Nothing from their campaign site has been checked yet.
In Congress
Representative since 2023 · votes with their party 93% of the time. See the record
Money
$1.5M raised, $1.5M spent, $2.3K cash on hand (through Sep 30, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
1.1% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 80% from South Carolina · largest committee giver AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC), $5K
Outside groups
$368.7K supporting Fry
Sponsored most in
Crime and Law Enforcement, Armed Forces and National Security, Commerce
Their wordsWhat does Fry say they will do?
Russell Fry’s words are not shown
Nothing from their campaign site has been checked yet.
RecordWhat is Fry’s record in Congress?
93% of their votes went with their party’s majority; they broke with it 45 times in the 119th Congress.
H.Res. 624↗ Honoring the life and heroic sacrifice of Mr. Anderson "Chase" Childers, a former Georgia police officer who selflessly sacrificed his life rescuing swimmers from a deadly rip current off the coast of South Carolina. BILLSTATUS ↗
H.R. 6188↗ To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 420 Highway 17 North in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, as the "Nancy Yount Childs Post Office Building". BILLSTATUS ↗
The CRS policy areas of Fry’s 31 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
$1.5M
$1,499,394
Spent
$1.5M
$1,497,126
Cash on hand
$2.3K
$2,268
FEC filings, Jul 20, 2026 to Sep 30, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00956987 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
100¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 2 reports ($1.5M of $1.5M). Cash on hand went from $484.6K on Jul 22, 2026 to $2.3K on Sep 30, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$500K$1M$1.5M
Jul ’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
$495,027
$10,441
$484,586
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$1,004,368
$1,486,685
$2,268
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 $1,499,394 reported receipts
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$1,132,73876%
Largest donors
William Little3 contributions, latest Jul 22, 2026 · REAL ESTATE · LITTLE & YOUNG INC. · NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC$10,000
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 ↗
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.
Lori B. Gale2 contributions, latest Jul 20, 2026 · MANAGEMENT · MYRTLE BEACH CHRYSLER JEEP · CONWAY, SC$7,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 196 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $474.1K.
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$252,50017%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$102,0006.8%
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 20 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $63K. 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.$12,1560.8%
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$0<0.1%
Total reported receipts $1,499,394
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.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $474,060 placed by state
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under $15.1K
$15.1K+
$60.5K+
$136.1K+
$242K+
none
Outlined: South Carolina, home state
Home state and away
South Carolina 80%SC 80%Elsewhere 20%
80% of the money placed by state came from inside South Carolina: $378.1K of $474.1K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
South Carolina home140 contributions · 80%
$378,060
Virginia19 contributions · 7.9%
$37,500
District of Columbia20 contributions · 6.1%
$28,750
Maryland4 contributions · 1.8%
$8,500
North Carolina5 contributions · 1.8%
$8,500
Florida3 contributions · 1.6%
$7,500
Wisconsin1 contribution · 0.7%
$3,500
Hawaii1 contribution · 0.1%
$500
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 11 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
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 13 contributions · 7.9% of ranked
$36,500
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 15 contributions · 7.9% of ranked
$36,260
HomemakerWritten instead of an employer · 7 contributions · 5.3% of ranked
$24,500
Myrtle Beach Chrysler Jeep4 contributions · 3% of ranked
$14,000
Todd Strategy Group4 contributions · 2.4% of ranked
$11,000
First Tuesday Strategies3 contributions · 2.3% of ranked
$10,500
Little & Young INC3 contributions · 2.2% of ranked
$10,000
National Finance Company INC3 contributions · 1.9% of ranked
$9,000
A further $12,500 came from donors whose answer names no employer (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 ($12,156) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Outside spending $40,023,100 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.
$39,654,440 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Fry’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Fryunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
What the payments were for $10,440 itemized
The campaign also refunded $240,709 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$10,440100%
Filed as
SPECIAL PRIMARY FILING FEE$10,440
Paid to
South Carolina Republican Party$10,440
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.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
South Carolina Republican Party1 payment · 0.7% 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.
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 · 15 contributions · 7.8% of ranked
$36,260
Consultant14 contributions · 7.5% of ranked
$35,000
Real Estate9 contributions · 6.7% of ranked
$31,000
HomemakerWritten instead of an occupation · 8 contributions · 6% of ranked
$28,000
President8 contributions · 4.9% of ranked
$23,000
Management6 contributions · 4.5% of ranked
$21,000
Self-employedWritten instead of an occupation · 7 contributions · 4.3% of ranked
$20,000
Owner9 contributions · 4.2% of ranked
$19,500
A further $9,000 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. Gifts of $200 or less ($12,156) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.