Federal candidate · 2025–2026 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 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
South Carolina
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramYouTubeFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID S6SC04403 · Principal campaign committee: FRY FOR SENATE
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$1,144,894.4476%
- PACs and other committees$102,000.007%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$252,500.0117%
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$12,156.243%
- Contributions over $200$474,060.2597%
- Itemized from inside South Carolina$378,060.2580%
- Itemized from other states$96,000.0020%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $37,500.00 · District of Columbia $28,750.00. 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
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
Voting record, 119th Congress
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
| Date | Question | Result | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403 Retire through Ownership Act | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497 Water Resources Development Act | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340 Ratepayer Protection Act | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On 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 | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Passage · HR 10326 PROOF Act | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On Passage · HR 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 16, 2026 | On 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 | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 15, 2026 | On 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 | Passed | Nay |
| Sep 15, 2026 | On 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 | Passed | Yea |
| Sep 15, 2026 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500 Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act | Passed | Yea |
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
- 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
15 committees reported giving $59,500.00 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 COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- 1890 PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CALL TO SERVICE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FIGHTIN' RIGHT Y'ALLLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GUARDING OUR LASTING DEMOCRACY (GOLD) PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BE AN AMERICAN PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- HEAL AMERICALeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MAKING AMERICA RESTORE LEADERSHIP & INDEPENDENCE NOW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Russell Fry$368,660.00
- Independent expenditures opposing Russell Fry$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.
- PALMETTO LEADERSHIP FUNDSupporting$368,660.00
The race
South Carolina U.S. Senate, 2026 · 33 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russell Fry (R) | $1,499,394.45 | $2,268.06 | 2026-09-30 |
| Annie Andrews (D) | $20,173,696.89 | $2,307,632.46 | 2026-09-30 |
| Lindsey O. Graham (R) | $6,890,957.50 | $314,879.91 | 2026-09-30 |
| Mark Lynch (R) | $5,924,362.37 | $93,868.60 | 2026-09-30 |
| Ralph Norman (R) | $3,176,283.02 | $52,124.76 | 2026-09-30 |
| Darline Graham (R) | $1,827,626.21 | $609,731.59 | 2026-09-30 |
| Paul Dans (R) | $1,089,610.44 | $84,035.82 | 2026-09-30 |
| Lee Johnson (D) | $569,185.56 | $0.00 | 2025-12-31 |
| Marshall C Sanford (R) | $354,562.14 | $311,900.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Andre Bauer (R) | $216,272.42 | $0.00 | 2025-12-01 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
Polling average: Darline Graham 46.1% · Annie Andrews 44.3% (Graham +1.8%). Averages listed on Wikipedia from 270toWin, FiftyPlusOne, RealClearPolitics, Silver Bulletin.
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trafalgar Group (R) | October 16–18, 2026 | 1,095 (LV) | ±2.9% | Darline Graham 49% · Annie Andrews 46% |
| Rasmussen Reports (R) | October 5–8, 2026 | 837 (LV) | ±3.0% | Darline Graham 49% · Annie Andrews 45% |
| InsiderAdvantage (R) | September 28–29, 2026 | 1,200 (LV) | ±2.8% | Darline Graham 46% · Annie Andrews 45% |
| Trafalgar Group (R) | September 23–25, 2026 | 1,087 (LV) | ±2.9% | Darline Graham 43% · Annie Andrews 42% |
| Rasmussen Reports (R) | September 14, 2026 | 1,006 (LV) | ±3.0% | Darline Graham 48% · Annie Andrews 43% |
| InsiderAdvantage (R) | September 8–9, 2026 | 1,200 (LV) | ±2.8% | Darline Graham 45% · Annie Andrews 43% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate election 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 SENATE.
- 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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