Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Melissa Ward Watson
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · South Carolina District 7
- Filing address
- Florence, SC (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- WATSON, MELISSA WARD
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
South Carolina, District 7
FEC candidate ID H0SC07029 · Principal campaign committee: MELISSA WATSON FOR CONGRESS
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$132,819.6588%
- PACs and other committees$14,503.1010%
- Party committees$200.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$3,200.002%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$25.000%
Self-funding: $3,200.00 (2% of money raised): $100.00 given and $3,100.00 lent by the candidate. $3,100.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
4 committees reported giving $14,500.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE COLLECTIVE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURNCandidate committee$2,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Melissa Ward Watson$10,642.79
- Independent expenditures opposing Melissa Ward Watson$0.00
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- PROTECTING OUR VOTE PACSupporting$10,399.00
- CARE IN ACTION PACSupporting$241.00
The race
South Carolina U.S. House, District 7, 2020 · 4 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa Ward Watson (D) | $150,747.75 | $0.00 | 2020-12-31 |
| Tom Rice (R) | $1,415,987.79 | $1,121,353.63 | 2020-12-31 |
| William Henry Williams (D) | $7,601.00 | $301.28 | 2020-07-08 |
| Larry Guy Hammond (L) | $198.84 | $0.00 | 2020-10-03 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: MELISSA WATSON FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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