2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Mark Lynch?
The money.
- Raised
- $5.9M
- Spent
- $5.8M
- Cash on hand
- $94K
- Debts
- $5.0M
- Individuals 11% $665K
- PACs & other committees <0.1% $2,300
- Candidate's own money & loans 85% $5.0M
- Other receipts 4% $208K
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
Outside groups: $19K supporting · $5.7M opposing
Biggest spenders supporting
Biggest spenders opposing
- PALMETTO ACTION $3.5M
- SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC $1.4M
- PROJECT 2026 $771K
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $665K from individuals
51% in small-dollar gifts
$336K of $665K 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 54%. 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.
The itemized gifts below add up to $281K of the $328K the campaign reported itemizing through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 20, 2026 for this campaign.
64% from South Carolina · 36% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
6% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- South Carolina $179K
- Texas $21K
- Florida $13K
- California $8,011
- Virginia $5,247
- North Carolina $4,615
- Georgia $3,725
- Michigan $3,286
Top employers named by donors
- NUTRAMAX LABORATORIES $9,000
- JEFF LYNCH $1,550
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: $205K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $66K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Feb 4, 2025 to Jul 20, 2026, net of refunds (1,356 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: $19K for / $5.7M against · $0 in the final two weeks
Source: FEC regular reports. 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
- TV, radio & streaming TV 16% $931K
- Digital ads 11% $596K
- Ads, medium not stated 45% $2.6M
- Mail, print & signs 24% $1.4M
- Phones & texts 3% $171K
- Ad production 0.4% $20K
- Other or unclassified 0.3% $17K
Largest late spenders for
- SC RISING $17K
Largest late spenders against
- PALMETTO ACTION $3.5M
- SECURITY IS STRENGTH PAC $1.4M
- PROJECT 2026 $771K
Latest dissemination on these reports: June 9, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (33 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 $5.3M in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 88% $4.7M
- Consultants & strategy 4% $207K
- Staff & payroll 2% $80K
- Fundraising & processing fees 3% $184K
- Polling, research & data 0.7% $40K
- Travel, meals & events 0.4% $19K
- Office, technology & overhead 0.8% $41K
- Legal & compliance 1% $65K
- Other or unclassified 0.3% $19K
Largest payees
- HILTON MULTIMEDIA $2.8M
- RED MOUNTAIN DIRECT LLC $897K
- VICTORY WAVES LLC $197K
- DEMAND LOCAL $165K
- SOUTHERN PINES STRATEGIES $165K
Paid to individuals: $327K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Mar 10, 2025 to Jul 22, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (417 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
- 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
- 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.