South Carolina 62026 HOUSE POLLS

2026 South Carolina 6th District House Forecast:

The Pollsmax 2026 South Carolina 6th District House forecast currently gives Democrat Jim Clyburn a 99.7% chance of defeating Republican John Peterson. Pollsmax projects Clyburn to receive 64.1% of the vote compared with 35.9% for Peterson, a projected Democratic margin of 28.2 percentage points. The model currently rates the race as Solid Democratic. The forecast is updated using 100,000 simulations incorporating polling and race fundamentals. See the Pollsmax forecast methodology.

The 2026 South Carolina 6th District House election features Democrat Jim Clyburn and Republican John Peterson. Incumbent Representative Jim Clyburn is seeking reelection to a eighteenth term. In 2024, Kamala Harris won South Carolina's 6th congressional district by 17.5%, and the election for the district's House seat is rated as solid Democratic in 2026.