Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
Russell Fry
- 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 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
South Carolina, District 7
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramYouTubeFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H2SC07280 · Principal campaign committee: FRY FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · South Carolina District 7 | $1,985,244.19 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · South Carolina District 7 | $1,511,709.79 | Won the general election (35%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · South Carolina District 7 | $1,428,232.90 | Won the general election (64.77%) |
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$1,205,414.9784%
- PACs and other committees$219,550.0015%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$3,007.960%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$259.970%
Self-funding: $3,007.96 (0% of money raised): $107.96 given and $2,900.00 lent by the candidate. $2,900.00 of loans repaid so far.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- Communications and Technology
- Energy
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
- Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
65 committees reported giving $217,995.00 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.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MADISON PROJECT INC.Hybrid PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN RESORT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION RESORT OWNERS COALITION PAC (ARDA-ROC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- STAND FOR AMERICA PACPAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (ACRE) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AUTOMOTIVE FREE INTERNATIONAL TRADE PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TOMORROW IS MEANINGFUL PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SAVE AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CHAMPION AMERICAN VALUESHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN GRIT PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
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- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- THE LOOSE GROUPPAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL HEALTH CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NUCOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FUND FOR AMERICA'S FUTURELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CONCERNED AMERICANS FOR FREEDOM & OPPORTUNITY PAC (CAFO PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- TEXAS REPUBLICANS UNITED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TRU PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- POINT ACTION PAC, INC.Connected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC FUNDConnected PAC$2,495.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JEFF DUNCAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- HUDSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BUILDING AMERICA'S REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATION PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SOUTH CAROLINA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,500.00
- FLUOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FLUOR PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC (RESTAURANT PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- TALLON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FRATERNITY & SORORITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GUY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ARMSTRONG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HAGEMAN FOR WYOMINGCandidate committee$1,000.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC (RUDY PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Russell Fry$30,083.26
- Independent expenditures opposing Russell Fry$345,200.00
- Company and union communications to members about Russell Fry$4,603.96
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.
- GRAND STRAND PEE DEE PACOpposing$345,200.00
- MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AGAIN! INC.Supporting$26,412.00
- OUR AMERICAN CENTURYSupporting$3,669.00
The race
South Carolina U.S. House, District 7, 2022 · 11 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Fry (R) | $1,428,232.90 | $209,738.35 | 2022-12-31 |
| Tom Rice (R) | $1,979,106.37 | $226,789.15 | 2022-12-31 |
| William Kenneth Richardson (R) | $863,272.99 | $0.00 | 2022-07-26 |
| Graham Allen (R) | $801,790.92 | $0.00 | 2022-03-31 |
| Garrett Barton (R) | $255,798.47 | $288.43 | 2022-12-31 |
| Barbara Arthur (R) | $155,624.05 | $0.00 | 2022-07-14 |
| Mark Struthers McBride (R) | $51,353.81 | $2,841.95 | 2022-07-14 |
| Tom Dunn (R) | $39,131.48 | $0.00 | 2022-02-28 |
| Spencer Allen Morris (R) | $24,185.44 | $775.00 | 2022-07-15 |
| Steve Reichert (R) | $16,575.00 | $0.00 | 2022-08-08 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
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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: FRY 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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