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Who funds Darline Graham?

South Carolina U.S. SenateRepublicanFiled as challengerFEC S6SC04437
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The money.

Darline GrahamFEC filing: Darline Graham · S6SC04437 ↗
Raised
$1.2M
Spent
$1.3M
Cash on hand
$634K
  • Individuals 58% $724K
  • PACs & other committees 40% $500K
  • Other receipts 2% $21K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $673K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $2.6M supporting · $50K opposing

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. SECURITY IS STRENGTH PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $1.0M
  2. MAGA INC.Hybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $828K
  3. AMERICAN MISSIONSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $691K
  4. WFW ACTION FUND INCHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $100K

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. FREEDOM CAUCUS FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)97% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $46K
  2. COURAGEOUS CONSERVATIVES PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $4,584

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. THE BOEING COMPANY PACCorporate PAC · The Boeing Company $15K
  2. REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUNDLeadership PAC of Thomas Cotton $15K
  3. ARKANSAS FOR LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARKPAC)Leadership PAC of John Boozman $15K
  4. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)Membership group PAC · American Association For Justice (aaj) $10K
  5. NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEEPAC with no sponsoring organization $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $724K from individuals

11% in small-dollar gifts

$78K of $724K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $249K of the $646K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Aug 5, 2026 for this campaign.

19% from South Carolina · 81% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

92% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Virginia $58K
  2. South Carolina $48K
  3. New York $33K
  4. District of Columbia $28K
  5. Florida $26K
  6. Maryland $15K
  7. Connecticut $11K
  8. Arkansas $7,286

Top employers named by donors

  1. THORN RUN PARTNERS $9,566

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $58K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $182K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 26, 2026 to Aug 5, 2026, net of refunds (160 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $9.5M for / $14M against · $12M in the final two weeks

That is $21M more than the $2.7M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$13M of the $25M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 36% $8.8M
  • Digital ads 12% $3.0M
  • Ads, medium not stated 37% $9.1M
  • Mail, print & signs 4% $906K
  • Phones & texts 11% $2.7M
  • Ad production 1% $262K
  • Other or unclassified <0.1% $42

Largest late spenders for

  1. SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC $3.3M
  2. BUILDING THE FUTURE $2.5M
  3. AMERICAN MISSION $2.3M
  4. MAGA INC. $828K
  5. PALMETTO ACTION $711K

Largest late spenders against

  1. GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PAC $6.7M
  2. FRESH START SC PAC $2.5M
  3. NEW DEAL FOR ALL, INC. $2.5M
  4. THE EDGE ACTION FUND $1.1M
  5. OUR HERITAGE MATTERS $425K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 3, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (197 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $95K in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $95K of the $1.3M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Aug 5, 2026.

  • Fundraising & processing fees 58% $55K
  • Travel, meals & events 32% $30K
  • Legal & compliance 11% $10K

Largest payees

  1. CAMPAIGN SOLUTIONS $47K
  2. CAMPAIGN HQ $30K
  3. SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY $10K
  4. WINRED TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC $7,104
  5. ANEDOT ONLINE $700

Payments dated Jul 24, 2026 to Aug 5, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (5 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.