William Reeside

William Reeside

Libertarian Party

Candidate, U.S. House South Carolina District 1

Elections and appointments

Next election

November 3, 2026

Education

High school

Great Valley High School

Bachelor's

University of Virginia, 1977

Personal

Profession

Nuclear engineer

Contact

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William Reeside (Libertarian Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent South Carolina's 1st Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the general election scheduled on November 3, 2026.^{[sources: 1, 2]}

Reeside completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

William Reeside earned a high school diploma from Great Valley High School and a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia in 1977. His career experience includes working as a nuclear engineer.

Elections

2026

See also: South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 9, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

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

William Reeside (L) is running in the general election for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		William Reeside (L)

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Democratic primary

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

The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 9, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	K.J. Atwood
	Submit photo	Robert Beers
		Mac Deford
		Max Diaz
		Matthew Fulmer
		Nancy Lacore
		Mayra Rivera-Vazquez

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Republican primary

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

The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House South Carolina District 1 on June 9, 2026.

		Candidate
		Dan Brown
	Submit photo	Logan Cunningham
	Submit photo	Tyler Dykes
	Submit photo	Jack Ellison
	Submit photo	Jenny Honeycutt
	Submit photo	Sam McCown
	Submit photo	Alex Pelbath
		Mark Smith

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Nancy Mace (R)

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Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

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William Reeside completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Reeside's responses.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a passionate lover of freedom, liberty and self determination. I have a servant' s heart and the desire to be a servant leader for the Lowcountry of South Carolina. I have been shaped by family generations who taught me hard work, love of community, love of family and love of freedom. I am a rational thinker, using data to identify problems, evaluate the root causes and develop cost effective and efficient solutions. I welcome constructive criticism and use it to sharpen myself. I am blessed with a wonderful wife, three adult children and five grandkids.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• To paraphrase James Carville, "It's the DEFICIT, stupid!" Republicans and Democrats have rung up $38 trillion in federal debt. The three main culprits: interest payments on the debt itself, impending bankruptcy of Social Security,and Medicare, which is about tobe overwhelmed by our aging population.
• Despite being a nation of immigrants, our current immigration programs and policies are completely inadequate. Allowing unlimited asylum and temporary protected status applications results in the system being overloaded and over run. Limiting high skill and low skill work visas results in high labor costs and a shrinking workforce. On top of those flaws, we have thousands more immigrants in limbo (The Dreamers) who deserve a path to citizenship.
• I support funding the best military force in the world and using it RARELY. I will legislate to remove all Authorizations for Use of Military Force currently in effect and force the Executive branch to abide by Article One of the Constitution, which gives Congress the power to declare war. I will legislate to block the use of the US military as a police force within the U.S. borders. I will legislate to block "nation building" .

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Budget, over incarceration, proper use of Military Force, over regulation of free Enterprise, federal interference in education.

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Note: Reeside submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on January 24, 2026.

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December 18 submission

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• To make America Great Again, we must make Congress Great Again. The US house has given up its article 1 authorities and powers. I will work tirelessly to restore the US House to its rightful place balanced system set up by the Founders.
• Social Security and Medicare are driving the country to fiscal disaster. I have plans that will stabilize the programs short term and put them on long term, sound financial footing.
• I will legislate for and fund the strongest, best prepared military in the world. AND, I will use the powers of Article 1 of the Constitution to ensure our military is used RARELY and NEVER for nation building nor the overthrow of other sovereign nations.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Balancing the federal budget and reducing the federal deficit.
Completely overhauling the legal immigration system by encouraging the entry of law abiding workers, eliminating asylum entry and reducing the Temporary Protected status program.

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Note: Reeside submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on December 18, 2025.

Campaign finance summary

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William Reeside campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. House South Carolina District 1	Candidacy Declared general	$109,991	$31,723
Grand total			$109,991	$31,723
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

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South Carolina's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Lindsey Graham (R)

Tim Scott (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nancy Mace (R)

District 2

Joe Wilson (R)

District 3

Sheri Biggs (R)

District 4

William Timmons (R)

District 5

Ralph Norman (R)

District 6

James Clyburn (D)

District 7

Russell Fry (R)

Republican Party (8)

Democratic Party (1)