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Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson is a Republican incumbent in South Carolina's 2nd district. $861K raised, $723K spent, $183K cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$861Kraised
$723Kspent
$183Kcash on hand
Campaign finance$861K raised
Raised$861K
Spent$723K
Cash on hand$183K
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$861,105
Spent (disbursements)$722,706
Cash on hand$182,912
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Record in Congressage 79 · 13 terms · votes right of 74% of the House
79age on Election Day
13House terms (since 2001)
Republicanparty in Congress

Voting record

-10+1more liberalmore conservativeWilson
Voting record
MeasureValue
DW-NOMINATE score (first dimension)+0.53
Votes more conservative than74% of House members
Democratic median / Republican median-0.40 / +0.53
Roll-call votes counted544

Estimate DW-NOMINATE (Voteview, UCLA) scales members from their roll-call votes in the 119th Congress: negative is more liberal, positive more conservative. It describes voting patterns, not views on any one issue. See the member on Voteview.

Official House website · Official biography (Congress)

Reported Facts from the public congress-legislators dataset, current to 2026-10-15.

Financial disclosureassets $1.0M to $2.0M

Annual report for 2025, filed 2026-05-05.

$1.0M to $2.0Mreported assets (ranges added up)
$630K to $1.4Mreported liabilities
$21Kearned income (exact amounts)

Assets minus liabilities: between -$450K and $1.4M Estimate

Assets

Largest assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
L : Lexington, SC, US AGW LLC, Shuler St. West Columbia SCRPself$500K to $1.0M
Pension Not Applicable D : Pension income reported on Schedule C Tally Ho Court, Sapphire SCRPself$250K to $500K
AGW LLC, E. Main St. Lexington SCRPself$100K to $250K
L : West Columbia, SC, US Graves Park Estates, Springdale, SCRPself$50K to $100K
L : Sapphire, NC, US Wilton Rd. Springdale SCRPself$50K to $100K
L : Springdale, SC, US Wilton Rd. Springdale, SCRPself$50K to $100K
L : Springdale, SC, US D : vacant lot South Carolina State Retirement SystemPEselfnone
Pension Not Applicable D : Pension income reported on Schedule C South Carolina State Retirement SystemPESPnone

Liabilities

Liabilities
Liability as filedAmount range
Rocket Mortgage April 2021 Mortgage secured on personal residence in Washington, DC$100K to $250K
Rocket Mortgage February 2021 Mortgage secured by property at Tally Ho Court, Sapphire, NC$250K to $500K
First Reliance Bank July 2021 Mortgage made by AGW LLC - Joe Wilson is personal guarantor$100K to $250K
Rocket Mortgage February 2021 Mortgage secured by Primary Property, Wilton Rd.$100K to $250K
South State Bank December 2004 Mortgage secured by property at Graves Park, Springdale, SC and Wilton Rd.$50K to $100K
Bank of America Various Credit Card$15K to $50K
First Reliance Bank May 2023 2nd mortgage made by AGW LLC - Joe Wilson is personal guarantor$15K to $50K

Earned income

Earned income
Earned income sourceAmount
S.C. State Retirement System Retirement$20K
S.C. National Guard Retirement Annuity$1,200

Outside positions: Member of AGW LLC AGW LLC

Reported Parsed automatically from the official report; check the PDF for anything that matters. Values are bands, so totals are ranges. A personal residence and personal vehicles are normally not reported, and a spouse’s information is limited. Type codes: legend. Open the official report (PDF)

Public attention7,005 views in 30 days
7,005Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#140 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Reported Page views of Joe Wilson on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 43%PACs and other committees 30%Candidate's own money 23%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 3%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$374,20143.5%
PACs and other committees$261,00030.3%
Candidate's own money$200,00023.2%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$25,9043.0%
This raceSC-02, rank #1 of 2

Joe Wilson ranks #1 of 2 in reported fundraising in this race.

SC-02 · South Carolina · Republican candidates · House forecasts

Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata · Official website · X (Twitter) · links matched through Wikidata and checked against the member or candidate record

Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jun 30, 2026. FEC ID H2SC02059, committee C00368522. Filed with the FEC as Joe The Wilson. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.