Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Sam McCown
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · South Carolina District 1
- Filing address
- Mount Pleasant, SC (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- MCCOWN, SAM DR
- Next election
- General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
South Carolina, District 1
FEC candidate ID H6SC01276 · Principal campaign committee: DR SAM FOR CONGRESS
2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 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$317,184.7420%
- PACs and other committees$26,500.002%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,249,100.0978%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$3,006.900%
Self-funding: $1,249,100.09 (78% of money raised): $0.00 given and $1,249,100.09 lent by the candidate. $347,446.38 of loans repaid so far.
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$3,250.871%
- Contributions over $200$313,933.8799%
- Itemized from inside South Carolina$295,716.5394%
- Itemized from other states$19,017.616%
FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.
Raised and spent over time
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
9 committees reported giving $28,541.00 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.
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SKINPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NEUROSURGERYPAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- HEALTHCARE FREEDOM FUNDPAC$5,000.00
- MIKE KENNEDY FOR UTAHCandidate committee$4,000.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY ENT PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FRIENDS TO ELECT DR. GREG MURPHY TO CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,500.00
- HEARTDOCPACPAC$1,041.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Sam McCown$650,057.79
- Independent expenditures opposing Sam McCown$0.00
FEC totals for the 2026 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.
- STRONG PACSupporting$520,205.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PACSupporting$97,958.00
- STRONG CONSERVATIVE VALUES PACSupporting$31,893.00
The race
South Carolina U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 23 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam McCown (R) | $1,595,791.73 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Nancy Lacore (D) | $4,429,294.60 | $552,641.46 | 2026-09-30 |
| Jenny Costa Honeycutt (R) | $1,291,995.81 | $311,518.29 | 2026-10-14 |
| Mark Smith (R) | $956,631.24 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| William Mac Deford (D) | $658,144.07 | $0.00 | 2026-07-31 |
| Nancy Mace (R) | $452,863.38 | $74,937.95 | 2026-10-14 |
| Alex Pelbath (R) | $396,522.27 | $546.91 | 2026-09-30 |
| Marshall C. Sanford (R) | $354,562.14 | $311,900.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Mayra Rivera-Vazquez (D) | $126,366.92 | $5,823.99 | 2026-06-30 |
| William Oliver Reeside Jr. (L) | $115,492.05 | $3,660.08 | 2026-10-14 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GQR (D) | September 30 – October 4, 2026 | 400 (LV) | – | Jenny Costa Honeycutt 45% · Nancy Lacore 48% |
| co/efficient (R) | September 30 – October 1, 2026 | 837 (LV) | ± 3.37% | Jenny Costa Honeycutt 46% · Nancy Lacore 40% · Bill Reeside Jr. 4% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | September 9–10, 2026 | 536 (RV) | ± 4.2% | Jenny Costa Honeycutt 41% · Nancy Lacore 40% |
| GQR (D) | July 15–22, 2026 | 400 (LV) | — | Jenny Costa Honeycutt 50% · Nancy Lacore 48% |
| 43% | 41% | 5% | 2% | Jenny Costa Honeycutt 9% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | December 5–6, 2025 | 645 (LV) | ± 3.9% | Mark Smith 39% · Mac Deford 36% |
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: DR SAM 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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