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South Carolina’s 6th District

U.S. House · SC-6

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 34.1 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 66.3%

    Jim Clyburn, incumbent

  • Republican 32.3%

    John Peterson

  • Other 1.4%

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
SC-6 66.3%32.3%1.4%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+11.8 44.2%−12.0 1.2%+0.1

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over3.3% (± 0.2)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Jim Clyburn · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 9, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Jim Clyburn 90.3% 75,411 votes
Republican primary John Peterson 74.0% 22,169 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Jim Clyburn

    source
  • Republican Open seat

    John Peterson

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Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 22.8 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 34.1 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • SC-2 Republican, competitive
  • SC-1 Republican, toss-up
  • SC-5 Republican, safe seat
  • SC-3 Republican, safe seat
  • SC-7 Republican, safe seat
  • SC-4 Republican, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated