Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt holds a modest edge in the South Carolina 1st District House race, an open seat with a Republican-leaning partisan voting index, reflecting the district's post-redistricting profile and her local government experience as a Charleston County council member plus endorsement from President Trump. Recent nonpartisan ratings from the Cook Political Report and Inside Elections moved the contest from Likely Republican to Lean Republican in mid-October, citing Democrat Nancy Lacore's strong third-quarter fundraising of over $2.1 million and Democratic attacks on Honeycutt's record regarding real estate development and data centers. Outside spending exceeding $2 million has largely supported Honeycutt through groups tied to the NRCC and Congressional Leadership Fund, while early voting and recent debates on issues including gun policy and healthcare have kept the race competitive ahead of the November 3 election.