Jenny Costa Honeycutt
Republican
Charleston County Council member since 2019; attorney and small business owner
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U.S. House · Nov 3, 2026
Open seat. Held by Nancy Mace, who is not running.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace ran for governor instead of seeking reelection, leaving the seat open; the state candidate tracker lists Alliance Party filer Margo Ellis as not certified for the general election, and candidates appear in South Carolina's 2026 party order.
Charleston County Council member since 2019; attorney and small business owner
Retired nuclear engineer who later worked with Habitat for Humanity of York County
Retired Navy vice admiral and former Chief of Navy Reserve
What each candidate says they support or would do, on the issues they campaign on. Summaries use the same neutral words for everyone and link to the candidate’s own words.
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RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
Supports securing the border to stop the flow of drugs such as fentanyl and of immigrants in the country illegally who commit crimes.
LibertarianBill Reeside
Would replace asylum and Temporary Protected Status with unlimited, free work visas for low- and high-skilled workers and negotiate a path to citizenship for Dreamers; supports using economic incentives to control who enters.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
Supports a secure border, pathways to citizenship and faster processing of immigration cases, and says ICE officers should follow due process, wear body cameras, display badges and leave their faces uncovered.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
Opposes abortion, saying every life is precious and deserving of protection.
LibertarianBill Reeside
Supports the Supreme Court's return of abortion law to the states and says he would legislate at the federal level to reduce demand for abortion.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
Says she will work to guarantee women's reproductive freedom in law and that government should not interfere with decisions a woman makes with her doctor and family.
“I will work to guarantee women’s reproductive freedom in law.”
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
Says she would work to reduce chronic disease, put children's health first, improve the quality and transparency of food, make health care costs more transparent and hold federal health agencies accountable.
LibertarianBill Reeside
Would raise the Medicare eligibility age without cutting current users' benefits, gradually shift Medicare to employer/employee health savings accounts, end the tax deduction for employer-paid insurance and move toward fee-for-service care.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
Supports restoring enhanced Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, reversing the Medicaid cuts enacted under President Trump, capping out-of-pocket drug costs on private insurance, expanding Medicare drug-price negotiation and a nonprofit insurance option like Medicare.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
Says she will stand with law enforcement and support policies that keep violent criminals off the streets.
LibertarianBill Reeside
Would repeal nonviolent federal drug laws to reduce the federal prison population, open banking to legal drug sales and redirect DEA, ATF and CBP budgets toward reducing demand.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
No published position found.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
Proposes a six-point plan she calls "I've Got Your 6" to improve veterans' health care, benefits, employment, housing and transition to civilian life while cutting red tape.
LibertarianBill Reeside
No published position found.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
Supports a maximum wait time for VA appointments and federal backstops against veteran home foreclosures, and would explore extending Tricare coverage to 12 months after separation and expanding GI Bill use to non-traditional education.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
Says she would cut spending she calls wasteful, end waste, fraud and abuse in government programs, restore fiscal discipline and work to balance the budget.
LibertarianBill Reeside
No published position found.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
No published position found.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
Supports keeping transgender women and girls, whom she describes as men, out of women's sports, and says she will protect free speech and religious liberty.
LibertarianBill Reeside
No published position found.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
No published position found.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
Says she will defend the Second Amendment and keep the Bill of Rights fully protected.
LibertarianBill Reeside
No published position found.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
No published position found.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Reeside
Without changing benefits for current recipients, would raise the eligibility age and personalize Social Security for future generations, and says he would cut waste and mismanagement in the program.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
No published position found.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Reeside
Would fund a strong military, including the Space Force, but says he would rarely vote to use it and opposes what he calls endless wars and blank checks for military intervention.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
No published position found.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Reeside
Supports taking the federal government out of student lending and restoring private lending, and supports alternatives such as trade schools and certificate programs.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
No published position found.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Reeside
Would work to restore Congress's Article I powers by repealing tariff authority that bypasses Congress, Authorizations to Use Military Force, the Insurrection Act and the Patriot Act.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
No published position found.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Reeside
No published position found.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
Supports ending tariffs on building materials, banning corporate landlords' algorithmic rent-pricing software, requiring lenders to pay closing costs, tax credits for first-time buyers' down payments and incentives to lower home and flood insurance costs.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Reeside
No published position found.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
Supports eliminating President Trump's tariffs, using targeted trade enforcement instead of blanket tariffs, requiring any tariff to expire automatically and simplifying exemption requests for small businesses.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Reeside
No published position found.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
Supports a permanent ban on East Coast offshore drilling, expanding clean energy and modernizing the grid, investing in living shorelines and flood protection, and protecting U.S. Forest Service funding.
RepublicanJenny Costa Honeycutt
No published position found.
LibertarianBill Reeside
No published position found.
DemocraticNancy Lacore
Supports overturning Citizens United, reforming campaign finance, and banning members of Congress, their spouses, executive branch officials and their senior staff from trading individual stocks.