Nothing from their campaign site has been checked yet.
In Congress
Representative since 2017 · votes with their party 86% of the time. See the record
Money
$3.2M raised, $3.1M spent, $52.1K cash on hand (through Sep 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
5.6% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 75% from South Carolina · largest committee giver NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PAC, $10K
Outside groups
$505.4K supporting, $5.9M opposing Norman
Sponsored most in
Health, Economics and Public Finance, Immigration
Their wordsWhat does Norman say they will do?
Ralph Norman’s words are not shown
Nothing from their campaign site has been checked yet.
RecordWhat is Norman’s record in Congress?
86% of their votes went with their party’s majority; they broke with it 83 times in the 119th Congress.
H.J.Res. 59↗ Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States". BILLSTATUS ↗
H.Res. 595↗ Honoring the brave men and women who participated in the Afghanistan evacuation in 2021 following the United States withdrawal, for their extraordinary efforts and exceptional service in the safe evacuation of over 17,000 people from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, and for other purposes. BILLSTATUS ↗
H.Res. 1046↗ Honoring the brave men and women who participated in the Afghanistan evacuation in 2021 following the United States withdrawal, for their extraordinary efforts and exceptional service in the safe evacuation of over 17,000 people from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, and for other purposes. BILLSTATUS ↗
H.Res. 694↗ Condemning the inhumane treatment and human rights abuses toward women and girls in Afghanistan by Taliban forces through their strict interpretation of Sharia law. BILLSTATUS ↗
The CRS policy areas of Norman’s 57 substantive sponsored measures, Congresses 117, 118, 119; the figure is how many fall in each. Sponsorship indicates legislative focus, not every policy position.GovInfo source ↗
MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$3.2M
$3,176,283
Spent
$3.1M
$3,124,158
Cash on hand
$52.1K
$52,125
FEC filings, Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00956912 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
98¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 3 reports ($3.1M of $3.2M). Cash on hand went from $171.4K on Jul 22, 2026 to $52.1K on Sep 30, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$1M$2M$3M
Jul ’26
Aug ’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
PRE-SPECIAL 2026 through Jul 22, 2026
$173,610
$2,189
$171,421
PRE-RUN-OFF 2026 through Aug 5, 2026
$761,282
$695,364
$237,339
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$2,241,391
$2,426,605
$52,125
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 $3,176,283 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
LoansMoney the campaign borrowed this cycle, from the candidate or a lender, which it may repay.$2,100,00066%
Who lent it
Ralph Normanthe candidate’s own money · 3 loans · $2M not yet repaid$2,100,000
Each loan as the campaign’s report through Sep 30, 2026 lists it, with what is still owed. A loan from an earlier cycle can appear here, and one repaid in full drops off the report, so the list need not add up to the row.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$897,41428%
Largest donors
Wes Climer2 contributions, latest Aug 15, 2026 · STATE SENATOR · SOUTH CAROLINA · ROCK HILL, SC$14,000
Steven Cowles2 contributions, latest Aug 12, 2026 · RETIRED · FORT LAUDERDALE, FL$10,500
Jennifer Burns2 contributions, latest Aug 14, 2026 · SOCIAL MEDIA · BURNS · ROCK HILL, SC$7,000
Robert Burns2 contributions, latest Aug 19, 2026 · BUSINESS OWNER · BURNS CHEVROLET CADILLAC · FORT MILL, SC
EndorsementsWho does Norman’s campaign say backs them?
Not read yet
We have not found a campaign site for Ralph Norman yet.
BallotWhen is Norman on the ballot?
Aug 11, 2026
Special election · South Carolina U.S. Senate Special Republican Primary
Advanced · 82,583 votes (25%) · 2 of 10 · Full results ↗
Aug 25, 2026
Special election · South Carolina U.S. Senate Special Republican Primary Runoff
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 ↗
November 3, 2026 · Result (unofficial, 99% reporting) · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for
Republican special primary
Primary August 11, 2026 · runoff August 25, 2026 · 4 polls
Darline Graham leads Ralph Norman by 5.2 points · average gap, 2 latest nonpartisan polls · 2 far-off polls left out
RDarline Graham26.6% median
RRalph Norman18.4% median
RRussell Fry16.6% median
RMark Sanford12.4% median
RMark Lynch8.4% median
RNancy Mace
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated November 10, 2026 · 21 polls paid for by a party or campaign are left out
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 647 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $897.4K.
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$67,3222.1%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$58,5001.8%
All American PAC1 receipt, latest Aug 20, 2026 · PAC (nonqualified)$1,000
The 10 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 13 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $54.5K. 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.$53,0471.7%
Total reported receipts $3,176,283
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 $897,371 placed by state
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under $27K
$27K+
$108.2K+
$243.4K+
$432.8K+
none
Outlined: South Carolina, home state
Home state and away
South Carolina 75%SC 75%Elsewhere 25%
75% of the money placed by state came from inside South Carolina: $676.2K of $897.4K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
South Carolina home491 contributions · 75%
$676,224
North Carolina43 contributions · 8.5%
$76,366
Florida23 contributions · 5.4%
$48,625
Texas21 contributions · 2%
$17,599
California9 contributions · 1.2%
$11,187
Tennessee6 contributions · 1%
$9,020
Wyoming3 contributions · 0.9%
$8,184
Kansas3 contributions · 0.8%
$7,500
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 26 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 · 272 contributions · 37% of ranked
$321,722
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 54 contributions · 9.3% of ranked
$80,050
HomemakerWritten instead of an employer · 18 contributions · 3.9% of ranked
$33,310
South Carolina2 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$14,000
Burns Automotive5 contributions · 1.4% of ranked
$12,061
Crews Chevrolet2 contributions · 0.8% of ranked
$7,286
DD Motors INC3 contributions · 0.8% of ranked
$7,143
Allison Dean Love Consulting3 contributions · 0.8% of ranked
$7,000
A further $29,750 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 ($53,047) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money from groups, by interest $6,491,298
What the committees giving to Norman’s campaign or spending on ads about Norman are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Norman $559,892
Tap a slice or a name to open it.
$559.9KTap 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.$400.3K71%
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.$86.9K16%
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.$18.3K3.3%
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.$16K2.9%
Clearly political, but nothing yet shows a cause or a side: not their own words, their funders or a published source.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.$15K2.7%
Groups that state a purpose of protecting gun ownership.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.$10K1.8%
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.$6K1.1%
$7.5K1.3%
Against Norman $5,931,406
Tap a slice or a name to open it.
$5.9MTap 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.$4.9M82%
Solar, wind and other clean-energy companies and their trade groups. Environmental advocacy groups are under Causes.$1M17%
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.$39.4K0.7%
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.$37.5K0.6%
“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.
$63,295,580 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Norman’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Normanunder “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 $3,020,608 itemized
The campaign also refunded $3,550 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$2,242,17974%
Filed as
MEDIA PLACEMENT$2,220,887
MEDIA PRODUCTION$21,292
Paid to
SRCP Media$2,217,179
Disruptor Radio, LLC$15,000
Apex Strategies$10,000
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$403,15213%
Filed as
MAIL PRODUCTION/POSTAGE$331,974
MAIL PRODUCTION/ POSTAGE$59,621
YARD SIGNS$8,226
PRINTING: STICKERS$1,370
EMAIL MARKETING/GRAPHIC DESIGN$1,037
PRINTING$910
POSTAGE$15
Paid to
RED Surge Strategies$212,732
Art and Copy Partners LLC$178,863
Vision Printing and Graphics$8,226
Minuteman Press$2,279
Apex Strategies$1,037
Usps$15
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$105,8823.5%
Filed as
DIGITAL CONSULTING/TEXT MESSAGING$57,000
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING$20,000
OPERATIONS CONSULTING$15,500
COMPLIANCE CONSULTING$7,099
DIGITAL CONSULTING/EMAIL MARKETING$6,284
Paid to
Apex Strategies$63,284
K2 and Co.$20,000
Carlyon, Matthew$8,500
Strategic Victory Solutions LLC$7,099
Raniszewski, AVA$7,000
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$90,2383%
Filed as
FINANCE CONSULTING$62,875
FINANCE CONSULTING/TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT$10,389
FINANCE CONSULTING/DELIVERY REIMBURSEMENT$6,275
EVENT SECURITY$4,800
FUNDRAISING SERVICES$4,420
EVENT TICKET$1,080
EVENT FOOD/BEVERAGE$400
Paid to
Rivet Strategies LLC$83,958
Executive Logistics$4,800
South Carolina Republican Party$1,080
Palmetto Hall$400
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$56,0001.9%
Filed as
TEXT MESSAGING$50,000
WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT$6,000
Paid to
Apex Strategies$50,000
The J Loft Co.$6,000
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$48,9311.6%
Filed as
DATA MODELING$30,000
POLLING/ TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT$18,931
Paid to
Pulse Decision Science$30,000
1060 Group$18,931
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$36,7061.2%
Filed as
PROCESSING FEE$17,637
FILING FEE$10,440
PROCESSING FEES$6,265
CC PROCESSING FEE$2,189
BANK FEE$175
Paid to
WinRed Technical Services LLC$23,902
South Carolina Republican Party$10,440
WinRed$2,189
Chain Bridge Bank, N.A.$100
Chain Bridge Bank N.A.$75
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$25,7780.9%
Filed as
PHONES$25,778
Paid to
Advantage, Inc.$25,778
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$8,9290.3%
Filed as
MODELING$8,000
No description filed$929
Paid to
Pulse Decision Science$8,000
WinRed Technical Services LLC$929
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$2,813<0.1%
Filed as
TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT$2,813
Paid to
K2 and Co.$2,813
Total itemized disbursements $3,020,608
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 104 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, $415 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
SRCP Media7 payments · 71% of all spending
$2,217,179
RED Surge Strategies2 payments · 6.8% of all spending
$212,732
Art and Copy Partners LLC3 payments · 5.7% of all spending
$178,863
Apex Strategies5 payments · 4% of all spending
$124,320
Rivet Strategies LLC23 payments · 2.7% of all spending
$83,958
Pulse Decision Science2 payments · 1.2% of all spending
$38,000
Advantage, Inc.4 payments · 0.8% of all spending
$25,778
WinRed Technical Services LLC27 payments · 0.8% of all spending
$24,832
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.
August 11, 2026 · Result (unofficial, 99% reporting) · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for
Runoff result and the final polls
Darline Graham won by 4.9 points. No poll naming both Darline Graham and Ralph Norman ended in the 21 days before the vote.
By text message and live phone · Added to the Times' list Aug 2, 2026
Not counted in the lead. This poll has Graham +15, 9.8 points from the median of the race's latest nonpartisan polls (Graham +5.2); a poll more than 8 points from it is left out.
Darline Graham30%
Ralph Norman15%
Russell Fry16%
Mark Sanford9%
Mark Lynch6%
Don't know20%
Duke Buckner3%
Mark McBride1%
Sam Shepherd0%
Glenda Parker0%
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 273 contributions · 37% of ranked
$322,222
Owner23 contributions · 5.5% of ranked
$48,126
HomemakerWritten instead of an occupation · 15 contributions · 3.8% of ranked
$33,060
CEO14 contributions · 3.4% of ranked
$29,545
President16 contributions · 3% of ranked
$26,349
Business Owner9 contributions · 2.9% of ranked
$25,291
Investor10 contributions · 2.1% of ranked
$18,683
Real Estate12 contributions · 2.1% of ranked
$18,349
A further $26,500 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (Information requested, None, 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 ($53,047) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
SLF PAC▼ Opposes38 records, latest Nov 2, 2026$12,992,690