Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Ralph Norman
- Office
- U.S. representative for South Carolina’s 5th district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- Rock Hill, SC
- Born
- 1953
- In Congress
- House since 2017 · 9 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- NORMAN, RALPH
- Next election
- General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
South Carolina
Official websiteFacebookX (Twitter)InstagramYouTubeFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID S6SC04445 · Principal campaign committee: RALPH NORMAN 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$950,460.7430%
- PACs and other committees$58,500.002%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$2,100,000.0066%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$67,322.282%
Self-funding: $2,100,000.00 (66% of money raised): $0.00 given and $2,100,000.00 lent by the candidate. $100,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$55,186.2810%
- Contributions over $200$481,158.6090%
- Itemized from inside South Carolina$366,202.3676%
- Itemized from other states$117,095.8424%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: North Carolina $49,669.05 · Florida $25,225.60. 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
| 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 | Nay |
Latest bills and resolutions sponsored
- H.R. 10690 Capital Loss Inflation Fairness Act
Introduced Oct 1, 2026 · Latest action Oct 1, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. - H.R. 9361 Worst of the Worst Act
Introduced Jun 18, 2026 · Latest action Jun 18, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. - H.R. 9103 Merit Restoration Act
Introduced Jun 2, 2026 · Latest action Jun 2, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. - H.R. 8118 Election Infrastructure Integrity Act
Introduced Mar 26, 2026 · Latest action Mar 26, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. - H.R. 8018 ISLET Act
Introduced Mar 19, 2026 · Latest action Mar 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. - H.R. 7628 To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
Introduced Feb 20, 2026 · Latest action Feb 20, 2026: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently deter… - H.R. 7041 Earmark Elimination Act of 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 · Latest action Jan 13, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Rules. - H.R. 6536 Rural Depositories Revitalization Study Act
Introduced Dec 9, 2025 · Latest action Feb 2, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404. - H.R. 6101 CBO Oversight Act
Introduced Nov 18, 2025 · Latest action Nov 18, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. - H.Res. 888 Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct that reflects discreditably on the House of Representatives for colluding with convicted felony sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing.
Introduced Nov 18, 2025 · Latest action Nov 18, 2025: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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 Financial Services
- Financial Institutions
- Housing and Insurance
- House Committee on Rules
- Legislative and Budget Process
- House Committee on the Budget
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
5 committees reported giving $31,000.00 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 FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- LETS GET TO WORK PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- CPAC ACTION PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ALL AMERICAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Ralph Norman$119,397.23
- Independent expenditures opposing Ralph Norman$1,000,000.00
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.
- INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PACOpposing$1,000,000.00
- FREEDOM CAUCUS FUNDSupporting$73,379.00
- PALMETTO FIRST PACSupporting$14,255.00
- TEA PARTY PATRIOTS CITIZENS FUNDSupporting$13,507.00
- SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDSupporting$11,997.00
- SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTIONSupporting$1,666.00
The race
South Carolina U.S. Senate, 2026 · 33 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Norman (R) | $3,176,283.02 | $52,124.76 | 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 |
| Darline Graham (R) | $1,827,626.21 | $609,731.59 | 2026-09-30 |
| Russell Fry (R) | $1,499,394.45 | $2,268.06 | 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: RALPH NORMAN 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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