Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Alex Harper

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · South Carolina District 5
Filing address
Rock Hill, SC (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
HARPER, ALEX
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of South Carolina with the 2026 district highlighted

South Carolina, District 5

DemocraticU.S. House · South Carolina District 5Open seatRegistered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)

FEC candidate ID H6SC05178 · Principal campaign committee: ALEX HARPER FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$23,136.74
Total spent$23,136.74
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$575.76

2025–2026 cycle totals through May 20, 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: $22,560.98Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $575.76
  • Individual contributions$22,560.9898%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$575.762%

Self-funding: $575.76 (2% of money raised): $0.00 given and $575.76 lent by the candidate. $575.76 of loans repaid so far.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$3,811.9818%
  • Contributions over $200$17,249.0082%
  • Itemized from inside South Carolina$12,274.0071%
  • Itemized from other states$5,000.0029%

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

Raised and spent over time

$19K$0 JULY QUARTERLY: raised $18,837.02JULY QUARTERLY: spent $2,245.48OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $4,274.04OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $15,323.67YEAR-END: raised $25.68YEAR-END: spent $4,896.20APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $72.98TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $598.412025-062025-092025-122026-032026-05

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Alex Harper$920.00
  • Independent expenditures opposing Alex Harper$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.

The race

South Carolina U.S. House, District 5, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Alex Harper (D)$23,136.74$0.002026-05-20
Wes Climer (R)$1,132,483.52$269,169.462026-10-14
Mallory Dittmer (D)$215,606.90$105,396.142026-09-30
Ralph W. Norman Jr. (R)$101,114.38$85,246.592026-09-30
Bill Bledsoe (R)$50,003.12$8.112026-02-24
Andrew Clough (D)$6,539.21$1,066.202026-05-20
Andrew Kaplan (OTH)$2,826.50$1,430.002026-06-30

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

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: ALEX HARPER FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.

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