48.5% in the latest poll (The New York Times/Siena University) · leads Annie Andrews by 1.9 points on average. The polls
Their wordsWhat does Graham say they will do?
8 priorities from darlinegraham.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
8 priorities · 24 quoted statements
Darline is fiercely protective of taxpayer dollars. She managed a $90 million budget and turned around a state agency known for inefficiency — and she brings that same standard to Washington.
Lower taxes. Less waste. More jobs.
She will work to make the Trump tax cuts permanent, root out waste and fraud in federal spending, and stop Washington from mortgaging our children's future. For nearly 30 years Darline has helped South Carolinians find work and provide for their families, and she will fight for lower taxes and less red tape for small business, real investment in workforce training and the skilled trades, and work requirements for able-bodied adults.
Every state is a border state, and the crisis at the southern border reaches South Carolina families directly.
Secure the border. Enforce the law. Stop the fentanyl.
Darline supports finishing the wall, fully funding border enforcement, and ending catch-and-release. She will fight the flow of fentanyl that is killing South Carolinians, back the removal of criminal illegal aliens, and oppose amnesty and taxpayer-funded benefits for those here illegally.
Darline is pro-life and believes every child is a gift from God.
Protecting the unborn. Supporting mothers. Defending families.
She supports mothers, adoption, and pregnancy resource centers, and opposes taxpayer funding of abortion. She will defend religious liberty, stand up for parents' rights in their children's education, and protect girls' sports and locker rooms.
South Carolinians deserve elections they can trust.
Voter ID. Clean rolls. Transparent counting.
Darline supports voter ID, accurate and up-to-date voter rolls, and counting that is transparent and secure. She opposes federal takeovers of state elections and any effort to let noncitizens vote.
Darline will always stand with the men and women in law enforcement who run toward danger.
Back the blue. Prosecute the criminals.
She opposes every effort to defund the police, supports the funding, training, and equipment our officers need, and backs tough penalties for fentanyl traffickers and violent repeat offenders. Safe streets and safe schools are the foundation everything else is built on.
The right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed by the Constitution, and Darline will defend it without apology.
No registries. No confiscation. No apologies.
She opposes gun registries, red-flag confiscation schemes, and bans on the firearms law-abiding South Carolinians own. She supports concealed carry reciprocity — and going after criminals instead of law-abiding gun owners.
Darline has spent her career serving South Carolinians, and she knows this state's needs are not Washington's talking points.
Rural communities, farmers, seniors, and people with disabilities.
As agency head at the SC Commission for the Blind she led 130 employees across 10 offices delivering vocational rehabilitation, independent-living, and blindness-prevention services — and she will cut the waiting lists and red tape that keep people from working and living independently. She will stand up for South Carolina farmers, expand rural broadband, fight to keep rural hospitals open, and protect Medicare and Social Security for the seniors who paid into them.
President Trump asked Darline to run, and in the United States Senate she is a reliable vote for the America First agenda.
A strong military, secure borders, and American energy.
South Carolina is a military state — home to Fort Jackson, Parris Island, Shaw Air Force Base, and Joint Base Charleston. Darline will fight for the resources our installations and service members need, hold the VA accountable so veterans get the care they earned, and back an all-of-the-above American energy strategy that lowers costs and ends our dependence on foreign adversaries.
98% of their votes went with their party’s majority; they broke with it 1 time in the 119th Congress.
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$1.9M
$1,917,646
Spent
$1.3M
$1,283,216
Cash on hand
$634.4K
$634,430
FEC filings, Jul 23, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00957308 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
67¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 3 reports ($1.3M of $1.9M). Cash on hand went from $251.4K on Aug 5, 2026 to $634.4K on Oct 14, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$500K$1M$1.5M
Aug ’26
Sep ’26
Oct ’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
PRE-RUN-OFF 2026 through Aug 5, 2026
$346,783
$95,351
$251,431
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$1,480,844
$1,122,543
$609,732
PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026
$90,020
$65,322
$634,430
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 $1,917,646 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
TransfersMoney moved in from the candidate's other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee.$672,86435%
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 2 largest sources by total given are listed. In all, 9 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $672.9K.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$646,34734%
Largest donors
Kirk Rostron2 contributions, latest Aug 21, 2026 · INVESTMENT BANKING · MT VERNON CAPITAL · ALEXANDRIA, VA$10,875
Andrew King3 contributions, latest Oct 23, 2026 · GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CONSULTANT · NEALE CREEK, LLC · CHEVY CHASE, MD
EndorsementsWho does Graham’s campaign say backs them?
1 endorser listed on Darline Graham’s own campaign site.
This is the campaign's claim, checked by an editor against its page; the endorsers have not confirmed it to us. Each name opens the campaign’s page with that name highlighted.
“I asked Darline, for the Good of our Nation, to run for the U.S. Senate … there would be nobody better to honor the legacy of her beloved brother, Lindsey. Darline…has my Complete and Total Endorsement for U.S. Senate in South Carolina – SHE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN.” — President Donald J. Trump”
BallotWhen is Graham on the ballot?
Aug 11, 2026
Special election · South Carolina U.S. Senate Special Republican Primary
Advanced · 109,664 votes (33%) · 1 of 10 · Full results ↗
Aug 25, 2026
Special election · South Carolina U.S. Senate Special Republican Primary Runoff
Advanced · 193,486 votes (52%) · 1 of 2 · Full results ↗
Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
Dan Adams2 contributions, latest Jul 27, 2026 · INVESTMENT BANKER · THE CAPITAL CORPORATION · GREENVILLE, SC$7,000
Isaac ApplbaumOne contribution on Aug 11, 2026 · SELF · VENTURE · OAKLAND, CA$7,000
Norman BrownsteinOne contribution on Aug 11, 2026 · CHAIRMAN · BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK · DENVER, CO$7,000
Catawba Indian Nation2 contributions, latest Aug 25, 2026 · Organization · ROCK HILL, SC$7,000
David Dukes2 contributions, latest Oct 23, 2026 · LAWYER · NELSON MULLINS · COLUMBIA, SC$7,000
Jay Faison2 contributions, latest Sep 30, 2026 · FOUNDER · CLEAR PATH FOUNDATION · CHARLOTTE, NC$7,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 796 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $1.5M.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$499,50026%
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 138 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $532.5K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$77,9354.1%
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$21,0001.1%
Total reported receipts $1,917,646
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $1,479,570 placed by state
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under $26K
$26K+
$104K+
$234K+
$416.1K+
none
Outlined: South Carolina, home state
Home state and away
South Carolina 44%SC 44%Elsewhere 56%
44% of the money placed by state came from inside South Carolina: $650.1K of $1.5M.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
South Carolina home335 contributions · 44%
$650,122
Florida86 contributions · 8.9%
$131,464
Virginia68 contributions · 8.1%
$120,527
New York26 contributions · 4.9%
$71,989
California33 contributions · 4.2%
$61,994
District of Columbia30 contributions · 4%
$58,462
Texas28 contributions · 3.9%
$58,232
North Carolina28 contributions · 2.9%
$42,720
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 37 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 · 231 contributions · 21% of ranked
$254,708
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 65 contributions · 10% of ranked
$122,103
HomemakerWritten instead of an employer · 9 contributions · 1.9% of ranked
$23,623
Blackstone5 contributions · 1.9% of ranked
$23,144
Thorn RUN Partners5 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$13,566
Nelson Mullins ET AL4 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$13,537
Microsoft Corporation3 contributions · 1% of ranked
$12,644
Nelson Mullins5 contributions · 1% of ranked
$12,500
A further $92,644 came from donors whose answer names no employer (Information requested, N/A, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. 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 ($77,935) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money from groups, by interest $25,802,675
What the committees giving to Graham’s campaign or spending on ads about Graham are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Graham $11,957,714
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$12MTap a slice
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.$4.7M39%
Software, hardware and AI companies, and the groups the AI industry runs. Groups campaigning for AI safety are under Causes.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$4.6M39%
Super PACs run by or for Republican congressional leaders and their allies, such as Senate Leadership Fund and the Congressional Leadership Fund, and the pop-up PACs those fund and create. A caucus’s PAC, or a group that only shares donors with leadership, is not one. Placed from our list of party-leadership networks, which a reviewer confirms.$1.4M12%
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.$519.2K4.3%
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.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$297.5K2.5%
Groups whose purpose is electing, or mobilizing voters for, candidates from a shared community: women, or Black, Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander candidates, among others. The community has to be an identity people share, not an age bracket or a political stance.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$120K1%
Groups that state an anti-abortion purpose.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$63.2K0.5%
$302.7K2.5%
Against Graham $13,844,961
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Groups that state a purpose of changing how government works: ethics, campaign finance, elections and reducing partisanship.$6.7M48%
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.$2.8M20%
$2.5M18%
On the Democratic side by their own words, their main funder, or a published source a reviewer cites. A caucus’s PAC is here. A group with one cause is filed under that cause instead.$1.2M8.6%
Clearly political, but nothing yet shows a cause or a side: not their own words, their funders or a published source.$454.7K3.3%
$71.1K0.5%
Groups for voting rights, LGBTQ rights, criminal-justice change and the interests of tribal nations.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$37.5K0.3%
$4.6K<0.1%
“Proposed” marks money from groups whose place is not yet reviewed by a person. Each group is placed by its filings and its own words, never by which party it backs. Every interest · How groups are placed
Outside spending $69,732,378 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.
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$44,462,203 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Graham’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Grahamunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
Who stands behind the outside spending: the people and organizations its money traces to
Who stands behind the outside spending $64.1M 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, 32% to named individuals, 43% to organizations, 17% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 0.7% to committees nothing more could be followed from, 6.7% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
Elon MuskPerson · CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · behind SLF PAC and NO Going Back PAC Inc. and 1 more
$4.2M
American Prosperity AllianceOrganization · behind Palmetto Action
$3.8M
American Jobs and SecurityOrganization · behind Security IS Strength PAC and Project 2026
$3.4M
One NationOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind SLF PAC
$3.3M
Securing American Greatness, IncOrganization · behind Security IS Strength PAC and Project 2026
$3.2M
Stephen PajcicPerson · Attorney, Pajcic & Pajcic · behind New Deal for All, Inc.
$2.5M
Responsive Government ActionOrganization · behind Government That Works PAC and Blackpac
$2.3M
Opportunity Action FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Blackpac and Winsenate
$2.1M
Sixteen Thirty FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Government That Works PAC and Blackpac and 1 more
$2.1M
Global Impact Social Welfare FundOrganization · behind Government That Works PAC and The Edge Action Fund and 1 more
$1.7M
Miriam AdelsonPerson · Physician, Adelson Drug Clinic · behind Security IS Strength PAC and SLF PAC and 3 more
$1.7M
Better World Civic TrustOrganization · behind Fresh Start SC PAC
$1.6M
Read for the 19 largest groups of 53, 92% of the $69.7M 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.
What the payments were for $1,283,095 itemized
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$419,27733%
Filed as
MEDIA BUY$261,500
DIGITAL MEDIA$147,471
MEDIA PRODUCTION$10,305
Paid to
Scott Howell & Co. Inc.$271,805
Push Digital LLC$126,471
Campaign Solutions$21,000
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$199,44216%
Filed as
TEXT MESSAGING SERVICES$182,229
SUBSCRIPTION$12,813
DATABASE SUBSCRIPTION$3,860
TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE$540
Paid to
Advotext LLC$182,229
Numinar Inc$16,548
Tatango$540
Intuit$124
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$155,42512%
Filed as
TELE TOWN HALL SERVICE$123,608
TELE-TOWN HALL SERVICE$30,000
CAMPAIGN MATERIALS (SHIRTS)$1,817
Paid to
Campaign HQ$78,688
Tmone LLC$74,920
Sea Circle Printing$1,817
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$122,7759.6%
Filed as
SURVEY RESEARCH$113,838
DATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES$8,937
Paid to
Meeting Street Research LLC$87,500
Opinion Diagnostics LLC$13,338
Cmdi$8,937
Opinion Diagnostics$8,000
Deep Root Analytics LLC$5,000
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$114,1318.9%
Filed as
POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING & EXPENSE$39,910
POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING$32,000
POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSLULTING & EXPENSE$16,970
POLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTNG$10,000
LEGAL SERVICES$9,500
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$5,750
Paid to
Forward Communications & Strategies$36,000
Farmer Strategies$30,910
Odonnell & Associates Ltd.$16,970
RCH Associates$15,000
LEX Politica$9,500
Rightside Compliance LLC$5,750
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$78,2316.1%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD MERCHANT FEES$77,057
CREDIT CARD PAYMENT$1,174
Paid to
Campaign Solutions$49,733
WinRed Technical Services LLC$22,212
Democracy Engine$2,840
Anedot$1,196
Citi Card$734
Anedot Online$700
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$67,0675.2%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING & EXPENSE$54,749
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$9,525
EVENT CATERING$2,455
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING EXPENSE$338
Paid to
The Townsend Group$51,468
Palmetto Development Strategies LLC$9,863
Palmetto Development Strategies$3,280
Chick-FIL-a$1,599
LS Greens Beverage$856
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$38,8803%
Filed as
PAYROLL$38,880
Paid to
Worthen, Caleb$11,500
Zilch, Abby$10,280
Vess, Olivia$4,300
Blackstone, Mary Thomas$4,300
Salazar, Jonathan$3,500
Castrinos, Joshua$2,500
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$34,0732.7%
Filed as
SIGN PRINTING$31,261
PRINTING$2,105
SHIPPING/MAIL$394
OFFICE SUPPLIES / PRINTING$314
Paid to
Velvetex Inc$19,040
Victory Enterprises Inc$12,220
Sun Solutions$2,105
Fedex$394
CS&S LLC$314
TransfersMoney moved to an affiliated or authorised committee.$18,0001.4%
Filed as
TRANSFER TO AFFILIATED COMMITTEE$18,000
Paid to
SC GOP Victory$18,000
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$15,2051.2%
Filed as
TRAVEL - MILEAGE$8,600
TRAVEL$4,445
TRAVEL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT$2,160
Paid to
Sheraton Hotels$3,165
Castrinos, Joshua$2,712
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America$2,160
Worthen, Caleb$1,942
Malphrus, Parker$1,277
American Airlines$1,061
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$11,3610.9%
Filed as
BALLOT ACCESS FEE$10,440
BANK CHARGES$921
Paid to
South Carolina Republican Party$10,440
Chain Bridge Bank$921
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$9,2280.7%
Filed as
STAGING & EQUIPMENT$8,668
OFFICE SUPPLIES$293
INSURANCE$268
Paid to
ACS Sound & Lighting$8,668
Sams Club$293
Auto-Owners Insurance$268
Total itemized disbursements $1,283,095
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 Oct 14, 2026.
All 110 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, $8,127 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.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Scott Howell & Co. Inc.3 payments · 21% of all spending
$271,805
Advotext LLC5 payments · 14% of all spending
$182,229
Push Digital LLC4 payments · 9.9% of all spending
$126,471
Meeting Street Research LLC2 payments · 6.8% of all spending
$87,500
Campaign HQ3 payments · 6.1% of all spending
$78,688
Tmone LLC1 payment · 5.8% of all spending
$74,920
Campaign Solutions3 payments · 5.5% of all spending
$70,733
The Townsend Group1 payment · 4% of all spending
$51,468
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.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 233 contributions · 19% of ranked
$258,999
Attorney45 contributions · 8.1% of ranked
$112,963
CEO32 contributions · 5.8% of ranked
$81,506
Consultant34 contributions · 4.5% of ranked
$62,481
Chairman15 contributions · 3.4% of ranked
$47,000
Executive15 contributions · 2.9% of ranked
$41,020
Owner22 contributions · 2.7% of ranked
$37,790
Investor12 contributions · 2.5% of ranked
$35,521
A further $80,400 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (Information requested, N/A, 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 ($77,935) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.
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.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.
Committees that state no purpose of their own and get half or more of their money from one person who gave $1 million or more. The person is named beside the committee.
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.
SLF PAC▼ Opposes38 records, latest Nov 2, 2026$12,992,690
