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NE GovPillen R +0.8GA GovBottoms D +0.8KS GovHolscher D +0.8KS SenMarshall R +1.3IA SenTurek D +1.4AK SenPeltola D +1.4SC SenAndrews D +1.5TX SenTalarico D +2.0TX GovAbbott R +2.2ME SenJackson D +2.5WI GovCrowley D +2.8NE SenOsborn I +3.4OH SenBrown D +3.8NV GovFord D +4.0OH GovActon D +4.7FL GovDonalds R +4.9
2026 forecast

South Carolina Comptroller General forecast

Tiffany Boozer vs Mike Burkhold, an open seat. The model has Burkhold ahead by 16.1 points, with a 99 percent chance of winning.

Safe RModel R +16.1Updated October 17, 2026

County forecast

46 counties · 12 lean Democratic
D +40R +40Hover a county for its projected vote

How the model gets there

statewide margin at each step
Top of ticket, Senate and governorR +2.1
Down ballot history, moved to 2026R +45.0
Blend of every legR +16.5
With incumbency and primary unityR +16.5
With polls, none in the raceR +16.1

Leg weights: Top of ticket 38%, Approval fundamentals 19%, Gallup, relaxed 13%, Down ballot history 31%. 80 percent of outcomes fall between R +6.9 and R +25.3.

Polls of the race

no polls
PollsterSampleEndedBoozerBurkholdMargin
No public polls of this race. The forecast rests on the top of ticket, past results and the primaries.