2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Lindsey O. Graham?
The money.
- Raised
- $3.0M
- Spent
- $22M
- Cash on hand
- $315K
- Individuals 44% $1.3M
- PACs & other committees 24% $739K
- Party committees 2% $62K
- Other receipts 30% $893K
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026. Excludes $3.9M moved between the candidate's own committees.
Outside groups: $1.4M supporting · $730K opposing ($3,250 of it designated for the general election)
Biggest spenders supporting
- FELLOWSHIP PAC $550K
- AMERICAN MISSION $374K
- SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC $357K
- PALMETTO ACTION $78K
- RED SENATE $3,250
Biggest spenders opposing
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $1.3M from individuals
5% in small-dollar gifts
$69K of $1.3M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 6%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.
21% from South Carolina · 79% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
48% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- South Carolina $262K
- New York $186K
- Florida $147K
- Georgia $119K
- California $100K
- Virginia $67K
- Colorado $60K
- Connecticut $42K
Top employers named by donors
- BOEING $15K
- THE BOEING COMPANY $9,350
- GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP $8,600
- TORRIDON LAW PLLC $7,500
- SOUTHEASTERN FREIGHT LINES $7,400
- BLOOM ENERGY $7,000
- MOTLEY RICE LLC $6,500
- COASTAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE $4,000
- AMERICAN AIRLINES $3,000
- TIBER CREEK GROUP $3,000
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: $338K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $820K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 2, 2025 to Jun 29, 2026, net of refunds (3,009 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: $1.4M for / $730K against · $0 in the final two weeks
That is $43 more than the $2.1M 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.
What it bought, per the late reports
- Digital ads <0.1% $43
- Ads, medium not stated 54% $550K
- Phones & texts 44% $453K
- Other or unclassified 2% $17K
Largest late spenders for
- FELLOWSHIP PAC $550K
- AMERICAN MISSION $374K
- PALMETTO ACTION $78K
- RED SENATE $43
Largest late spenders against
- SC RISING $17K
Latest dissemination on these reports: July 10, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (6 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 $20M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 78% $16M
- Consultants & strategy 7% $1.4M
- Staff & payroll 3% $546K
- Fundraising & processing fees 2% $429K
- Polling, research & data 4% $722K
- Travel, meals & events 0.4% $90K
- Office, technology & overhead 3% $608K
- Legal & compliance 0.9% $172K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.2% $34K
- Other or unclassified 2% $301K
Largest payees
- SCOTT HOWELL & CO. INC $9.8M
- PUSH DIGITAL LLC $4.3M
- FIRST TUESDAY STRATEGIES LLC $1.3M
- INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE $397K
- FORWARD COMMUNICATIONS + STRATEGIES $353K
Paid to individuals: $493K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Jan 10, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (949 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
- 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
- Kasie WhitenerLibertarian · $28K 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.