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Candidate / Party Total Raised Party Local Tie Source
Alan Wilson
Attorney General $1,044,000 R Statewide SC Ethics
Pamela Evette
Lt. Governor $1,025,000 R Statewide SC Ethics
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Joe Wilson
US Rep, District 2 $612,000 R Includes Florence FEC
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Tom Young Jr.
State Senator, District 24 $184,500 R Florence County SC Ethics
A. Shane Massey
State Senator, District 25 · Senate Majority Leader $245,800 R Florence County SC Ethics
William "Bill" Clyburn
State Rep, District 82 $72,300 D Florence County SC Ethics
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