South Carolina Finance Summary
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South Carolina Government:

Governor: Henry McMaster (R )

Lieutenant Governor: Pamela Evette ( R )  

Secretary of State: Mark Hammond (R)

Treasurer: Curtis M. Loftis (R)

Attorney General: Alan Wilson (R)

Comptroller General: Brian J. Gaines (D ) 

State Superintendent of Education: Ellen Weaver (R)

Commissioner of Agriculture: Hugh E. Weathers (R ) 

Adjutant General: Major General Van McCarty

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Campaign Finance Snapshot
Total Contributions
Candidate Contributions
Committee Contributions
Total Expenditures
Candidate Expenditures
Committee Expenditures
Top Candidates
Candidate
Total Contributions
Total Expenditures
John Tecklenburg $316,066.20$98,665.01
William Cogswell $290,046.00$81,524.91
Deon Tedder $243,393.13$226,902.35
Clay N Middleton $234,783.21$212,157.04
Peter M Brown $224,715.00$202,879.40
Knox H White $212,030.00$243,048.10
G Murrell Smith $175,526.77$182,000.28
Jesse F Bullard $136,825.00$19,226.00
Beatrice King $130,934.35$127,176.76
Reginald Burgess $128,085.47$65,175.68
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Top Committees
Committee
Total Contributions
Total Expenditures
SC Realtors PAC $538,002.92$283,828.74
Senate Republican Caucus Committee $190,000.00$157,971.54
Dominion Energy Inc PAC – SC $182,000.00$166,500.00
House Republican Caucus Committee $144,000.00$0.00
Conservation Voters of SC PAC $124,962.96$122,620.25
Echo $112,312.45$78,038.60
Trucking Industry PAC $88,788.50$83,366.73
Wine & Spirits Wholesalers Assn-SC PAC $84,250.00$85,500.00
Friends of Farm Bureau $82,025.42$9,890.47
SC Assoc of Nurse Anesthetists PAC $55,361.21$55,918.02
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