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2026 South Carolina House race, District 4

William Timmons (Republican), Courtney McClain (Democrat) and Jessica Ethridge (Libertarian) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in South Carolina District 4, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the South Carolina State Election Commission.

The November ballot

Timmons
$1.6M
McClain
$100K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Also in this race: Jessica Ethridge (Libertarian).

Official candidate list: South Carolina State Election Commission. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.

The seat

William Timmons

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2019 · Age 42

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Trades disclosed
$294K
Estimated volume
Cosponsored H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act

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, 2026 

Register 30 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

Republican primary

The primary · 72,746 votes

  • William Timmons Won: 65.8% 47,895
  • David Atchley: 19.5% 14,188
  • Robert Lee: 14.7% 10,663

Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: South Carolina Election Commission certified primary results. Certified June 12, 2026. A primary result is a recorded 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. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.

Where each candidate's money comes from

<1%$2.6KSmall donors$100K100%
18%$290KLarge donors--
40%$638KPACs--
41%$650KSelf-funding--
<1%$15KOther--

Small donors give $200 or less; 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 largest 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

2 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+22 in 2024

  • William Timmons Won: 59.7%
  • Kathryn Harvey: 37.2%

346,414 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 3.1%. 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. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.