Year
2026
Key Stat(s)

There is one U.S. Senate race in South Carolina. South Carolina will elect seven members to its U.S. House delegation. 

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham is running for reelection. 

Democrat Annie Andrews, with over $4M, has raised the most of the challengers to Senator Graham. Sixty-three percent of her funds are from small contributions.

Only one woman represents South Carolina in Congress: Sherri Biggs (SC-3), a Republican, who is running for reelection. She has raised $69,160.

There are two open U.S. House seats. SC-1 is considered  “Solid Republican” by The Cook Political Report. Campaign finance data are available for seven Republican men and just one Republican woman—Jenny Honeycutt—who has raised $142,805. The Republican money race is led by Dr. Sam McCown, who has raised over $1.2M. On the Democratic side, campaign finance data is available for one woman and two men. Myra Rivera-Vazquez has raised $79,734 and about 29% of her funds are from small contributions. No campaign finance data are available for Republican women in the other open seat, SC-5, also considered solidly Republican by The Cook Political Report

In open-seat contests, comparing across gender and party candidate groups, Republican men have the highest average proportion of self-financing with 53%. 

Democratic men running for U.S. House, with 43%, have the highest average proportion of small contributions. 

This statistic is the average total amount raised to date from individuals (including self-financing). 

This statistic is the average amount from self-financing as a proportion of total raised (from individuals including the candidate) by candidate subgroup. Primary challengers to incumbents are excluded.

This statistic is the average amount of contributions $200 or less as a proportion of total raised (excluding self-financed contributions) by candidate subgroup.

Data Type
National View