Direct answer
What did this FEC row report?
PALMETTO ACTION reported $809,385.04 in independent-expenditure activity opposing Ralph Norman. The filer supplied purpose text “MEDIA PLACEMENT” and named payee MHB MEDIA INC.
Open official FEC filing ↗FEC independent expenditure · South Carolina District 0
PALMETTO ACTION
opposing Ralph Norman
OPPOSE$809,385.04August 19, 2026
OPPOSE
Filer-supplied fields
Reported communication-spending record
- Spender
- PALMETTO ACTION
- Spender FEC ID
- C00950600
- Named candidate
- Ralph Norman
- Candidate FEC ID
- S6SC04445
- Reported position
- OPPOSE
- Amount
- $809,385.04
- Purpose text
- MEDIA PLACEMENT
- Payee
- MHB MEDIA INC
- Expenditure date
- August 17, 2026
- Dissemination date
- August 19, 2026
- Receipt date
- August 20, 2026
- Election type
- R
- Office
- S · South Carolina District 0
- Candidate party
- REPUBLICAN PARTY
- FEC file number
- 2008596
- Transaction ID
- SE.1
- Amendment indicator
- N
- Election.org ID
- eop-ad-0xp88fd
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Same exact FEC candidate ID
Other reported independent expenditures involving Ralph Norman
SUPPORTPALMETTO FIRST PAC$50,000.00 · Aug 22, 2026 →OPPOSEPALMETTO ACTION$9,820.20 · Aug 22, 2026 →SUPPORTPALMETTO FIRST PAC$3,625.00 · Aug 22, 2026 →SUPPORTPALMETTO FIRST PAC$2,481.78 · Aug 22, 2026 →OPPOSESecurity Is Strength PAC$499,816.85 · Aug 21, 2026 →OPPOSEPALMETTO ACTION$182,732.00 · Aug 21, 2026 →OPPOSESecurity Is Strength PAC$92,427.39 · Aug 21, 2026 →SUPPORTFREEDOM CAUCUS FUND$60,008.27 · Aug 21, 2026 →
Same exact FEC spender ID
Other rows reported by PALMETTO ACTION
OPPOSERalph Norman$9,820.20 · Aug 22, 2026 →OPPOSERalph Norman$182,732.00 · Aug 21, 2026 →OPPOSERalph Norman$408,606.00 · Aug 20, 2026 →OPPOSERalph Norman$300,000.00 · Aug 19, 2026 →OPPOSERalph Norman$80,000.00 · Aug 19, 2026 →OPPOSERalph Norman$8,750.00 · Aug 19, 2026 →OPPOSERalph Norman$927,793.44 · Aug 13, 2026 →OPPOSERalph Norman$312,500.00 · Aug 13, 2026 →