Democrats across the country have been closely watching the special election for Georgias 6th Congressional District, where victory is within reach for 30-year-old filmmaker Jon Ossoff on Tuesday.

But there is another special House election one state over on Tuesday that has received a tiny fraction of the national attention and resources garnered by the Georgia race.

In South Carolinas heavily Republican 5th District, Democrat Archie Parnell , a 66-year-old tax attorney, battles Republican Ralph Norman, a 63-year-old former state representative, for control of the seat vacated by White House budget director Mick Mulvaney.

Parnell faces much steeper odds than Ossoff, which explains the contests relative obscurity.

Win or lose, though, the mild-mannered Parnell has excited local Democrats, laying the seeds for future inroads in the state. It is shaping up as an interesting case study for the 50-state strategy that Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez has vowed to restore.

We want to just keep building for the future and try to get a Democratic presence in this area once again, said Susan Maxson, a 54-year-old Rock Hill resident volunteering for Parnell.

Its an area of haves and have-nots. We feel like a lot of the have-nots have just been passed by and overlooked, Maxson added. Building hope for the future is letting them know it is worth it coming out to the polls and that if we dont get them this time, were getting them next time.

And if Parnell manages to pull off a major upset, it would be a complete game-changer for the Democratic Party in the state.

If you win one race in South Carolina it has a massive domino effect in this state. If we pick up the 5th congressional seat, the 7th and the 1st automatically come into play, said South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Trav Robertson. All it takes is one race whether it is a state legislative seat or whether it is a House district that changes, or starts to change, the psychology of the Democratic Party in this state, our activists, as well as the independent voters.