JAY BYARS FOR CONGRESS

RepublicanFEC reportedHouse campaign committee · Principal campaign committee · Quarterly filerC00921346

Overview

Raised: $259.6K
Spent: $263.9K
Cash on hand: $0
Debts owed: $0

OpenFEC processed totals through Sep 30, 2026; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as the committee reported them; 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.

Compliance review indicators

2 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: Nov 5, 2026 · Index refreshed: Nov 5, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Nov 5, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Nov 5, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Nov 5, 2026).

1 receipt eligibility · 1 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

LLC or partnership eligibility →Associated amount: $500
Reported contributor appears to be an LLC or partnership. Verify permissible tax status, written eligibility notice, member or partner attribution, and contribution limits.
Evidence date: Mar 25, 2026
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to JAY BYARS FOR CONGRESS about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-06-04, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Jun 4, 2026

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

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Candidate connections

Principal candidate campaign
BYARS, JAMES LEX IIIRepublicanFEC reported
U.S. House · South Carolina · District 1
Election 2025 · Challenger · Current candidate
Candidate details & sources
FEC candidate ID: H6SC01284 · 2025–2026 reporting cycle

Money in

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$261K
Unitemized individual contributions-$1,312

Largest itemized receipts

KACHELMIER, SCOTT MRepublicanDerived from contributions$3,500PARAGON · Jun 3, 2026
PADILLA, VICTOR M IVRepublicanDerived from contributions$3,500PADILLA REAL ESTATE · May 27, 2026
MUNN, HENRY BASIL JRRepublicanDerived from contributions$3,500LANDTECH · May 27, 2026
MCQUILKIN, KERRY

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$259.4K
Contribution refunds$3,500
Other disbursements$975

Largest disbursements

DIGITAL-IGNITE LLC$55KDIGITAL MARKETING EXPENSE · May 29, 2026
DIGITAL-IGNITE LLC$35KDIGITAL MARKETING EXPENSE · Apr 13, 2026
WHITE OAK PUBLIC AFFAIRS$30KCAMPAIGN WORK · Apr 10, 2026
DIGITAL-IGNITE LLC$25KDIGITAL MARKETING EXPENSE · Feb 20, 2026
MAGGIE KNOX$10KFUNDRAISING · Apr 14, 2026
WHITE OAK PUBLIC AFFAIRS$8,270CAMPAIGN WORK · Apr 3, 2026
WHITE OAK PUBLIC AFFAIRS$7,500CAMPAIGN WORK · Jun 22, 2026
WHITE OAK PUBLIC AFFAIRS$5,000CAMPAIGN WORK · Feb 26, 2026
DIGITAL-IGNITE LLC

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Aug 25	$3,000	$0
Sep 25	$62,550	$0
Oct 25	$6,400	$0
Nov 25	$2,500	$0
Dec 25	$17,850	$0
Jan 26	$18,350	$0
Feb 26	$14,350	$0
Mar 26	$79,350	$0
Apr 26	$4,550	$0
May 26	$47,900	$0
Jun 26	$6,000	$0

Months follow the reported transaction date; itemized records only, so unitemized small-dollar giving is not in the bars.

Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Committee type: House campaign committee
Designation: Principal campaign committee
Party affiliation: Republican
Treasurer: MCGILL, LEIGH M
Filing cadence: Quarterly filer
Organization type: Not reported
Connected organization: Not reported
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: PO BOX 397 · SUMMERVILLE, SC, 29484

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.

JAY BYARS FOR CONGRESSC00921346 Authorized candidateBYARS, JAMES LEX IIIH6SC01284
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

FEC-reported relationships

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Political alignment

Registration, linked-candidate, and disclosed money-flow evidence

Evidence-based classificationRepublican affiliation reportedRepublicanFEC reported

FEC registration: House campaign committee; Republican affiliation reported. Classification basis: FEC reported. This describes disclosed financial activity, not an official party registration or ideological score. The figures below separately preserve the filer’s Schedule E support and opposition designations.

No candidate support/oppose spending foundThis cycle has no locally ingested Schedule E rows for this committee. Registration, linked-candidate, committee-transfer, and recipient-reported conduit evidence can still establish the alignment shown above.

$0 supporting · $0 opposing · 0 rowsOfficial FEC outside spending ↗

JAY BYARS FOR CONGRESS

Overview

Candidate connections

Money in

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Money out

Spending by kind

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Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Political alignment

FEC-reported relationships

Registration filings

Cash, assets & liabilities

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Money network