James E. Clyburn
DRep. SC-6 · U.S. House · 17 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Clyburn sits more conservative than 12% of the House and more liberal than 88%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what Clyburnsays they stand for so you can hold it against the record above. We don't put words in anyone's mouth or declare a promise “kept” or “broken” — where there's no published, structured position to compare, we leave it to you rather than invent a verdict.
Contact
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL AND REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSFORMATION CENTER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NMHC PAC)Trade$10K
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. TECHNOLOGIES PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL (HONPAC)Corporate$10K
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PACLabor$10K
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC)Membership$10K
- FLUOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FLUOR PAC)Corporate$10K
- CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUNDCorporate$10K
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade$10K
- THE BOEING COMPANY PACCorporate$10K
- Corporate54%
- Trade19%
- Labor14%
- Membership6%
- Other / unclassified6%
- Cooperative2%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Labor unions$86K
- Energy & utilities$64K
- Finance & banking$54K
- Technology$36K
- Telecom & media$33K
- Railroads$31K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 27% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleClyburn's campaign has spent $787K across 314 reported disbursements.
- Other$405K 51%
- Events & fundraising$312K 40%
- Consulting & research$30K 4%
- Payroll & admin$25K 3%
- Advertising & media$13K 2%
- Travel & lodging$2K 0%
- AMERICAN EXPRESS$331K
- ANGERHOLZER BROZ CONSULTING, LLC$185K
- WELL & LIGHTHOUSE LLC$35K
- NEWMAN, VIRGINIA R$32K
- THE COUNTY LINE$28K
- LESTER & ASSOCIATES$25K
- THE COUNTY LINECOLUMBIA, SC · 2 payments$28K
- MCKNIGHT, SPENCERCONWAY, SC$12K
- EDVENTURE CHILDREN'S MUSEUMCOLUMBIA, SC$5K
- CITY OF COLUMBIACOLUMBIA, SC$3K
- CLYBURN, DIASUMTER, SC · 2 payments$3K
- MR SEAFOODCOLUMBIA, SC$3K
- MR. SEAFOODCOLUMBIA, SC$2K
- TOASTY HOT SPOTCOLUMBIA, SC$969
These are the venues, caterers, and hotels the campaign paidfor events — the money trail to where fundraising happened, with the vendor's city and state. It is not a guest list or attendance: who came, who hosted, and “what the crowd was like” aren't in any public record, so we don't guess at them.
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents South Carolina's 6th district · age 86 · from Sumter.
James Enos Clyburn is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 6th congressional district. First elected in 1992, Clyburn is serving his 17th term, representing a congressional district that includes most of the majority-black precincts in and around Columbia and Charleston, as well as most of the majority-black areas outside Beaufort and nearly all of South Carolina's share of the Black Belt. Since Joe Cunningham's departure in 2021, Clyburn has been the only Democrat in South Carolina's congressional delegation as well as the dean of the state's…
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file for Clyburn in the current House disclosure index.
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- House Committee on Appropriations
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this House seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Next election
· 2026 cycle- Maurice G I WashingtonRepublicanChallenger$21Kraised ↗
+ 2 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Last election
· 2024 cycle- Duke BucknerRepublicanChallenger$243Kraised ↗
- Gregg DixonOTHChallenger$113Kraised ↗
- Justin Nathaniel ScottRepublicanChallenger$11Kraised ↗
+ 4 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How James actually voted · last 15 bills live
- Nay23-Jul-2026H R 8884On Passage
- Yea23-Jul-2026H CON RES 89On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Nay22-Jul-2026H CON RES 113On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Passage
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Motion to Recommit
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Passage
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Motion to Recommit
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- No22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Nay21-Jul-2026H R 9770On Passage
- Nay21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Passage
- Yea21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Motion to Recommit
- No21-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
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