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Money
$396.5K raised, $396K spent, $547 cash on hand (through Sep 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
10% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 46% from South Carolina · largest committee giver SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC, $5K
Outside groups
$72.5K supporting Pelbath
Their wordsWhat does Pelbath say they will do?
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$396.5K
$396,522
Spent
$396K
$395,975
Cash on hand
$547
$547
FEC filings, Jul 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00917062 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
90¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 6 reports ($396K of $438.4K). Cash on hand went from $169.2K on Sep 30, 2025 to $547 on Sep 30, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$100K$200K
Sep ’25
Dec ’25
Mar ’26
May ’26
Jun ’26
Sep ’26
Raised, spent and cash on hand by FEC report
Report
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025
$193,110
$23,883
$169,227
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$50,325
$90,188
$129,363
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$122,398
$57,804
$193,957
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through May 20, 2026
$53,420
$104,918
$142,458
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$19,153
$47,436
$114,175
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$0
$71,745
$547
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
Where the money came from $396,522 reported receipts
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Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$308,24078%
Largest donors
Joseph BartoneOne contribution on Aug 29, 2025 · RETIRED · MOUNT PLEASANT, SC$14,000
James Broach4 contributions, latest Aug 7, 2026 · OWNER · ATLANTIC BUILDING COMPONENTS · MOUNT PLEASANT, SC$14,000
Andrew KimballOne contribution on Sep 30, 2025 · ACCOUNTANT · ERNST AND YOUNG · CARLSBAD, CA$14,000
Thomas J. Jung2 contributions, latest Nov 18, 2025 · RETIRED · MOUNT PLEASANT, SC$10,500
Christopher Hays TaylorOne contribution on Aug 29, 2025 · ACCOUNT MANAGER · SWISH · MT PLEASANT, SC$10,000
David L. FloryOne contribution on May 20, 2026 · RETIRED · MIAMI BEACH, FL$7,000
Ryan B. HamiltonOne contribution on Aug 29, 2025 · SALES · SELF-EMPLOYED · MOUNT PLEASANT, SC$7,000
Steve LedwellOne contribution on Feb 13, 2026 · TEXARKANA, TX$7,000
Christopher MaddoxOne contribution on Sep 30, 2025 · ACCOUNT MANAGER · WELLS FARGO · URBANDALE, IA$7,000
Timothy J. PelbathOne contribution on Sep 30, 2025 · MANAGER · CHEVRON · BAKERSFIELD, CA$7,000
Henry Perot Jr.One contribution on Apr 1, 2026 · CHAIRMAN · HILLWOOD · DALLAS, TX$7,000
Howard M. LorberOne contribution on May 12, 2026 · CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD · NATHAN'S FAMOUS · MIAMI BEACH, FL$5,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 277 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $297.5K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$34,8618.8%
TransfersMoney moved in from the candidate's other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee.$32,8108.3%
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The largest of the sources is listed. In all, 6 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $32.8K.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$19,0004.8%
The 7 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 7 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $19K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$1,6110.4%
Total reported receipts $396,522
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $297,465 placed by state
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under $5.5K
$5.5K+
$21.9K+
$49.2K+
$87.4K+
none
Outlined: South Carolina, home state
Home state and away
South Carolina 46%SC 46%Elsewhere 54%
46% of the money placed by state came from inside South Carolina: $136.6K of $297.5K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
South Carolina home137 contributions · 46%
$136,577
Florida28 contributions · 13%
$38,763
California24 contributions · 12%
Money from groups, by interest $91,500
What the committees giving to Pelbath’s campaign or spending on ads about Pelbath are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Pelbath $91,500
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Groups set up for one candidate or one race: no parent organization, and 80% or more of their spending on that race, for a candidate, against their rival, or both. A group that is part of an older organization (a trade, union or caucus PAC, or a party leaders’ super PAC shell) stays in its own place even when it spends on one race, and one that has spread across races is filed by its side.$72.5K79%
$5.5K6%
Unions of airline, rail, trucking, transit and maritime workers, including the Teamsters.$5K5.5%
On the Republican side by their own words, their main funder, or a published source a reviewer cites. A group with one cause is filed under that cause instead.$5K5.5%
PACs a politician sponsors or runs: a leadership PAC (the FEC’s designation D), a committee the FEC lists as sponsored by a candidate, or a super PAC the politician’s own team runs and press reports tie to them. One that exists only for that politician’s own race is under Groups spending on one race.$2.5K2.7%
Airlines, railroads, trucking, shipping, car makers and car dealers, with their PACs and associations. Transportation unions are under Labor unions.$1K1.1%
Outside spending $14,211,810 across this race
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
RJenny Costa Honeycutt17 groups▲Supporting $3.5M▼Opposing $3.2MTotal $6.8M
Who stands behind the outside spending: the people and organizations its money traces to
Who stands behind the outside spending $13.7M traced back through the groups that spent it
Each group that spent in this race is followed to where its own money came from, and what it spent is split by those shares: a group whose money was 60% one person's counts as 60% of its spending theirs. Of what traced, 48% to named individuals, 26% to organizations, 11% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 14% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
Jb PritzkerPerson · Governor, State of Illinois · behind Ready for the Fight
$561.8K
House Majority ForwardOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind HMP
$507.1K
American Action NetworkOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind CLF
$505.2K
Elon MuskPerson · CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · behind CLF and NO Going Back PAC Inc.
$260.6K
Paul E. SingerPerson · President, EMC · behind WFW Action Fund Inc and CLF and 3 more
The campaign also refunded $55,000 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
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Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$130,29838%
Filed as
STRATEGY CONSULTING$59,609
DIGITAL CONSULTING$49,128
DIRECT MAIL SERVICES & STRATEGY CONSULTING$6,594
STRATEGY CONSULTING & EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT: SEE ITEMIZATION(S) IF REQUIRED$5,500
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$5,468
FIELD CONSULTING$4,000
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Alamo Intelligence LLC4 payments · 23% of all spending
$90,000
Gliatta, Charles8 payments · 12% of all spending
$48,675
LW Gillis & Co3 payments · 7.1% of all spending
$28,296
Campaign Engine Group LLC99 payments · 6.7% of all spending
$26,563
Big DOG Strategies4 payments · 5.5% of all spending
$21,594
RED Curve Solutions, LLC11 payments · 4.9% of all spending
$19,374
Pelbath Victory Fund3 payments · 4.3% of all spending
$17,214
RED Beacon Strategies, LLC1 payment · 4.1% of all spending
$16,175
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
EndorsementsWho does Pelbath’s campaign say backs them?
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$36,690
Texas41 contributions · 10%
$31,076
Iowa1 contribution · 2.4%
$7,000
Virginia5 contributions · 2.1%
$6,301
Pennsylvania7 contributions · 1.7%
$5,185
Tennessee3 contributions · 1.4%
$4,061
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 28 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 139 contributions · 35% of ranked
$101,190
Atlantic Building Components4 contributions · 4.9% of ranked
$14,000
Ernst And Young1 contribution · 4.9% of ranked
$14,000
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 8 contributions · 4.2% of ranked
$12,112
Swish1 contribution · 3.5% of ranked
$10,000
Southwest Airlines7 contributions · 3% of ranked
$8,609
Wells Fargo3 contributions · 2.7% of ranked
$7,780
Chevron1 contribution · 2.5% of ranked
$7,000
A further $16,511 came from donors whose answer names no employer (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($34,861) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 139 contributions · 35% of ranked
$101,190
Owner8 contributions · 6.5% of ranked
$18,602
Account Manager2 contributions · 6% of ranked
$17,000
Pilot17 contributions · 5.7% of ranked
$16,372
CEO11 contributions · 5% of ranked
$14,215
Accountant1 contribution · 4.9% of ranked
$14,000
Manager2 contributions · 3.3% of ranked
$9,500
Physician5 contributions · 3% of ranked
$8,499
A further $16,511 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($34,861) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Nothing yet says what these committees are: no statement, site, government record or funder we can use. Their money counts here until a source turns up. We do not guess.
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$14,139,310 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Pelbath’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Pelbathunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
Person · Managing Director, Susquehanna International GRP · behind Strong PAC and NO Going Back PAC Inc. and 1 more
$235.2K
Thomas KlingensteinPerson · Investment Counselor, Cohen Klingenstein LLC · behind Civic Renewal Fund Inc.
$233.5K
Choose Freedom Inc.Organization · behind Civic Renewal Fund Inc.
$233.5K
American Prosperity AllianceOrganization · behind Conservatives for American Excellence Inc. and Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter PAC
$218K
Miriam O. AdelsonPerson · Director of Community Development, LAS Vegas Sands Corp. · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. and CLF
Read for the 19 largest groups of 28, 96% of the $14.2M spent. Shares are of what each group received, not a record of which dollar went where; an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail; a person who gave by more than one route is counted once here. It shows who stood behind the money, not what it was for.
Paid to
Gliatta, Charles$47,609
Campaign Engine Group LLC$26,128
Alamo Intelligence LLC$23,000
Big DOG Strategies$21,594
RED Curve Solutions, LLC$5,468
Gentry, Brooke$4,000
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$82,00024%
Filed as
PLACED MEDIA$67,000
MEDIA PRODUCTION$15,000
Paid to
Alamo Intelligence LLC$67,000
SLMG LLC$15,000
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$39,91012%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$38,909
CATERING SERVICES$1,001
Paid to
LW Gillis & Co$28,296
Capital Cornered, LLC$10,613
Costco Wholesale Corp.$501
Pabst, Sandra$500
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$28,8278.5%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING FEES$19,048
MERCHANT FEES$9,570
MERCHANDISE FEES$173
BANK FEE$37
Paid to
Better Mousetrap Digital$10,734
WinRed Technical Services LLC$9,743
TMA Direct$4,893
TMA Direct, Inc.$2,193
Frontline Strategies LLC$298
Campaign Engine Group LLC$289
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$21,9066.4%
Filed as
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING & DATA PROCESSING SERVICES$13,221
RESEARCH CONSULTING$8,000
DATA PROCESSING SERVICES$685
Paid to
RED Curve Solutions, LLC$13,906
Percipient Strategies LLC$8,000
TransfersMoney moved to an affiliated or authorised committee.$17,2145%
Filed as
TRANSFER TO AFFILIATED COMMITTEE$17,214
Paid to
Pelbath Victory Fund$17,214
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$16,3054.8%
Filed as
DIRECT MAIL SERVICES$16,175
YARD SIGNS$51
PRINTING$51
SIGN PERMITS$28
Paid to
RED Beacon Strategies, LLC$16,175
A&E Digital Printing$51
A+E Digital Printing$51
City of Beaufort$28
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$3,1460.9%
Filed as
ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS$1,500
SUBSCRIPTION$1,500
SMS MESSAGING$146
Paid to
Numinar Inc$3,000
Campaign Engine Group LLC$146
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$9900.3%
Filed as
DELIVERY SERVICES$751
DELIVERY EXPENSE$239
Paid to
Fedex$751
Usps$239
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$322<0.1%
Filed as
POST OFFICE BOX$218
OFFICE SUPPLIES$104
Paid to
Usps$218
Staples Inc$104
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$57<0.1%
Filed as
TRAVEL: FOOD$57
Paid to
Publix$57
Total itemized disbursements $340,975
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
All 493 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
2 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $1,066 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.