key messages, click here.

Mace said she supported measures that she believed would reduce inflation. On her campaign website, Mace said, "We should: lower taxes, balance the budget with the Penny Plan, address mandatory spending burdens, reduce burdensome regulations by repealing 2 regulations for every new one we create, end the war on domestic energy production, [and] restore fiscal responsibility to Washington."

Mace said voters in the district were concerned with issues affecting women, including abortion. Mace said she supported "protecting all exceptions for the life of the mother and women and girls who are victims of rape and incest; ensuring women's access to all forms of contraception, over the counter and without a doctor's visit; and protecting in vitro fertilization, D&C procedures for miscarriages, and emergency contraception."

Mace said one of her priorities was reducing illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border. Mace said, "Washington needs to stop treating illegal immigrants better than our brave men and women in uniform. Enough is enough. Finish the wall, and secure our border once and for all."

Show sources

Sources: Mace for Congress, "Out of Control Inflation," accessed April 22, 2024;Mace for Congress, "Women's Rights," accessed April 22, 2024;Youtube, "Nancy Mace endorses Donald J. Trump for President," January 22, 2024;Mace for Congress, "Secure the Southern Border," accessed April 22, 2024; LinkedIn, "Nancy Mace," accessed April 22, 2024;Mace for Congress, "Congresswoman Nancy Mace," accessed April 22, 2024," accessed April 22, 2024

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 in 2024.

Michael B. Moore

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "Husband. Father of four sons. Business leader. Founding president of the International African American Museum. Great-great-grandson of U.S. Rep. Robert Smalls. Democrat for Congress in SC-01."

Key Messages

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Defending Our Democracy: It's a perilous moment for American democracy. Respect for the rule of law is eroding. Partisan gerrymandering and election lies have undermined voting rights across the country. Too many politicians are putting party first, and too many families are feeling left behind, distrusting of institutions. Meanwhile, our lawmakers are turning inward — refusing to come together and collaborate on commonsense solutions for the Lowcountry. In Congress, I'll work to help bridge these divides, restore faith in our government, and rehabilitate U.S. democracy in the 21st century.

Putting People Over Politics: Our representatives in Washington spend too much time chasing cable news appearances, embracing extremist policies, and stoking the flames of partisanship. It's time for a leader who will put the needs of their constituents over the whims of their party. As a results-focused businessman, I'm ready to get to work on behalf of the people of this district — not the politicians in D.C.

Commitment to Public Service: Public service runs in my blood. I come from a long line of pioneering lawmakers and civil rights leaders, and I'm committed to building upon the hard-fought victories my forefathers secured for future generations of South Carolinians when I'm elected to Congress.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in South Carolina

Election information in South Carolina: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Oct. 14, 2024
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 14, 2024
Online: Oct. 14, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: Oct. 25, 2024
By mail: Received by Oct. 25, 2024
Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 21, 2024 to Nov. 2, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (EST)

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Michael B. Moore (D)

Defending Our Democracy: It's a perilous moment for American democracy. Respect for the rule of law is eroding. Partisan gerrymandering and election lies have undermined voting rights across the country. Too many politicians are putting party first, and too many families are feeling left behind, distrusting of institutions. Meanwhile, our lawmakers are turning inward — refusing to come together and collaborate on commonsense solutions for the Lowcountry. In Congress, I'll work to help bridge these divides, restore faith in our government, and rehabilitate U.S. democracy in the 21st century.

Putting People Over Politics: Our representatives in Washington spend too much time chasing cable news appearances, embracing extremist policies, and stoking the flames of partisanship. It's time for a leader who will put the needs of their constituents over the whims of their party. As a results-focused businessman, I'm ready to get to work on behalf of the people of this district — not the politicians in D.C.

Commitment to Public Service: Public service runs in my blood. I come from a long line of pioneering lawmakers and civil rights leaders, and I'm committed to building upon the hard-fought victories my forefathers secured for future generations of South Carolinians when I'm elected to Congress.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Michael B. Moore (D)

An Economy That Works for Everyone:

As a former business executive, I know firsthand that a healthy economy empowers all members of the workforce. I also know that for too long, our neighbors have struggled to cope with rising prices and the cost of living in the Lowcountry, while the wealthiest earners fail to pay their fair share in taxes. I believe in economic policy that uplifts working families, respects labor rights, invests in local businesses, and holds big corporations accountable.

Protecting Women's Health Care: When it comes to reproductive freedoms, today's Republican politicians are just too extreme. They need to be reminded that a woman's health care decisions belong between her and her doctor. In Congress, I'll fight to get government out of your lives and to restore rights to South Carolinians, not take them away. Moreover, I pledge to stick up for working families with children, and my voting record will reflect the values of this district — focused on bodily autonomy and fundamental freedoms.

Combating the Climate Crisis:

We here in the Lowcountry know better than most that the threat posed by climate change is real, and we must take decisive action to protect our flourishing coastal communities from environmental disasters. For South Carolina, government inaction is no longer an option. We owe it to our children and grandchildren to embrace proactive climate policy, keeping our planet healthy and habitable for generations to come.

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Nancy Mace	Republican Party	$3,481,912	$3,028,236	$664,636	As of December 31, 2024
Mac Deford	Democratic Party	$472,600	$472,600	$0	As of October 14, 2024
Michael B. Moore	Democratic Party	$1,094,453	$1,093,784	$669	As of December 31, 2024
Catherine Templeton	Republican Party	$743,957	$743,957	$0	As of September 30, 2024
Bill Young	Republican Party	$21,881	$20,371	$1,510	As of June 30, 2024
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[4]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Race ratings: South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 5, 2024	October 29, 2024	October 22, 2024	October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in South Carolina in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in South Carolina, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
South Carolina	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	N/A	$3,480.00	4/1/2024	Source
South Carolina	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	5% of the active, registered voters in the district	N/A	7/15/2024	Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Competitiveness
Presidential elections

State party control

Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in South Carolina.

South Carolina U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested Democratic primaries	Contested Republican primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2024	7	7	1	29	14	4	5	64.3%	3	50.0%
2022	7	7	0	28	14	2	4	42.9%	4	57.1%
2020	7	7	0	20	14	3	2	35.7%	1	14.3%
2018	7	7	1	43	14	6	3	64.3%	2	33.3%
2016	7	7	0	17	14	1	2	21.4%	2	28.6%
2014	7	7	0	17	14	3	2	35.7%	2	28.6%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in South Carolina in 2024. Information below was calculated on April 23, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Twenty-nine candidates ran for South Carolina’s seven U.S. House districts, including 11 Democrats and 18 Republicans. That’s 4.14 candidates per district, more than the four candidates per district in 2022 and the 2.86 candidates in 2020.

The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district, meaning the incumbent did not file to run. The only other election cycle this decade when an incumbent did not run for re-election was 2018.

Incumbent Jeff Duncan (R-3rd) did not run for re-election because he is retired from public office.

Nine candidates—two Democrats and seven Republicans—ran for the open 3rd Congressional District, the most candidates that ran for a seat in South Carolina in 2024.

Nine primaries—four Democratic and five Republican—were contested in 2024, tying with 2018 for the most this decade.

Three incumbents—Nancy Mace (R-1st), Joe Wilson (R-2nd), and William Timmons (R-4th)—were in contested primaries.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all seven districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made South Carolina's 1st the 174th most Republican district nationally.^[8]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in South Carolina's 1st based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
44.9%	53.5%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.^[9] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
42.3	55.9	D+13.6

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in South Carolina, 2020

South Carolina presidential election results (1900-2020)

16 Democratic wins
14 Republican wins
1 other win

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	SR^[10]	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

See also: Party control of South Carolina state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of South Carolina's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from South Carolina
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	0	1	1
Republican	2	6	8
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	7	9

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in South Carolina's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in South Carolina, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Henry McMaster
Lieutenant Governor	Pamela Evette
Secretary of State	Mark Hammond
Attorney General	Alan Wilson

State legislature

South Carolina State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	15
	Republican Party	30
	Other	1
	Vacancies	0
Total		46

South Carolina House of Representatives

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	35
	Republican Party	88
	Other	0
	Vacancies	1
Total		124

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

South Carolina Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas • Twenty-two years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R
House	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.