Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

James E. Clyburn

Official portrait of James E. Clyburn
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for South Carolina’s 6th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Columbia, SC
Born
1940
In Congress
House since 1993 · 33 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
CLYBURN, JAMES E
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of South Carolina with the current district highlighted

South Carolina, District 6

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · South Carolina District 6IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2SC02042 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURN

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · South Carolina District 6$1,687,457.55General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · South Carolina District 6$2,222,667.81Won the general election (36.7%)
2021–2022U.S. House · South Carolina District 6$3,592,375.11Won the general election (62.04%)
2019–2020U.S. House · South Carolina District 6$3,447,751.06Won the general election (68.2%)
Total raised$1,687,457.55
Total spent$1,698,873.67
Cash on hand$1,827,711.11
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, 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: $673,755.42PACs and other committees: $960,990.83Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $23,611.33Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $29,099.97
  • Individual contributions$673,755.4240%
  • PACs and other committees$960,990.8357%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$23,611.331%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$29,099.972%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$233,466.1447%
  • Contributions over $200$264,101.3453%
  • Itemized from inside South Carolina$101,299.0033%
  • Itemized from other states$205,451.4767%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: District of Columbia $61,685.00 · Maryland $30,235.00 · Virginia $16,008.00 · New York $13,641.35 · California $12,687.66. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.9M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $76,411.12APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $210,728.74JULY QUARTERLY: raised $205,902.90JULY QUARTERLY: spent $303,252.73OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $266,588.83OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $314,989.12YEAR-END: raised $121,017.93YEAR-END: spent $173,576.56APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $103,445.82APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $204,178.39PRE-PRIMARY: raised $114,949.54PRE-PRIMARY: spent $75,497.43JULY QUARTERLY: raised $336,734.78JULY QUARTERLY: spent $147,162.51OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $437,216.87OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $181,401.662025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea291
Voted nay374
Did not vote9 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored3
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored71

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 9269 Renewing the African American Civil Rights Network Act
    Introduced Jun 11, 2026 · Latest action Sep 15, 2026: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
  • H.R. 8078 Voter Empowerment Act of 2026
    Introduced Mar 25, 2026 · Latest action Mar 25, 2026: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Science, Space, and T…
  • H.R. 3868 Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2025
    Introduced Jun 10, 2025 · Latest action Jun 10, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

  • House Committee on Appropriations
    • Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
    • Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
    • Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Ranking Member

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

207 committees reported giving $840,240.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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The race

South Carolina U.S. House, District 6, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
James E Clyburn (D)$1,687,457.55$1,827,711.112026-10-14
Maurice G I Washington (R)$25,610.00$7,002.632026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DJune 25, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DJune 25, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJune 25, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina (retrieved October 22, 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: FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURN.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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