Political ads · 2026 · SC

South Carolina House District 3 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Sheri Biggs won · 63.7% to 34.4% · Called by AP on Nov 3

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Sheri Biggs (Republican) and Eunice Lehmacher (Democrat) are the nominees for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Sheri Biggs is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Sheri Biggs's campaign had raised $707,000 (through October 14, 2026) and Eunice Lehmacher's campaign $99,000 (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $6,000 for Sheri Biggs and $0 against.

Sheri Biggs (REP, incumbent), Eunice Lehmacher (DEM). 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Registration	Register by Sun, Oct 4 (Online/fax/email received by Oct 4; mail postmarked by Oct 5; most offices close 5 p.m. Oct 2 for in-person.) (passed)Source: scvotes.gov ↗Source: scvotes.gov ↗
Early voting in person	Mon, Oct 19 to Sat, Oct 31 (8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Mon-Sat; closed Sunday Oct 25.) (passed)Source: scvotes.gov ↗
By mail	Mail voting needs a reason the state accepts (Qualifying reason needed, e.g. disability, age 65+, work obligations; early in-person voting open to all.); request a ballot by Fri, Oct 23 (Completed application received by county office by 5:00 p.m.); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (Received by county office by 7:00 p.m. Election Day; postmarks do not count.) (passed)Source: scvotes.gov ↗
Election Day	Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (passed)Source: scvotes.gov ↗
ID at the polls	Current photo ID (SC driver's license/DMV ID, SC voter registration card with photo, federal military ID, or US passport); reasonable-impediment provisional ballot otherwise.Source: scvotes.gov ↗

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Sheri Biggs (REP, incumbent)

Raised: $707K through 2026-10-14 individuals $117K · PACs $360K · from the candidate's other committees $216K · cash on hand $201K
Outside spending: $6,388 supporting Biggs · latest reported 2026-09-30
Largest outside spenders: FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND — $6,388 supporting Biggs Largest donors: Michael T Rydin $8.8M (76%), Retired, Retired; HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION $350K (3%); KOMADA, ANNA $253K (2%); Steven Cowles $205K (2%), Retired, Retired; Steven W Corbett $200K (2%)

Bundled through PACs: $7,325 through 2 PACs · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND — $3,825 from 2 gifts HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION — $3,500 from 1 gift

103 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

150PAC.ORG $1,000
AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY PAC $1,000
AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC $1,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES PAC (PA PAC) $3,500
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS PAC (NEUROSURGERYPAC) $1,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) $7,500
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS PAC $14K
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $2,500
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC $7,500
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION PAC $3,500
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $5,500
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $5,000
AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY PAC (PT-PAC) $1,000
AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC $5,000
AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION PAC (ASHA PAC) $1,000
AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC $3,000
AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC. PAC (AUAPAC) $1,000
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
BAE SYSTEMS INC. PAC (BAE SYSTEMS USA PAC) $1,000
BASF CORPORATION EMPLOYEES PAC $1,000
BIOGEN INC. PAC A.K.A 'BIOGEN PAC' $1,000
BUCKEYE LIBERTY PAC $10K
BUILDING RENEWAL IN AMERICA NOW PAC $2,000
BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC PAC $3,500
CACI INTERNATIONAL INC PAC ('CACI PAC') $1,000
CARDINAL HEALTH INC. PAC $1,000
CENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY PAC AKA CENTER PAC $1,000
CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PAC $2,000
CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
CURTISS WRIGHT CORPORATION EMPLOYEES PAC $1,000
DLA PIPER LLP (US) PAC (DLA PIPER PAC) $500
DOMINION ENERGY, INC. PAC - DOMINION PAC $4,000
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION PAC $7,000
EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS $3,500
ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PAC $5,000
ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. PAC (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) $2,000
EMMER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
ENERGY MARKETERS OF AMERICA SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE PAC (EMA SBC PAC) $1,000
FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC $1,000
FLUOR CORPORATION PAC (FLUOR PAC) $1,000
GILEAD SCIENCES INC HEALTHCARE POLICY PAC $1,000
GUARDIAN LEADERSHIP PAC $5,000
HAMPTON LUMBER MILLS, INC. PAC (HAMPTON LUMBER PAC) $1,000
HEALTH & FITNESS ASSOCIATION PAC FITPAC $1,000
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PAC $5,500
HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUND $1,000
HOUSE FREEDOM FUND $5,000
JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESS $4,000
KOCH, INC. PAC (KOCHPAC) $3,000
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' PAC $2,000
LUNDBECK LLC EMPLOYEE PAC $3,000
MAYNARD NEXSEN PAC $3,000
MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS PAC $1,000
MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANA $2,000
MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $1,000
MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC $5,000
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION PAC $3,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES PAC $1,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FARM SERVICE AGENCY COUNTY OFFICE EMPLOYEES INC PPC AKA NASCOE PAC $1,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $5,000
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $5,000
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL PAC $1,000
NATIONAL HEALTH CORPORATION PAC $6,000
NATIONAL PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $1,000
NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $4,500
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. PAC (NSSF PAC) $1,000
NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION RURAL BROADBAND PAC $5,000
NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE $3,500
NUCOR CORPORATION PAC $3,000
PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA BETTER GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE $1,000
RAPTOR PAC $8,000
ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC. PAC (ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA PAC) $1,000
RVFPAC $2,000
SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC) $2,000
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC PAC $4,000
SCALISE FOR CONGRESS $2,000
SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC $3,500
SOUTHERN COMPANY EMPLOYEES PAC $1,000
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $2,000
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC $10K
SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC) $500
TEN ONE PAC $750
THE BOEING COMPANY PAC $4,000
THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS PAC $1,000
THE EYE OF THE TIGER PAC $5,000
THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL PAC $2,500
THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY PAC (KRAFTHEINZPAC) $2,000
THE TIMKEN COMPANY GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. PAC $1,000
THOMPSON COBURN PAC $3,000
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC PAC (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) $2,000
USA RICE FEDERATION PAC $1,000
VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN PAC $5,000
VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES, INC. PAC $226
WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC $1,000
WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. PAC $1,000
WITH HONOR PAC $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Eunice Lehmacher (DEM)

Raised: $99K through 2026-10-14 individuals $92K · PACs $1,333 · party $5,400 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $100 · cash on hand $22K
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

1 PAC gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

EUNICE LEHMACHER FOR SC STATEHOUSE DISTRICT 3 $333

All filings at the FEC ↗

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