Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
William Mac Deford
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · South Carolina District 1
- Filing address
- Mount Pleasant, SC (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- DEFORD, WILLIAM MAC
- Next election
- General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
South Carolina, District 1
FEC candidate ID H6SC01227 · Principal campaign committee: DEFORD FOR CONGRESS
2025–2026 cycle totals through July 31, 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$655,644.07100%
- PACs and other committees$2,000.000%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$500.000%
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$192,646.0629%
- Contributions over $200$462,798.0171%
- Itemized from inside South Carolina$422,566.7185%
- Itemized from other states$77,397.0015%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $12,410.00 · Connecticut $6,450.00 · New Jersey $1,150.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.
FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.
Raised and spent over time
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
1 committee reported giving $2,000.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting William Mac Deford$25,000.00
- Independent expenditures opposing William Mac Deford$0.00
FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- PALMETTO POINTSupporting$25,000.00
The race
South Carolina U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 23 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Mac Deford (D) | $658,144.07 | $0.00 | 2026-07-31 |
| Nancy Lacore (D) | $4,429,294.60 | $552,641.46 | 2026-09-30 |
| Sam McCown (R) | $1,595,791.73 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Jenny Costa Honeycutt (R) | $1,291,995.81 | $311,518.29 | 2026-10-14 |
| Mark Smith (R) | $956,631.24 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Nancy Mace (R) | $452,863.38 | $74,937.95 | 2026-10-14 |
| Alex Pelbath (R) | $396,522.27 | $546.91 | 2026-09-30 |
| Marshall C. Sanford (R) | $354,562.14 | $311,900.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Mayra Rivera-Vazquez (D) | $126,366.92 | $5,823.99 | 2026-06-30 |
| William Oliver Reeside Jr. (L) | $115,492.05 | $3,660.08 | 2026-10-14 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GQR (D) | September 30 – October 4, 2026 | 400 (LV) | – | Jenny Costa Honeycutt 45% · Nancy Lacore 48% |
| co/efficient (R) | September 30 – October 1, 2026 | 837 (LV) | ± 3.37% | Jenny Costa Honeycutt 46% · Nancy Lacore 40% · Bill Reeside Jr. 4% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | September 9–10, 2026 | 536 (RV) | ± 4.2% | Jenny Costa Honeycutt 41% · Nancy Lacore 40% |
| GQR (D) | July 15–22, 2026 | 400 (LV) | — | Jenny Costa Honeycutt 50% · Nancy Lacore 48% |
| 43% | 41% | 5% | 2% | Jenny Costa Honeycutt 9% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | December 5–6, 2025 | 645 (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: DEFORD FOR CONGRESS.
- 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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