Cygnal Tracking Poll — June 9 Primary
Reddy Is the Only Candidate With Momentum
Charleston, SC — A four-wave tracking poll conducted by Cygnal shows Rom Reddy is the only candidate in the South Carolina Republican gubernatorial race with genuine momentum heading into the June 9 primary.
Reddy has risen from 0% in January to 16% in May, a 16-point climb, while every other candidate has remained flat or declined.
Cygnal is the largest GOP polling firm in the country, posting a 96% accuracy rate across more than 5,000 surveys over the last five years. The firm served as pollster for Donald Trump's first official Super PAC in 2015 and as a Trump Team pollster in 2020, and currently serves as pollster for Governors Greg Abbott and Brian Kemp.
Cygnal's South Carolina gubernatorial poll tracked six hundred prospective voters across four waves: January, April, and two May surveys. The results, with the exception of Rom Reddy, show a field frozen in place.
| Candidate | Jan | Apr | May W3 | May W4 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rom Reddy | 0% | 6% | 9% | 16% | +16 pts |
| Alan Wilson | 19% | 17% | 15% | 19% | Flat |
| Nancy Mace | 15% | 17% | 14% | 14% | -1 pt |
| Pam Evette | 12% | 15% | 19% | 12% | Flat/Down |
| Ralph Norman | 8% | 10% | 12% | 13% | +5 pts |
| Undecided | 45% | 34% | 29% | 24% | -21 pts |
Reddy is the only candidate who has demonstrated a real ability to grow support.
Wilson's support has been essentially flat across all four waves. Mace is down. Norman has moved modestly. Evette has cratered.
With 24% of the primary electorate still undecided and Reddy's name ID still growing, Cygnal's conclusion is direct:
Reddy is the one candidate positioned to surge into the runoff.
Rom Reddy launched his campaign on March 16, 2026. He is entirely self-funded — no PACs, no donors, no obligations to the political ruling class that have presided over South Carolina's decades of poor infrastructure, high taxes, and high rates of violent crime. He founded DOGE SC to root out waste and fraud in state government. He has pledged to eliminate the income tax responsibly, reduce property taxes, and put South Carolina in the top 20 nationally in education and roads within four years.