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 · 76% from South Carolina · largest committee giver NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PAC, $10K
Outside groups
$119.4K supporting, $1M 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
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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 ↗
H.R. 3377↗ To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Capers, Jr., for acts of valor as a member of the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. BILLSTATUS ↗
The CRS policy areas of Norman’s 58 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
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 ClimerOne contribution on Jul 22, 2026 · STATE SENATOR · SOUTH CAROLINA · ROCK HILL, SC$7,000
Stephen CouickOne contribution on Jul 22, 2026 · BUSINESS OWNER · ENGINE POWER SOURCE · ROCK HILL, SC$7,000
Steven CowlesOne contribution on Jul 27, 2026 · RETIRED · FORT LAUDERDALE, FL$7,000
Joe CrailOne contribution on Jul 24, 2026 · EXEC · WESTERN MUTUAL · IRVINE, CA$7,000
Larry BarnettOne contribution on Jul 21, 2026 · RETIRED · 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
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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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$3,643
Kevin BowerOne contribution on Jul 22, 2026 · OWNER · BUCKEYE FIRE · CLOVER, SC$3,643
James BrittainOne contribution on Jul 24, 2026 · CEO · BRH · MYRTLE BEACH, SC$3,643
Louis BrowneOne contribution on Jul 22, 2026 · PHYSICAN · EVERSIDE HEALTH · SENECA, SC$3,643
Claude BurnsOne contribution on Jul 18, 2026 · OWNER · BURNS AUTOMOTIVE · ROCK HILL, SC$3,643
Hannah BurnsOne contribution on Jul 18, 2026 · RETIRED · ROCK HILL, SC$3,643
Lawrence BurtonOne contribution on Jul 20, 2026 · REAL ESTATE · CLASSICA HOMES · ROCK HILL, SC$3,643
H. Leon ComerOne contribution on Jul 27, 2026 · WHOLESALE BEVERAGE · COMER DIST. · ROCK HILL, SC$3,643
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 273 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $483.3K.
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 6 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 8 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $36K. 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. 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 $483,255 placed by state
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under $14.6K
$14.6K+
$58.6K+
$131.8K+
$234.3K+
none
Outlined: South Carolina, home state
Home state and away
South Carolina 76%SC 76%Elsewhere 24%
76% of the money placed by state came from inside South Carolina: $366.2K of $483.3K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
South Carolina home211 contributions · 76%
$366,166
North Carolina24 contributions · 10%
$49,665
Florida10 contributions · 5.2%
$25,225
Texas6 contributions · 1.6%
$7,500
California2 contributions · 1.5%
$7,250
Wyoming2 contributions · 1.5%
$7,143
Georgia1 contribution · 0.8%
$3,643
Kansas1 contribution · 0.7%
$3,500
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 19 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 · 106 contributions · 33% of ranked
$153,605
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 22 contributions · 11% of ranked
$51,863
HomemakerWritten instead of an employer · 5 contributions · 2.6% of ranked
$12,000
Crews Chevrolet2 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$7,286
Burns Automotive2 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$7,143
Engine Power Source1 contribution · 1.5% of ranked
$7,000
South Carolina1 contribution · 1.5% of ranked
$7,000
Warren Norman Company2 contributions · 1.5% of ranked
$7,000
A further $13,500 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 ($53,047) 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.
$38,903,702 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.
What the payments were for $697,553 itemized
The campaign also refunded $3,550 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$540,51077%
Filed as
MEDIA PLACEMENT$540,510
Paid to
SRCP Media$540,510
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$128,37718%
Filed as
MAIL PRODUCTION/POSTAGE$59,621
MAIL PRODUCTION/ POSTAGE$59,621
YARD SIGNS$8,226
PRINTING$910
Paid to
Art and Copy Partners LLC$119,242
Vision Printing and Graphics$8,226
Minuteman Press$910
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$24,2413.5%
Filed as
FILING FEE$10,440
PROCESSING FEES$6,265
PROCESSING FEE$5,272
CC PROCESSING FEE$2,189
BANK FEE$75
Paid to
WinRed Technical Services LLC$11,537
South Carolina Republican Party$10,440
WinRed$2,189
Chain Bridge Bank N.A.$75
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$4,4250.6%
Filed as
FINANCE CONSULTING$4,425
Paid to
Rivet Strategies LLC$4,425
Total itemized disbursements $697,553
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 26 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
SRCP Media3 payments · 17% of all spending
$540,510
Art and Copy Partners LLC2 payments · 3.8% of all spending
$119,242
WinRed Technical Services LLC10 payments · 0.4% of all spending
$11,537
South Carolina Republican Party1 payment · 0.3% of all spending
$10,440
Vision Printing and Graphics1 payment · 0.3% of all spending
$8,226
Rivet Strategies LLC3 payments · 0.1% of all spending
$4,425
WinRed2 payments · <0.1% of all spending
$2,189
Minuteman Press1 payment · <0.1% of all spending
$910
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.
Each dot is a poll. The line is the median of the 5 latest nonpartisan polls. How polls are read
Primary result and the final polls
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.
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 · 106 contributions · 32% of ranked
$153,605
Owner13 contributions · 6.5% of ranked
$30,751
President11 contributions · 4.3% of ranked
$20,346
CEO8 contributions · 3.7% of ranked
$17,668
Business Owner5 contributions · 3.6% of ranked
$17,041
HomemakerWritten instead of an occupation · 5 contributions · 2.5% of ranked
$12,000
Physician7 contributions · 2.5% of ranked
$11,760
Sales5 contributions · 2.4% of ranked
$11,403
A further $10,000 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 ($53,047) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
SLF PAC▼ Opposes19 records, latest Oct 24, 2026$7,839,419