The person behind the name
Jenny Costa Honeycutt’s public career joins a Charleston construction-law practice to a seat in county government.
Honeycutt is an attorney and a member of the Charleston County Council who lives on James Island. WCIV reported that she was first elected to the council in 2018, and WCSC identified her in November 2025 as the representative of the county’s Ninth District. She won the June 23, 2026 Republican runoff for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District. She faces Democrat Nancy Lacore, a retired Navy vice admiral, on November 3; South Carolina Public Radio reported that Libertarian Bill Reeside will also be on the ballot. [1][2][4][5][7][36]
Education and professional preparation
Her campaign biography says she graduated from Ashley Hall, earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in political studies and speech communication from Meredith College, where she was a student-athlete, and received her law degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law. Her law firm’s biography dates the Meredith degree to 2001, magna cum laude, and the law degree to 2004. The campaign adds that during law school she researched, in the Governor’s Office, how proposed legislation would affect South Carolina businesses. [10][11]
A construction and civil defense practice
The firm’s website says Honeycutt has practiced law in Charleston since 2005 and maintains a civil defense litigation practice. Her firm biography says she focuses on representing construction professionals, in matters from contract formation to payment disputes to defect litigation, and that she also helps businesses work with government. It lists admission to the South Carolina bar and the federal district court in South Carolina in 2005, and to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023. The firm also says she is certified as a circuit court mediator by the S.C. Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification. [11][12]
Before opening her own firm, the biography says, she practiced for eight years in a large statewide firm, where she made partner, and was managing partner of a small firm. Neither biography names those firms. These are professional self-descriptions; this review did not reach a bar or court registry to confirm them. [10][11]
County council and the run for Congress
WCIV reported that Honeycutt won her council seat in 2018 with an emphasis on local infrastructure and road safety. The station identified her as the council’s vice chair in November 2024, when she spoke publicly for a half-cent transportation sales tax that county voters then rejected. WCIV reported in November 2025 that she is not seeking re-election to the council. [4][27][28]
She announced her campaign for Congress on November 17, 2025, and filed her statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission the same day. The seat is open: U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, whom the House Clerk lists as the district’s sitting member, ran for governor instead and, WCIV reported, placed fifth in the Republican primary. [4][13][16][21][38]
Ten Republicans actively sought the nomination. Former Gov. Mark Sanford suspended his campaign in late April, though his name stayed on the ballot. WCIV reported that Honeycutt led the June 9 primary with about 22 percent of the vote to state Rep. Mark Smith’s 18 percent. In the June 23 runoff she took about 54 percent, the SC Daily Gazette reported, citing unofficial State Election Commission results. WCIV reported on July 14 that President Donald Trump had endorsed her. [6][7][8][16][35]
A note on the county record. Charleston County’s website refused automated requests throughout this review, so council minutes, agendas and roll calls were not read. Her council votes are described here only as The Post and Courier and WCIV reported them at the time, and her part in any county project only as far as those reports and her own statements establish it. [24][26][31]
Life & public service
From a Charleston law practice to county office and a congressional nomination, these are the milestones the sources document.
Meredith College degree
Her firm biography dates her Meredith College degree in political studies and speech communication, magna cum laude, to 2001. [11]
Law degree
The same biography lists a J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2004. [11]
Council vote on the Mark Clark extension
The council agreed on January 31, by 5–3, to put $75 million toward the Interstate 526 extension. The Post and Courier listed Honeycutt among the five members in favor. Her firm biography dates her admission to the U.S. Supreme Court bar to the same year. [11][24][41]
State ends the extension contract
The S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank board voted unanimously on May 12 to end the three-way funding contract for the Mark Clark extension, The Post and Courier reported. The newspaper said the $75 million the county had agreed to furnish was not spent. [29][30]
Presidential endorsement
WCIV reported on July 14 that President Donald Trump had endorsed her after staying silent through the primary and the runoff. [16]
General election
The general election is Tuesday, November 3. The State Election Commission lists early voting from October 19 through October 31. [3]
Accomplishments, in the record
Federal filings, election-authority pages, professional listings and contemporaneous reporting of county council votes establish the following. Charleston County’s own records could not be retrieved during this review, so outcomes are described only at the level these sources support.
A seat on the Charleston County Council
Honeycutt was first elected to the Charleston County Council in 2018, according to WCIV and her firm biography, and WCSC identified her in November 2025 as the member for the Ninth District. WCIV identified her as the council’s vice chair in November 2024; by May 2025 The Post and Courier gave that title to Larry Kobrovsky. WCIV reported in November 2025 that she is not seeking re-election to the council. [4][5][11][27][29]
The county’s website refused automated requests during this review. This profile therefore cites no council minutes, and the votes described below are the ones local reporters recorded at the time. [24][26]
A yes vote on $75 million for Interstate 526
The Post and Courier reported that the council agreed on January 31, 2023, on a 5–3 vote, to contribute $75 million to keep the Mark Clark Expressway extension moving and to affirm the county’s support for the whole project. The newspaper listed Herb Sass, Teddie Pryor, Brantley Moody, Joe Boykin and Honeycutt in favor; Henry Darby, Rob Wehrman and Larry Kobrovsky against; and Kylon Middleton absent. The report prints the day and month; WCSC’s December 2023 account places the county’s approval in the previous January. [24][41]
The same report said the state Department of Transportation had put the project’s cost at $2.2 billion, with Charleston County responsible for $1.78 billion. It paraphrased Honeycutt as saying the project had become so expensive because opposition had caused delays. That October she told WCIV, “We need to finish 526.” The roll call is the newspaper’s; the county’s minutes were not read. The Post and Courier reported in May 2025, when the state ended the project’s funding contract, that the $75 million was not spent. [24][25][29]
A sales-tax referendum that voters rejected
WCIV reported in October 2023 that Honeycutt envisioned a new half-cent sales tax going before voters in November 2024. The station reported on July 26, 2024 that the council had finalized the list of traffic projects a new half-cent sales tax would fund, that two members had voted against the referendum with one absent, and that Honeycutt supported the project and said voters must pass the referendum to see the needed road changes. It later reported that the tax would raise $5.4 billion over roughly 25 years, with $1.8 billion set aside for the Mark Clark extension, $811 million shared by 12 other projects, $432 million for the Greenbelt program and $648 million for CARTA and other mass transit. [25][26][27]
Voters rejected the measure on November 5, 2024. The Post and Courier reported the next day that more than 61 percent were opposed and that the referendum lost by 47,456 votes in results that were then unofficial. Honeycutt told the newspaper, “One thing that was clear to me last night is that we could do a better job of communicating.” [28]
On May 12, 2025 the S.C. Transportation Infrastructure Bank board voted unanimously to end the three-way funding contract for the extension, The Post and Courier reported; just under $58 million had been spent, most of it on land. The newspaper reported that the $75 million the county had agreed to furnish was not spent, and that the county expected to get back $3.1 million of the $8.4 million it had contributed. The bank’s posted documents for that meeting list the Charleston County project under project updates. They are an agenda, not minutes. [29][30]
The road project she cites
In a March 2026 WCIV profile, Honeycutt pointed to her council experience as proof of her ability to deliver results, citing infrastructure improvements such as the Main Road and Highway 17 project, meant to ease traffic on Johns Island. The Post and Courier described it in March 2025 as a $354 million project funded by the 2016 half-cent transportation sales tax, with completion expected in late September 2028. [31][32]
That article does not mention Honeycutt, and the 2016 sales tax predates her 2018 election. The sources establish the project and her citing of it; they do not establish her individual part in it. [4][32]
Two decades of construction litigation
Her firm biography lists admission to the South Carolina bar and the federal district court in 2005 and to the U.S. Supreme Court bar in 2023, and a practice focused on representing construction professionals. The firm says she is certified as a circuit court mediator. The SC Daily Gazette likewise reported that she runs a James Island law firm representing construction companies. The admissions and certification come from the firm’s own pages, not from a court registry. [11][12][35]
Committee and receipts on file with the FEC
Honeycutt filed her statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission on November 17, 2025, designating Jenny for Congress as her principal campaign committee; the committee’s statement of organization carries the same date. The FEC lists her as candidate H6SC01334 and the committee as C00927004. [20][21][22]
The committee’s July quarterly report, filed July 15, 2026 and covering June 4 through June 30, shows $556,418.00 in total receipts for the election cycle to date, $477,884.65 in total disbursements and $78,533.35 in cash on hand at the close of the period. It reports $10,000.00 in loans from the candidate and $10,000.00 in debts owed by the committee. Later reports will supersede these figures. [20][23]
A second committee, From the Block PAC, filed a statement of organization on July 2, 2026. The form identifies it as a leadership PAC, names Honeycutt as its sponsor, and lists the same Charleston post office box and treasurer as her campaign committee. It records the registration only; this review read none of that committee’s financial reports. [22][43]
From a crowded primary to the nomination
The State Election Commission’s results index lists the 2026 statewide primaries and primary runoffs. WCIV reported that Honeycutt led the June 9 Republican primary with about 22 percent of the vote to Mark Smith’s 18 percent. She won the June 23 runoff with about 54 percent, the SC Daily Gazette reported, citing unofficial commission results. [1][6][9][35]
The commission’s results site refused automated requests during this review, so this profile gives no certified vote totals. The rounded percentages are the news organizations’. [9][35]
The November 3 ballot
The State Election Commission sets the statewide general election for Tuesday, November 3, 2026, with early voting from October 19 through October 31. Its September 15 release gives Sunday, October 4 as the deadline to register; mailed applications must be postmarked by Monday, October 5, and the release says most county voter registration offices, where people register in person, will close at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 2. South Carolina Public Radio reported that Honeycutt will face Democrat Nancy Lacore and that Libertarian Bill Reeside will also be on the ballot. [2][3][19]
Faith, family & community
Honeycutt’s campaign biography says she and her husband, Trey, have three children and attend James Island Christian Church. Her launch announcement says the family lives on James Island, where the children were raised. [10][13]
Her firm biography says she is an active member of the Junior League of Charleston and regularly volunteers with her church. The launch announcement describes her Junior League work as supporting vulnerable families. South Carolina Public Radio described her as a mother of three and a volleyball coach; her campaign calls her a girls’ sports coach and a school room mom. [7][11][13][14]
These sources document family and congregational ties as the candidate describes them. They do not state a denomination, and this profile asserts none. [10][11]
Her mission for South Carolina
Jenny is committed to putting the Lowcountry First – defending our conservative values, keeping our communities safe, protecting our wallets, and securing our future.
The following summarizes the platform on Honeycutt’s official campaign website, plus positions she took in a runoff debate and an opinion article. These are stated priorities, not completed accomplishments. [15][34][40]
01The Lowcountry first
The platform says her first responsibility is to the people of the 1st District and that every vote she takes will be grounded in what is best for the Lowcountry: its families, its economy and its way of life. [15]
02Law enforcement and the border
She pledges to stand with law enforcement, back policies that keep violent criminals off the streets, and secure the border against fentanyl and what the platform calls criminal illegal aliens. [15]
03Federal spending
04The Constitution
05Abortion
Under the heading “Protect Our Lowcountry Values,” the platform says every life is precious and deserving of protection and that she will be an advocate for the unborn. [15]
06Family finances and health
The platform says families are struggling with rising costs, from groceries to housing to health care, and that she will press for policies to lower them. Under the heading “Make America Healthy Again,” it calls for healthier children and families and a greater focus on prevention. [15]
07Girls’ sports
In a July 2026 opinion article posted on her campaign site and credited there to the Washington Reporter, she wrote that she “will work to protect girls’ and women’s sports nationwide by preserving the integrity of competition.” She told WCSC in November 2025, “I am pro-female sports, and I want to make sure that my daughter and athletes similar to her are on an even playing field.” [5][40]
08Immigration and Social Security
In the June 17 runoff debate she said, “I do not support amnesty in any of its forms.” The Post and Courier reported that both candidates described Social Security’s finances as unsustainable and ruled out tax increases, and that Honeycutt argued Washington has a spending problem. [34]
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the documented record above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
The 2024 sales-tax plan and its critics
Honeycutt voted in January 2023 to put $75 million of county money toward the Mark Clark extension and, as council vice chair, spoke for the 2024 half-cent sales tax that would have paid for it. WCSC reported in December 2023 that the county had approved the $75 million “without the voter’s approval,” after removing the project from a list on the 2016 ballot; that report does not mention Honeycutt. Faith Rivers James, executive director of the Coastal Conservation League, told WCIV that 12 other road projects carried a $1.2 billion price tag against an $800 million allocation: “So, there’s already a 50% shortfall.” Honeycutt answered in the same report, “We’ve set aside over $800 million to address those, and we will leverage those dollars with federal resources, with state resources, with grants.” Voters rejected the tax with more than 61 percent opposed. She told The Post and Courier the next day, “we could do a better job of communicating.” When the state ended the funding contract in May 2025, the newspaper reported, just under $58 million had been spent on the project, most of it to acquire land. The same report said the $75 million the county had agreed to furnish was not spent, and that the county expected to get back $3.1 million of the $8.4 million it had contributed. [24][27][28][29][41]
The runoff attack on her tax vote
In the 2026 runoff a Mark Smith ad, quoted by Ballotpedia, said she “cast the deciding vote on a $4 billion tax hike.” At a June forum, The Post and Courier reported, Smith questioned her credentials as a fiscal conservative over the tax and the road and said, “It was a plan to pave over the Lowcountry, to line the pockets of special interest groups.” The totals differ by source: $4 billion in the ad, $4.5 billion over 25 years in the forum report, $5.4 billion in WCIV’s 2024 reports. The ad text Ballotpedia quoted does not identify the vote it means. WCIV reported in July 2024 that two council members voted against the referendum, with one absent, and the question then went to voters. The forum account shows Honeycutt answering with criticism of Smith’s missed redistricting vote. The texts read for this review carry no direct reply from her on the tax. [26][27][33][42]
What the balanced-budget claim establishes
The campaign says that in public office Honeycutt “has balanced budgets, stood with law enforcement, defended the Constitution, and led with integrity,” and she made the same points to WCSC in November 2025. South Carolina’s constitution requires every political subdivision, a term it defines to include counties, to “prepare and maintain annual budgets which provide for sufficient income to meet its estimated expenses for each year.” A balanced county budget is therefore a legal requirement as well as a council decision. The sources read here do not establish how she voted on any budget, tax rate or public-safety measure, because the county’s records could not be retrieved. [5][14][37]
Redistricting in the runoff debate
In the June 17 runoff debate, The Post and Courier reported, Honeycutt said, “I want to make clear that we do need redistricting,” and argued that Smith “did not stand with President Trump when it mattered” because he did not vote on a redistricting measure. The newspaper reported that the measure did not pass the state Senate after Trump sought a South Carolina map that would give Republicans one more seat in Congress. The current lines were drawn after the 2020 census; in May 2024 the U.S. Supreme Court held that a lower court’s finding that race predominated in the 1st District’s design was clearly erroneous. The passages read for this review do not say what map Honeycutt would favor. [33][34][39]
Endorsements and the district’s lean
The Post and Courier noted at the June 17 debate that Trump had endorsed no one in the race. WCIV reported that he endorsed Honeycutt in July, well after the runoffs, and that House Speaker Mike Johnson and Majority Whip Tom Emmer also backed her; she replied that she was “honored to have his complete and total endorsement.” Endorsements establish political support; they are not independent evaluations of a record. WCIV cited a Cook Political Report index of R+6 for the district in November 2025. On runoff night the SC Daily Gazette reported that Cook showed the district shifting from solidly Republican to likely Republican for November; Ballotpedia listed Inside Elections and Sabato’s Crystal Ball at Solid or Safe Republican as of June 2026 and gave Mace’s 2024 margin as 58.2 percent to 41.6 percent. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added the district to its “Red to Blue” program on August 20, 2026; a spokesman for the Republican congressional committee answered that “nobody is buying it.” This review read no independent poll of the race. [4][16][17][34][35][42]
Honors wording, and what was searched
The campaign biography lists recognition as a “Super Lawyer.” Her firm biography says South Carolina Super Lawyers named her a “Rising Star” in construction litigation. This review did not read the rating service’s own directory, so it does not establish which listing, or which years, apply. Site searches of WCIV, South Carolina Public Radio, FITSNews and Charleston City Paper for her name returned campaign coverage and no report of an ethics finding, lawsuit or disciplinary matter as of September 17, 2026. A general web search that day for her name with the terms ethics, lawsuit, complaint and controversy surfaced none either. The search was not exhaustive: Charleston County’s site and the State Election Commission’s results site refused automated requests, and The Post and Courier’s search could not be used. [9][10][11][18]
Questions & answers
Who is Jenny Costa Honeycutt?
What office is Jenny Costa Honeycutt running for in 2026?
Who is Jenny Costa Honeycutt running against?
When is the election?
What are Jenny Costa Honeycutt’s main campaign priorities?
Her platform lists putting the Lowcountry first, law enforcement and a secure border, fiscal responsibility, defending the Constitution, protecting the unborn, family finances and a “Make America Healthy Again” health agenda. These are stated positions, not outcomes. [15]
What has Jenny Costa Honeycutt done in office?
On the Charleston County Council she voted in January 2023 to commit $75 million to the Interstate 526 extension and backed a 2024 half-cent transportation sales tax, which voters rejected with more than 61 percent opposed. She cites the Main Road and Highway 17 project on Johns Island as county infrastructure work. The state ended the extension’s funding contract in May 2025, and The Post and Courier reported that the $75 million was not spent. [24][28][29][31][41]
Did Donald Trump endorse Jenny Costa Honeycutt?
Yes. WCIV reported on July 14, 2026 that President Trump endorsed her after staying silent through the primary and the runoff. [16]
The sources behind the story
Federal filings and election-authority documents anchor the election dates and the campaign’s finances. Professional biographies establish attributed background; original reporting supplies council votes, election results, the November matchup and scrutiny. Campaign materials are used for the candidate’s own priorities and claims.
- 01Jenny Costa Honeycutt and Nancy Lacore take SC-01 primary runoffsWCIV ABC News 4 (Charleston) · June 23, 2026
Runoff-night report by Webb Wright and Jane Caroline Fusco: both were declared winners and will face each other in November. It prints no vote totals.Independent reporting - 02SC Congresswoman Nancy Mace says she's ready for life outside of political officeSouth Carolina Public Radio · Aug. 20, 2026
Maayan Schechter's report names the November field in the 1st District, including the Libertarian candidate, and says Mace ran unsuccessfully for governor.Independent reporting - 03Prep for the 2026 Statewide General ElectionSouth Carolina State Election Commission · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The election authority's voter page: general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026; early voting October 19–31. It does not list candidates.Government / regulatory record - 04Charleston County Councilwoman jumps into GOP race for seat in CongressWCIV ABC News 4 (Charleston) · Nov. 17, 2025
Ian Kayanja's launch-day report: first elected to the council in 2018, not seeking council re-election, and the district's Cook index at the time.Independent reporting - 05WE THE PALMETTO: Meet the candidate: Jenny Costa Honeycutt (for SC-1)WCSC Live 5 News (Charleston) · Nov. 21, 2025
Nick Reagan's candidate interview identifies her council seat as the Ninth District and quotes her on budgets, the Constitution and girls' sports.Independent reporting - 06Smith touts endorsements as campaign presses forward in GOP runoff against HoneycuttWCIV ABC News 4 (Charleston) · June 11, 2026
Reports the first-round order of finish in rounded percentages. The percentages are the station's, not certified totals.Independent reporting - 07Meet the Lowcountry Republicans looking to replace Nancy MaceSouth Carolina Public Radio · June 5, 2026
Victoria Hansen's pre-primary guide to the Republican field, with a short biography of each candidate and the primary and runoff dates.Independent reporting - 08Mark Sanford suspending congressional bid. Will launch advocacy targeting national debt instead.The Post and Courier · Apr. 29, 2026
Caitlin Byrd's report dates Sanford's exit and counts the Republicans then seeking the open seat. It does not mention Honeycutt.Independent reporting - 09Election ResultsSouth Carolina State Election Commission · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The authority's index links the 2026 Statewide Primaries and Statewide Primary Runoffs results. The linked results site refused automated requests, so no vote totals were read from it.Government / regulatory record - 10About JennyJenny for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign biography: upbringing, schools, law career, family and church. Self-description; honors listed here were not independently checked.Campaign source - 11Jenny Honeycutt: attorney biographyCosta Honeycutt, LLC · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Her law firm's biography supplies degree years, bar admissions, mediator certification, honors, earlier firm roles and the 2018 council election. These are professional self-descriptions.Independent analysis / professional record - 12Costa Honeycutt, LLCCosta Honeycutt, LLC · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Firm home page: practice description and the statement that she has practiced in Charleston since 2005.Independent analysis / professional record - 13Jenny Costa Honeycutt Announces Campaign for Congress in South Carolina's First Congressional DistrictJenny for Congress · Nov. 17, 2025
The campaign's launch release, with her stated reasons for running and a short family biography.Campaign source - 14Jenny Costa Honeycutt: official campaign homepageJenny for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign messaging, the committee disclaimer and the campaign's social links. Descriptions of her record here are the campaign's own.Campaign source - 15PlatformJenny for Congress · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Primary source for the candidate's seven stated priorities. These are positions and proposals, not outcomes.Campaign source - 16Trump breaks silence, endorses Jenny Costa Honeycutt in SC's 1st Congressional DistrictWCIV ABC News 4 (Charleston) · July 14, 2026
Ian Kayanja's report on the post-runoff endorsement, the statements by Speaker Johnson and Whip Emmer, and Mace's fifth-place finish for governor.Independent reporting - 17Democrat Nancy Lacore now included in DCCC's 'Red to Blue' program for 2026 cycleWCIV ABC News 4 (Charleston) · Aug. 20, 2026
Reports the national Democratic committee's targeting of the district and the Republican committee's reply, with the station's description of the district's lean.Independent reporting - 18SC1: Jenny Costa Honeycutt Jumps InFITSNews · Nov. 17, 2025
Will Folks's launch-day item says she has served on the council since 2018 and is a founding member of her firm.Independent reporting - 19National Voter Registration Day Highlights South Carolina's Upcoming Voter Registration DeadlineSouth Carolina State Election Commission · Sept. 15, 2026
The commission's release sets out the registration deadlines for the November 3 general election.Government / regulatory record - 20HONEYCUTT, JENNY COSTA: candidate overviewFederal Election Commission · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
FEC candidate page: candidate ID, party, principal committee and financial totals for October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. Totals change with each new report.Government / regulatory record - 21FEC Form 2: Statement of Candidacy, Jenny Costa HoneycuttFederal Election Commission · Filed Nov. 17, 2025
Her signed statement of candidacy for the U.S. House, South Carolina District 01, Republican Party, designating Jenny for Congress as principal campaign committee.Government / regulatory record - 22FEC Form 1: Statement of Organization, Jenny for CongressFederal Election Commission · Filed Nov. 17, 2025
Registers the principal campaign committee, its Charleston mailing address and its treasurer, and reports no affiliated committees.Government / regulatory record - 23FEC Form 3: July Quarterly report, Jenny for CongressFederal Election Commission · Filed July 15, 2026
Covers June 4 through June 30, 2026 and prints cycle-to-date receipts, disbursements, cash on hand and debts. It is the latest regular report on file at this review.Government / regulatory record - 24Charleston County's $75M approval clears way for DOT to buy homes in Mark Clark pathThe Post and Courier · 2023
David Slade's report of the council's January 31 vote, with the roll call. The page text returned no headline or date line; the title follows the page address, and source 41 supplies the year.Independent reporting - 25Charleston Co. seeks new sales tax to fund $2B Mark Clark Ext. projectWCIV ABC News 4 (Charleston) · Oct. 18, 2023
Reports the county's plan for a new half-cent sales tax and quotes Honeycutt on the need to finish Interstate 526.Independent reporting - 26Charleston County's transportation sales tax referendum faces mixed reviewsWCIV ABC News 4 (Charleston) · July 26, 2024
Claire Weber's report on the council's referendum decision: two members opposed, one absent, and Honeycutt's argument for the project.Independent reporting - 27Charleston County voters face decision on transportation tax planWCIV ABC News 4 (Charleston) · Nov. 4, 2024
Claire Weber's election-eve report: the tax plan's dollar allocations, the Coastal Conservation League's objections and Honeycutt's replies. It identifies her as council vice chair.Independent reporting - 28Charleston County's Mark Clark tax referendum found few pockets of support. Here's where.The Post and Courier · Nov. 6, 2024
David Slade's day-after analysis of the referendum's defeat, with Honeycutt's reaction. The vote figures were unofficial when published.Independent reporting - 29The 526 Mark Clark Extension project is no more, officially killed by state officials MondayThe Post and Courier · May 12, 2025
Reports the state infrastructure bank board's unanimous vote to end the funding contract, the money spent, and that the county's $75 million was not spent. It does not mention Honeycutt.Independent reporting - 30Board Meeting Documents, May 12, 2025South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank · May 12, 2025
The bank's posted agenda lists the Charleston County Mark Clark Extension project under project updates. It is an agenda, not minutes, and records no vote.Government / regulatory record - 31Honeycutt touts conservative platform, small business experience in bid for CongressWCIV ABC News 4 (Charleston) · Mar. 20, 2026
Emily Deanne's candidate profile: the council work Honeycutt cites, and her statements on debt, taxes and the border.Independent reporting - 32Construction will soon start on project that could alleviate traffic for Johns Island and West AshleyThe Post and Courier · Mar. 15, 2025
Maddy Quon's report on the Main Road and Highway 17 project: cost, funding source and schedule. It does not mention Honeycutt.Independent reporting - 33GOP candidates face off on Hilton Head with SC primary runoff elections a week awayThe Post and Courier · June 2026
Tony Kukulich's report on a June 15 Republican forum, including Mark Smith's criticism of Honeycutt and her criticism of him. The page text carried no headline or date line; its first sentence dates the forum to June 15, the week before the runoff.Independent reporting - 34Going pro-Trump and endorsing redistricting: 4 takeaways from SC's 1st District GOP runoff debateThe Post and Courier · June 2026
Caitlin Byrd's account of the June 17 televised runoff debate, read on the newspaper's e-paper page, which carries no edition date.Independent reporting - 35Retired Navy admiral, Charleston attorney advance in SC's 1st District contestSC Daily Gazette · June 23, 2026
Skylar Laird's runoff-night report, updated June 24, gives the rounded runoff share from unofficial State Election Commission results and the Cook rating change.Independent reporting - 36Former Navy Reserve chief announces bid for SC's 1st DistrictSC Daily Gazette · Jan. 20, 2026
Adrian Ashford's report on Nancy Lacore's entry into the race, used here only to describe the Democratic nominee.Independent reporting - 37South Carolina Constitution, Article X: Finance, Taxation, and Bonded DebtSouth Carolina Legislature · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Section 7(b) requires every political subdivision to keep annual budgets with income sufficient to meet estimated expenses; section 14 defines the term to include counties. It says nothing about any one council member's votes.Government / regulatory record - 38Representative Nancy Mace: member profileClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The Clerk's page identifies Nancy Mace as the sitting Republican member for South Carolina's 1st District in the 119th Congress.Government / regulatory record - 39Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, No. 22-807Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 23, 2024
Slip opinion on the post-2020 lines of the 1st District. It concerns the map, not any candidate.Government / regulatory record - 40Opinion Editorial: Protecting girls' sports is common senseJenny for Congress · July 2, 2026
Her opinion article as posted on the campaign site, which credits and links the Washington Reporter as the outlet of first publication. The outlet's own page was not read.Campaign source - 41SC Committee approves $75 million toward I-526 extension, includes stipulationWCSC Live 5 News (Charleston) · Dec. 5, 2023
Emily Johnson's report on the state's matching $75 million says the county approved its funding the previous January, which dates the council vote to 2023, and that the county committed the money without voter approval. It does not mention Honeycutt.Independent reporting - 42Jenny Honeycutt (R) defeated Mark Smith (R) in the Republican primary runoff for South Carolina's 1st Congressional DistrictBallotpedia News · June 24, 2026
David Luchs's runoff summary quotes each campaign's advertising and lists the forecasters' ratings as of June 2026. The ad text is the Smith campaign's claim, not a finding.Independent analysis / professional record - 43FEC Form 1: Statement of Organization, From the Block PACFederal Election Commission · Filed July 2, 2026
Registers a leadership PAC (C00955260) that names Jenny Costa Honeycutt as its sponsor, with the same Charleston post office box and treasurer as her campaign committee. It shows the registration only, not the PAC’s fundraising or spending.Government / regulatory record
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Scope & method. Reviewed September 17, 2026. This is a documented overview of publicly available biography, major actions, and stated priorities, not an exhaustive vote-by-vote record. Numerical claims retain their original meaning and attribution. Historical sources do not imply current appointments. Charleston County records and certified vote totals could not be retrieved and are not cited; council votes are given as reported by local news organizations. The source list provides direct links so readers can check the underlying material. Election lists, filings, and campaign pages may change after this review.
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Where to find the candidate
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