2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Duke Buckner?
The money.
- Raised
- $15K
- Spent
- $15K
- Cash on hand
- $0
- Individuals 73% $11K
- Candidate's own money & loans 27% $4,110
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $11K from individuals
6% in small-dollar gifts
$668 of $11K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
100% from South Carolina · 0% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- South Carolina $10K
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $9,550. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $750, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jul 16, 2026 to Aug 11, 2026, net of refunds (10 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.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Duke Buckner.
Where it went.
Where the money went $10K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $10K of the $15K the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 22, 2026.
- Legal & compliance 100% $10K
Largest payees
- SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN PARTY $10K
Payments dated Jul 22, 2026 to Jul 22, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (1 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.
- Annie AndrewsDemocrat · $24M raised · $160K outside
- Mark LynchRepublican · $5.9M raised · $5.7M outside
- Ralph NormanRepublican · $3.2M raised · $1.1M outside
- Lindsey O. GrahamRepublican · $3.0M raised · $2.1M outside
- Russell FryRepublican · $1.5M raised · $548K outside
- Darline GrahamRepublican · $1.2M raised · $2.7M outside
- Paul DansRepublican · $1.1M raised
- Lee JohnsonDemocrat · $569K raised
- Marshall C SanfordRepublican · $355K raised
- Andre BauerRepublican · $216K raised
- Brandon BrownDemocrat · $86K raised
- Kyle Odonnell FreemanDemocrat · $44K raised
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.