Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past 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 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 6IncumbentWon the general election (62.04%)

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$3,592,375.11
Total spent$3,278,334.83
Cash on hand$2,294,535.61
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, 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: $1,530,734.49PACs and other committees: $2,056,500.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $5,140.62
  • Individual contributions$1,530,734.4943%
  • PACs and other committees$2,056,500.0057%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$5,140.620%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

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

431 committees reported giving $1,997,508.00 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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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting James E. Clyburn$20.68
  • Independent expenditures opposing James E. Clyburn$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about James E. Clyburn$5,565.71

FEC totals for the 2022 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.

The race

South Carolina U.S. House, District 6, 2022 · 5 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
James E. Clyburn (D)$3,592,375.11$2,294,535.612022-12-31
Gregg Marcel Dixon (D)$253,739.51$18,038.542022-12-31
Duke Buckner (R)$205,668.71$1,114.132022-12-31
Auriol Sonia Pollard (R)$17,413.00$0.002022-09-29
John Chapman (R)$2,735.00$218.962021-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DJanuary 27, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 10, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DFebruary 2, 2022
  • PoliticoSolid DApril 5, 2022
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid DJuly 11, 2022
  • DDHQSolid DJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Solid DJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistSafe DSeptember 28, 2022

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 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: FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURN.
  • 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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