2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Jenny Costa Honeycutt?
The money.
- Raised
- $1.2M
- Spent
- $984K
- Cash on hand
- $308K
- Debts
- $10K
- Individuals 72% $903K
- PACs & other committees 26% $327K
- Candidate's own money & loans 1% $14K
- Other receipts 0.2% $2,616
Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $46K moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $999K supporting · $50K opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
- VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $15K
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $10K
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) $5,000
Who gave.
Who gives $903K from individuals
3% in small-dollar gifts
$31K of $903K 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 $435K of the $872K the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.
93% from South Carolina · 7% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
61% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- South Carolina $406K
- Virginia $7,000
- Georgia $4,750
- North Carolina $4,092
- Kansas $3,500
- Michigan $2,500
- Indiana $2,082
- Alabama $1,770
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $178K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $257K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Nov 16, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (358 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: $3.2M for / $3.6M against · $2.4M in the final two weeks
That is $5.8M more than the $1.0M 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.
$2.8M of the $6.8M 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 42% $2.9M
- Digital ads 8% $558K
- Ads, medium not stated 33% $2.2M
- Mail, print & signs 13% $856K
- Phones & texts 3% $198K
- Canvassing & field 0.1% $7,223
- Ad production 1% $89K
Largest late spenders for
Largest late spenders against
- HMP $1.6M
- VOTEVETS $999K
- AMERICAN DEMOCRACY PROJECT $350K
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $249K
- READY FOR THE FIGHT $224K
Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (107 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 $470K in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $470K of the $984K the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 49% $228K
- Consultants & strategy 44% $209K
- Fundraising & processing fees 4% $17K
- Polling, research & data 2% $9,156
- Legal & compliance 1% $6,220
- Other or unclassified 0.3% $1,272
Largest payees
- STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC. $228K
- UPT STRATEGIES LLC $204K
- WINRED TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC $11K
- ARISTOTLE INTERNATIONAL, INC. $9,156
- SAME DAY PROCESSING $7,839
Paid to individuals: $1,272, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Nov 17, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (67 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.
- Nancy LacoreDemocrat · $4.8M raised · $709K outside
- Sam McCownRepublican · $1.6M raised · $650K outside
- Mark SmithRepublican · $957K raised · $312K outside
- William Mac DefordDemocrat · $658K raised · $25K outside
- Alex PelbathRepublican · $364K raised · $73K outside
- Marshall C. SanfordRepublican · $355K raised · $1.9M outside
- Nancy MaceRepublican · $184K raised · $3,639 outside
- Mayra Rivera-VazquezDemocrat · $126K raised
- William Oliver Reeside Jr.Libertarian · $115K raised
- Logan CunninghamRepublican · $30K raised
- Tyler DykesRepublican · $25K raised
- Kj AtwoodDemocrat · $19K 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.