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Candidates › South Carolina U.S. Senate race › 2025–2026
RepublicanU.S. SenateSouth Carolina
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FEC filings, Jul 1, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00956417
$1.00 has been spent for every dollar raised across 2 reports ($15.1K of $15.1K). Cash on hand went from $504 on Jul 22, 2026 to $0 on Sep 30, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRE-SPECIAL 2026 through Jul 22, 2026 | $10,960 | $10,456 | $504 |
| TERMINATION REPORT 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $4,118 | $4,622 | $0 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 10 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 10 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $10.3K.
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.
Total reported receipts $15,078
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
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100% of the money placed by state came from inside South Carolina: $10.3K of $10.3K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 10 contributions · 100% | $10,300 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 1 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 · 7 contributions · 90% of ranked | $9,250 |
| 1 contribution · 4.9% of ranked | $500 |
| Written instead of an employer · 1 contribution · 2.9% of ranked |
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.
Total itemized disbursements $10,440
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 1 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 1 payment · 69% of all spending | $10,440 |
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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Lost · 1,581 votes (0.5%) · 7 of 10 · 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 ↗
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
Each dot is a poll. The line is the median of the 5 latest nonpartisan polls. How polls are read
Darline Graham and Ralph Norman advanced. The 3 final polls had a median of Darline Graham +12.7, overstating Darline Graham's margin by 4.6 points.
| Poll | Darline Graham | Ralph Norman | Lead | vs. result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantus Insightsended Aug 6 | 33.1% | 20.4% | Darline Graham +12.7 | +4.6 |
| co/efficientended Jul 30 · had a different pair ahead | 30% | 15% | Darline Graham +15 | +6.9 |
| Emerson Collegeended Jul 29 | 23.1% | 25.4% | Ralph Norman +2.3 | −10.4 |
| Median of the final polls | Darline Graham +12.7 | +4.6 | ||
| Result | 32.7% | 24.6% | Darline Graham +8.1 |
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
Darline Graham won by 4.9 points. No poll naming both Darline Graham and Ralph Norman ended in the 21 days before the vote.
| Poll | Darline Graham | Ralph Norman | Lead | vs. result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | 52.5% | 47.5% | Darline Graham +4.9 |
August 25, 2026 · Result (unofficial)
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated October 28, 2026 · 19 polls paid for by a party or campaign are left out
Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
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| $300 |
| 1 contribution · 2.4% of ranked | $250 |
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 ($668) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 7 contributions · 90% of ranked | $9,250 |
| 1 contribution · 4.9% of ranked | $500 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 1 contribution · 2.9% of ranked | $300 |
| 1 contribution · 2.4% of ranked | $250 |
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 ($668) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
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.