Politician
Jim Clyburn
Democrat · South Carolina · ran 4 times since 2020, won 4 · incumbent
FEC candidate H2SC02042
Jim Clyburn (Democrat) raised $1.7M for the 2026 South Carolina 6th District race, $961K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $2K for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
Raised, all cycles
$11M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
61%
$6.7M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$2K
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$0
Spent attacking them
61% of Jim Clyburn's campaign money came from PAC checks, not from people. That is one of the heaviest reliances on organized money in Congress.
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | South Carolina 6th District | $1.7M | 57% | $2K / $0 | $3K | $1.7M | ✓ Won |
| 2024 | South Carolina 6th District | $2.2M | 66% | $0 / $0 | – | $2.2M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | South Carolina 6th District | $3.6M | 57% | $0 / $0 | – | $3.6M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | South Carolina 6th District | $3.4M | 65% | $0 / $0 | – | $3.4M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $3.5MTrade group $1.3MUnion $809KMembership $423KOther $414KLeadership PAC $36KSuper PAC $30K
- National Air Traffic Controllers Association PACUnionLobbyist PAC$20K
- The Home Depot Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- National Multifamily Housing Council and Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center Political Action Committee (Nmhc PAC)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
- Honeywell International Inc. Technologies Public Affairs Council (Honpac)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- Nea Fund for Children and Public EducationUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
- Unum Group Political Action Committee (Unumpac)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC)MembershipLobbyist PAC$10K
- American Council of Life Insurers Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
- Dominion Energy, Inc. Political Action Committee - Dominion PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- National Telecommunications Cooperative Association Rural Broadband PACTrade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
- The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$10K
- Deloitte Political Action CommitteeOtherLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- Care in Action PACfor $2K
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 31 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 8 times (26%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $111K | Nay · against |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | Unknown coverage | Nay · with industry |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $748K | Yea · with industry |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $500K$121K | Yea · with industryYea · against |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $500K | Nay · against |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $118K | Nay · against |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $748K | Yea · with industry |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $121K | Nay · against |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $111K | Nay · against |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $121K$438K | Nay · againstNay · against |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $438K | Nay · against |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $121K | Nay · against |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $438K | Nay · against |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $121K | Nay · against |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $21K | Nay · against |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $21K | Nay · against |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $21K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $73K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $394K | Nay · against |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $513K | Nay · with industry |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $73K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $21K | Nay · against |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $89K | Nay · against |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $89K | Nay · against |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $102K | Yea · against |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $45K$212K$169K | Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $212K | Yea · against |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $271K | Yea · with industry |
Constituents vs. funders
Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 3 of 4 key votes (75%)
On 1 vote, industries that gave them $10K+ before the vote wanted the opposite of what most of their constituents wanted. They sided with the funders 0 times and with their constituents 1. Constituent views come from the Cooperative Election Study, a survey of about 60,000 adults a year. A side counts as what constituents wanted only when it leads by more than the margin of error; closer results are shown as split. Party explains most votes, and none of this shows that money changed a vote.
| Vote | Their constituents | Their funders | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 | 44% support ±17SC-06 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $121K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | NayVoters split |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 | 76% support ±15SC-06 · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | $121K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea$438K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | NayAgainst voters |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 | 58% support ±17SC-06 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $89K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | NayVoters split |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 | 58% support ±17SC-06 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $89K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | NayVoters split |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 | 57% support ±14SC-06 · split · CES 2022 | $45K Oil, gas and coal wanted nay$212K Pharma and health care wanted nay$169K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | YeaVoters split |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 | 63% support ±14SC-06 · split · CES 2022 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaVoters split |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 | 86% support ±4South Carolina (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 | 79% support ±12SC-06 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | $212K Pharma and health care wanted nay | YeaVoters over funders |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 | 93% support ±3South Carolina (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
The revolving door
5 former aides now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in Jim Clyburn's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A listed former position does not establish contact with that office.
Ashli Scott PalmerFormer congressional staff
Floor Director, Majority Whip Clyburn (2019); Policy Director, Assistant Democratic Leader Clyburn (2014-2017); Chief of Staff, Rural Business Agency of USDA…
Now lobbies for Verizon Communications, Humana, Citigroup Washington, INC, Molson Coors Beverage Company USA and 8 more · via Resolution Public Affairs, LLC
Ashli PalmerFormer congressional staff
Floor Ops Dir, Maj Whip Jim Clyburn (2019-2020); Policy Dir, Rep. Clyburn (2014-2017); CoS, Rural Business Services Agency (USDA) (2013-2014); Senior LA, Rep…
Now lobbies for American Hotel & Lodging Association, American Property Casualty Insurance Association, Finseca, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and 7 more · via Tiber Creek Group, Tiber Creek
Bradford EllisonFormer congressional staff
May 2008-July 2008: Intern to Rep. Al Green (TX); July 2008 - August 2008 and June - August 2010: Intern to Rep. James Clyburn (SC)
Now lobbies for Jump Crypto Holdings LLC, Multicoin Capital, Swords To Plowshares: Veterans Rights Organization · via Squire Patton Boggs
Matt GrinneyFormer congressional staff
Sr. Policy and Comms Advisor, FHFA; Dep. Director of Speechwriting, VP of the United States; Speechwriter, US Dept. HHS; Comms Advisor, Sen. Mike Lee; Staff …
Now lobbies for Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association, Electronic Payments Coalition (epc) · via Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
David GrimaldiFormer congressional staff
Congressman Edolphus Towns, Legislative Counsel; Congressman James E. Clyburn, Chief Counsel
Now lobbies for Blockchain Association
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Jim Clyburn's 2026 campaign?
- Jim Clyburn (Democrat) raised $1.7M for the 2026 South Carolina 6th District race, $961K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $2K for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to Jim Clyburn?
- National Multifamily Housing Council and Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center Political Action Committee (Nmhc PAC) ($10K), Honeywell International Inc. Technologies Public Affairs Council (Honpac) ($10K), Nea Fund for Children and Public Education ($10K), Unum Group Political Action Committee (Unumpac) ($10K), National Air Traffic Controllers Association PAC ($10K) in 2026.
- Which super PACs spent on Jim Clyburn's race?
- Care in Action PAC ($2K for) in 2026.
- How much has Jim Clyburn raised across elections?
- $1.7M in 2026, $2.2M in 2024, $3.6M in 2022, $3.4M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.