Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Russell Fry

Official portrait of Russell Fry
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for South Carolina’s 7th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Murrells Inlet, SC
Born
1985
In Congress
House since 2023 · 3 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
FRY, RUSSELL
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 7

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

RepublicanU.S. House · South Carolina District 7IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2SC07280 · Principal campaign committee: FRY FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · South Carolina District 7$1,985,244.19General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · South Carolina District 7$1,511,709.79Won the general election (35%)
2021–2022U.S. House · South Carolina District 7$1,428,232.90Won the general election (64.77%)
Total raised$1,985,244.19
Total spent$2,387,239.40
Cash on hand$159,187.48
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: $858,795.68PACs and other committees: $857,163.82Party committees: $250.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $258,941.62Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $10,093.07
  • Individual contributions$858,795.6843%
  • PACs and other committees$857,163.8243%
  • Party committees$250.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$258,941.6213%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$10,093.071%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$103,220.1810%
  • Contributions over $200$908,929.9690%
  • Itemized from inside South Carolina$590,524.1864%
  • Itemized from other states$328,272.7236%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $62,265.61 · District of Columbia $51,398.05 · North Carolina $42,311.52 · Virginia $35,605.76 · Texas $25,504.68. 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

$1.1M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $245,319.72APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $180,574.68JULY QUARTERLY: raised $208,693.33JULY QUARTERLY: spent $150,637.94OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $339,827.16OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $261,876.46YEAR-END: raised $101,853.57YEAR-END: spent $109,522.69APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $542,967.17APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $309,319.02PRE-PRIMARY: raised $145,381.52PRE-PRIMARY: spent $175,976.28JULY QUARTERLY: raised $136,760.27JULY QUARTERLY: spent $55,261.75OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $233,769.04OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,112,399.212025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea524
Voted nay145
Voted present1
Did not vote4 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored20
Sponsored that became law1
Cosponsored203

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
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
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
PassedNay
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
PassedYea
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. 10668 EASE Act
    Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 9612 American Enrichment Deployment Act
    Introduced Jul 9, 2026 · Latest action Jul 14, 2026: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
  • H.R. 8849 Promoting Police Leadership Act
    Introduced May 15, 2026 · Latest action May 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 8611 Logan's Law
    Introduced Apr 30, 2026 · Latest action Apr 30, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 6437 Kids Internet Safety Partnership Act
    Introduced Dec 4, 2025 · Latest action Dec 11, 2025: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
  • H.Res. 767 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that violent attacks against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities and officers are unacceptable, must be fully condemned, and that Congress stands in support of ICE's mission to protect national security, public safety, and the enforcement of immigration laws.
    Introduced Sep 26, 2025 · Latest action Sep 26, 2025: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently dete…
  • H.R. 5358 TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act
    Introduced Sep 15, 2025 · Latest action Sep 15, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Sp…
  • H.R. 5313 App Store Freedom Act
    Introduced Sep 11, 2025 · Latest action Sep 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.Res. 624 Honoring the life and heroic sacrifice of Mr. Anderson "Chase" Childers, a former Georgia police officer who selflessly sacrificed his life rescuing swimmers from a deadly rip current off the coast of South Carolina.
    Introduced Aug 1, 2025 · Latest action Aug 1, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 4593 SHOWER Act
    Introduced Jul 22, 2025 · Latest action Jan 15, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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

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

PAC and committee contributors

226 committees reported giving $756,493.00 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 7, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Russell Fry (R)$1,985,244.19$159,187.482026-10-14
John Gregory Vincent (D)$640,418.73$70,347.292026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

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

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Blueprint Polling (D)July 27–28, 2026557 (LV)—Russell Fry 41% · John Vincent 37%

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: FRY FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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