Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Marshall C. Sanford

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · South Carolina District 1
Filing address
Mount Pleasant, SC (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
SANFORD, MARSHALL C. HON.
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of South Carolina with the 2026 district highlighted

South Carolina, District 1

RepublicanU.S. House · South Carolina District 1Open seatWithdrawn

FEC candidate ID H4SC01073 · Principal campaign committee: SANFORD FOR SENATE

Total raised$354,562.14
Total spent$1,366,165.17
Cash on hand$311,900.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $159,475.00PACs and other committees: $1,000.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $194,087.14
  • Individual contributions$159,475.0045%
  • PACs and other committees$1,000.000%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$194,087.1455%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$0.00—
  • Contributions over $200$0.00—

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.5M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $1,584.71JULY QUARTERLY: raised $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $16,962.72OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $129.11YEAR-END: raised $67,139.80YEAR-END: spent $137.34APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $125,330.69APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $3,617.34JULY QUARTERLY: raised $13,767.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $150,704.92PRE-PRIMARY: raised $0.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $4,000.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $148,324.65OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,189,029.032025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Marshall C. Sanford$1,873,571.19
  • Independent expenditures opposing Marshall C. Sanford$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

The race

South Carolina U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 23 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Marshall C. Sanford (R)$354,562.14$311,900.002026-09-30
Nancy Lacore (D)$4,429,294.60$552,641.462026-09-30
Sam McCown (R)$1,595,791.73$0.002026-09-30
Jenny Costa Honeycutt (R)$1,291,995.81$311,518.292026-10-14
Mark Smith (R)$956,631.24$0.002026-09-30
William Mac Deford (D)$658,144.07$0.002026-07-31
Nancy Mace (R)$452,863.38$74,937.952026-10-14
Alex Pelbath (R)$396,522.27$546.912026-09-30
Mayra Rivera-Vazquez (D)$126,366.92$5,823.992026-06-30
William Oliver Reeside Jr. (L)$115,492.05$3,660.082026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
GQR (D)September 30 – October 4, 2026400 (LV)–Jenny Costa Honeycutt 45% · Nancy Lacore 48%
co/efficient (R)September 30 – October 1, 2026837 (LV)± 3.37%Jenny Costa Honeycutt 46% · Nancy Lacore 40% · Bill Reeside Jr. 4%
Public Policy Polling (D)September 9–10, 2026536 (RV)± 4.2%Jenny Costa Honeycutt 41% · Nancy Lacore 40%
GQR (D)July 15–22, 2026400 (LV)—Jenny Costa Honeycutt 50% · Nancy Lacore 48%
43%41%5%2%Jenny Costa Honeycutt 9%
Public Policy Polling (D)December 5–6, 2025645 (LV)± 3.9%Mark Smith 39% · Mac Deford 36%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: SANFORD FOR SENATE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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