Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Darline Graham

Official portrait of Darline Graham
Official U.S. Senate photo by Rosa Pineda
Office
U.S. senator from South Carolina (class 2), appointed
Party
Republican
Born
1964
In Congress
Senate since 2026
Current term
July 14, 2026 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
GRAHAM, DARLINE
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of South Carolina with the whole state highlighted

South Carolina

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026. congress-legislators does not list this member’s FEC ID yet; TerraCivic linked FEC ID S6SC04437 after checking the FEC record and public sources (never by name alone).

RepublicanU.S. Senate · South CarolinaIncumbent (appointed)General-election nominee

FEC candidate ID S6SC04437 · Principal campaign committee: DARLINE FOR SENATE

Total raised$1,827,626.21
Total spent$1,217,894.62
Cash on hand$609,731.59
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

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: $670,262.39PACs and other committees: $463,500.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $672,863.82Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $21,000.00
  • Individual contributions$670,262.3937%
  • PACs and other committees$463,500.0025%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$672,863.8237%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$21,000.001%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$71,907.8123%
  • Contributions over $200$247,018.6977%
  • Itemized from inside South Carolina$48,444.8819%
  • Itemized from other states$200,604.5081%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $57,758.86 · District of Columbia $27,847.10 · Florida $26,108.32. 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

$1.5M$0 PRE-RUN-OFF: raised $346,782.64PRE-RUN-OFF: spent $95,351.36OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,480,843.57OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,122,543.262026-082026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving62
Voted yea43
Voted nay12
Voted present2
Did not vote5 of 62
Bills and resolutions sponsored3
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored66

Recorded Senate roll-call votes from July 14, 2026 through September 30, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official Senate record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 30, 2026On the Nomination · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Nomination ConfirmedYea
Sep 30, 2026On the Cloture Motion · PN 1129
Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor
Cloture Motion Agreed toYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 9340
A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 30, 2026On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR 7008
A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed RejectedYea
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Discharge · SRES 852
A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Motion to Discharge RejectedNay
Sep 29, 2026On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES 197
A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to
Motion to Proceed RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On Passage of the Bill · S 4668
A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.
Bill PassedYea
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.
Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To increase the limitation on funding for post-eligibility insurance and catastrophic injury for student athletes.
Amendment RejectedNay
Sep 28, 2026On the Amendment · S 4668
To limit price increases for college athletics tickets.
Amendment RejectedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • S. 5655 A bill to express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name an appropriate United States Navy ship in honor of the Battle of Cowpens, which took place on January 17, 1781, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Sep 30, 2026 · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
  • S.Res. 891 A resolution designating the week of September 27, 2026, through October 3, 2026, as "Religious Education Week" to celebrate religious education in the United States.
    Introduced Sep 23, 2026 · Latest action Sep 23, 2026: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S4949-4950)
  • S. 5025 Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026
    Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Latest action Jul 16, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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.

PAC and committee contributors

38 committees reported giving $220,500.00 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.

Show all 38 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Darline Graham$2,639,122.31
  • Independent expenditures opposing Darline Graham$50,160.66

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. Senate, 2026 · 33 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Darline Graham (R)$1,827,626.21$609,731.592026-09-30
Annie Andrews (D)$20,173,696.89$2,307,632.462026-09-30
Lindsey O. Graham (R)$6,890,957.50$314,879.912026-09-30
Mark Lynch (R)$5,924,362.37$93,868.602026-09-30
Ralph Norman (R)$3,176,283.02$52,124.762026-09-30
Russell Fry (R)$1,499,394.45$2,268.062026-09-30
Paul Dans (R)$1,089,610.44$84,035.822026-09-30
Lee Johnson (D)$569,185.56$0.002025-12-31
Marshall C Sanford (R)$354,562.14$311,900.002026-09-30
Andre Bauer (R)$216,272.42$0.002025-12-01

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.

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Trafalgar Group (R)October 16–18, 20261,095 (LV)±2.9%Darline Graham 49% · Annie Andrews 46%
Rasmussen Reports (R)October 5–8, 2026837 (LV)±3.0%Darline Graham 49% · Annie Andrews 45%
InsiderAdvantage (R)September 28–29, 20261,200 (LV)±2.8%Darline Graham 46% · Annie Andrews 45%
Trafalgar Group (R)September 23–25, 20261,087 (LV)±2.9%Darline Graham 43% · Annie Andrews 42%
Rasmussen Reports (R)September 14, 20261,006 (LV)±3.0%Darline Graham 48% · Annie Andrews 43%
InsiderAdvantage (R)September 8–9, 20261,200 (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: DARLINE 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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