South Carolina 52026 HOUSE POLLS

2026 South Carolina 5th District House Forecast:

The Pollsmax 2026 South Carolina 5th District House forecast currently gives Republican Wes Climer a 96.9% chance of defeating Democrat Mallory Dittmer. Pollsmax projects Climer to receive 59.4% of the vote compared with 40.7% for Dittmer, a projected Republican margin of 18.7 percentage points. The model currently rates the race as Solid Republican. The forecast is updated using 100,000 simulations incorporating polling and race fundamentals. See the Pollsmax forecast methodology.

The 2026 South Carolina 5th District House election features Democrat Mallory Dittmer and Republican Wes Climer. The seat is open in 2026, but the race to fill it is not expected to be competitive. In 2024, Donald Trump won South Carolina's 5th congressional district by 10.5%, and the election for the district's House seat is rated as solid Republican in 2026.