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2026 South Carolina District 4 House Election

William Timmons (R) incumbent

About this race

William Timmons, a Republican, currently holds this House seat and is running for re-election. William Timmons, a Republican, has taken $74,141 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. 2 candidates show no AIPAC-linked donations in available records, including Courtney McClain, a Democrat. The November ballot lists 3 candidates: one Democrat, one Republican and one Libertarian.

Key issues in South Carolina

Major issues facing South Carolina, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.

Candidates & funding

William Timmons Republican Nominee

AIPAC-linked $74,141FundVoter-reported, career 2024–2026 — methodology replication pending
AIPAC PAC and AIPAC-routed contributions, 2022-2026. Source: FEC filings via FundVoter.
No 2026 conduit activity detectedFEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle
A PAC can give at most $10K per cycle directly to a candidate. But when individuals route donations through a PAC acting as conduit, there’s no cap on how many donors can be bundled. That’s where the real money moves — not from the PAC’s treasury, but from individuals the PAC steered to the candidate. How conduits work →
2026 fundraising (FEC)$1,595,725 raised · $1,538,615 spent · $77,225 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: Rein in out-of-control spending, reduce waste, secure the border, defend constitutional rights

Courtney McClain Democrat Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$100,496 raised · $68,857 spent · $30,989 cash on hand through Sep 30, 2026
Focus: Affordable housing, healthcare as a right, lowering the cost of living

Jessica Ethridge Libertarian Nominee

✓ No AIPAC-linked FEC record
2026 fundraising (FEC)$409 raised · $85 spent · $324 cash on hand through Jun 30, 2026
Focus: Less government, more freedom: cost of living, peace-first foreign policy, national debt

Where the money comes from

FEC campaign finance data through Sep 30, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.

William Timmons RCourtney McClain DJessica Ethridge L
Raised$1.6M$100K$409
Individuals$293K18%$100K100%$0
PACs & parties$638K40%$0$0
Self-funded$650K41%$0$409100%
Other$15K1%$0$0
AIPAC-linked*$74K——
Outside spending†———

* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.

† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.

“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.

Who are the biggest donors?

Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.

Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.

William Timmons 304 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$1.6M
Campaign spent$1.5M
Cash on hand$77K
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals18%
PACs / committees40%
Self-funding41%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
ROUTED CONTRIBUTIONS
No 2026 conduit activity detected
FEC filings show no earmarked contributions via conduits this cycle. Career AIPAC-linked total (above) may reflect prior cycles. How conduits work →
  • Corporate PAC$20K
  • Corporate PAC$15K
  • Organization$14K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • Trade association PAC$10K
  • PAC$10K
  • Leadership PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$10K
  • Cooperative PAC$10K
  • Corporate PAC$9K
  • Individual$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Membership PAC$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • Corporate PAC$8K
  • PAC$8K
  • Trade association PAC$8K
  • Trade association PAC$8K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Organization$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Individual$7K
  • Trade association PAC$7K
  • Individual$6K
  • Individual$6K
  • Trade association PAC$6K
  • Trade association PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Trade association PAC$6K
  • Individual$6K
  • Individual$6K
  • Individual$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Corporate PAC$6K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K
  • Individual$5K

Showing the 50 biggest of 304 donors. The other 254 gave $548K combined.

Plus $24K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.

See William Timmons’s full FEC filings →

Jessica Ethridge 1 donors
FINANCIAL POSITION
Campaign raised$409
Campaign spent$85
Cash on hand$324
FEC 2026 through 06/30/2026
CANDIDATE-CONTROLLED MONEY
Individuals0%
PACs / committees0%
Self-funding100%
Share of campaign receipts. FEC 2026.
  • Self-funded$408

See Jessica Ethridge’s full FEC filings →

These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.

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