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Candidates › SC-01 race › 2025–2026
RepublicanU.S. House, SC-01South Carolina
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FEC filings, Jul 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data
$1.00 has been spent for every dollar raised across 6 reports ($259.6K of $259.6K). Cash on hand went from $57K on Sep 30, 2025 to $0 on Sep 30, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025 | $65,800 | $8,831 | $56,969 |
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $26,750 | $13,056 | $70,663 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $112,050 | $56,977 | $125,736 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through May 20, 2026 | $5,450 | $105,985 | $25,200 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026 | $49,500 | $73,626 | $1,074 |
| TERMINATION REPORT 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $0 | $1,074 | $0 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
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A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 203 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $261K.
Total reported receipts $260,950
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
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85% of the money placed by state came from inside South Carolina: $221.8K of $261K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 177 contributions · 85% | $221,800 |
| 7 contributions · 6.1% | $16,000 |
| 7 contributions · 6% | $15,750 |
| 6 contributions · 1.5% | $4,000 |
| 3 contributions · 0.8% | $2,150 |
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.
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.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Person · Governor, State of Illinois · behind Ready for the Fight | $561.8K |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind HMP | $507.1K |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind CLF | $505.2K |
| Person · CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · behind CLF and NO Going Back PAC Inc. | $260.6K |
| Person · President, EMC · behind WFW Action Fund Inc and CLF and 3 more | $257.6K |
The campaign also refunded $3,500 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
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| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 6 payments · 47% of all spending | $124,544 |
| 5 payments · 20% of all spending | $51,513 |
| 8 payments · 6.2% of all spending | $16,337 |
| 10 payments · 5.7% of all spending | $14,999 |
| 5 payments · 4.4% of all spending | $11,500 |
| 5 payments · 2.1% of all spending | $5,606 |
| 45 payments · 2% of all spending | $5,189 |
| 4 payments · 1.5% of all spending | $4,000 |
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.
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| $750 |
| 1 contribution · 0.2% | $500 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 7 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.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 35 contributions · 22% of ranked | $57,000 |
| Written instead of an employer · 43 contributions · 16% of ranked | $40,000 |
| 4 contributions · 5.5% of ranked | $14,000 |
| 4 contributions · 3.1% of ranked | $8,000 |
| 3 contributions · 3.1% of ranked | $8,000 |
| 2 contributions · 2.7% of ranked | $7,000 |
| 2 contributions · 2.7% of ranked | $7,000 |
| Written instead of an employer · 3 contributions · 2.3% of ranked | $5,750 |
A further $6,000 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.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 44 contributions · 16% of ranked | $41,000 |
| 7 contributions · 5.7% of ranked | $14,500 |
| 10 contributions · 4.7% of ranked | $12,050 |
| 5 contributions · 4.4% of ranked | $11,250 |
| 6 contributions · 4.1% of ranked | $10,500 |
| 5 contributions · 4.1% of ranked | $10,500 |
| 4 contributions · 2.9% of ranked | $7,500 |
| 2 contributions · 2.7% of ranked | $7,000 |
A further $6,000 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.
| $235.2K |
| Person · Investment Counselor, Cohen Klingenstein LLC · behind Civic Renewal Fund Inc. | $233.5K |
| Organization · behind Civic Renewal Fund Inc. | $233.5K |
| Organization · behind Conservatives for American Excellence Inc. and Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter PAC | $218K |
| Person · Director of Community Development, LAS Vegas Sands Corp. · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. and CLF | $202.3K |
| Person · CEO, Uline · behind Strong PAC | $200.1K |
| Person · Chairman, Fisher Investments · behind WFW Action Fund Inc | $187.1K |
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.
Total itemized disbursements $257,241
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 135 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.