PELBATH, ALEX

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · South Carolina · District 1 · Election 2026 · Open seatH6SC01268

Overview

Raised: $396.5K
Spent: $396K
Cash on hand: $547
Debts owed: $58.3K

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Sep 30, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Rating: Lean R
Predicted margin: R+2.9

VotePredictor forecasts this race between Nancy Lacore (D) and Jenny Costa Honeycutt (R) as of October 30, 2026, giving the Republican a 71% chance. Alex Pelbath is not one of the two candidates it forecasts. Based on 4 polls of the race, blended with its fundamentals.

The Republican’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	86%
Oct 1, 2026	86%
Oct 6, 2026	86%
Oct 9, 2026	80%
Oct 10, 2026	80%
Oct 16, 2026	79%
Oct 24, 2026	73%
Oct 25, 2026	71%
Oct 31, 2026	71%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review indicators

1 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

0 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 2 notice(s) to ALEX PELBATH FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-07-30, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Jul 30, 2026

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · South Carolina · District 1
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: ALEX PELBATH FOR CONGRESS (C00917062)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Alex Pelbath? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$308.2K
Unitemized individual contributions$34.9K
Other committees$19K

Top contributors

PELBATH VICTORY FUNDRepublicanInferred from FEC-reported participants$32.8K6 contributions
BROACH, JAMESRepublicanDerived from contributions$21K2 contributions
BARTONE, JOSEPH$14K1 contribution
KIMBALL, ANDREW

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$323.8K
Contribution refunds$55K

Largest operating payments

ALAMO INTELLIGENCE LLC$40KPLACED MEDIA · Apr 21, 2026
ALAMO INTELLIGENCE LLC$27KPLACED MEDIA · Apr 7, 2026
ALAMO INTELLIGENCE LLC$20KDIGITAL CONSULTING · Jun 9, 2026
RED BEACON STRATEGIES, LLC$16.2KDIRECT MAIL SERVICES · Nov 5, 2025
LW GILLIS & CO$15.8KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Apr 16, 2026
SLMG LLC$15KMEDIA PRODUCTION · Oct 8, 2025
GLIATTA, CHARLES$11KSTRATEGY CONSULTING · Mar 31, 2026
CAPITAL CORNERED, LLC$10.6KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · May 20, 2026
GLIATTA, CHARLES$9,000STRATEGY CONSULTING · May 27, 2026

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: South Carolina · District 1
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: PO BOX 1266 · MOUNT PLEASANT, South Carolina, 29464
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

PELBATH VICTORY FUNDC00937425 Joint fundraising participantALEX PELBATH FOR CONGRESSC00917062
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1955908Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
ALEX PELBATH FOR CONGRESSC00917062 Authorized candidatePELBATH, ALEXH6SC01268
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
ALEX PELBATH FOR CONGRESSC00917062 Connected organizationPELBATH VICTORY FUNDReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
LAST ONE OUT PACC00937417 Leadership PAC sponsorPELBATH, ALEXH6SC01268
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1955909Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jul 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026
Contribution refunds: $55,000
Debts owed by committees: $58,283
Last report: OCTOBER QUARTERLY

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash945f041abff861c955895fbc2d5e1f8687c7a03700c26718fef1e5a5e3a97b08

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Month	Raised	Spent
Aug 25	$48,929	$0
Sep 25	$87,850	$0
Oct 25	$8,387	$0
Nov 25	$9,422	$0
Dec 25	$9,861	$0
Jan 26	$3,606	$0
Feb 26	$38,717	$0
Mar 26	$64,106	$0
Apr 26	$13,166	$0
May 26	$48,396	$0
Jun 26	$4,721	$0

PELBATH, ALEX

Overview

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