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South Carolina House race, District 4

William Timmons holds this seat and is running to keep it against Courtney McClain.

The November ballot

Timmons
$1.6M
McClain
$33K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

William Timmons

Republican · Holds the seat now

20
Trades disclosed
$294K
Estimated volume
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in South Carolina

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

Republican primary

The primary · 72,746 votes

  • William TimmonsWon65.8%47,895
  • David Atchley19.5%14,188
  • Robert Lee14.7%10,663

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$1.9M
Outside money
$487K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Timmons$487K
Opposing Timmons-
Supporting McClain-
Opposing McClain-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

<1%$2.6KSmall donors$33K100%
18%$290KLarge donors--
40%$638KPACs--
41%$650KSelf-funding--
<1%$15KOther--

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 1 group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

3 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+23 in 2024

  • William R. Timmons IVWon59.7%
  • Kathryn Harvey37.2%

346,414 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
765K
Median household income
$73K
Unemployment
4.4%
Living below the poverty line
12.4%
Without health insurance
10.6%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.