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SAM MCCOWN · CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN

2026

Sam Mccown

FEC name:: MCCOWN, SAM DR
FEC ID:: H6SC01276
Party:: REP
Office:: H
District:: SC-01

2026 South Carolina 01 House 2026-H-SC-01 · Open seat

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WHO THEY PAID FOR THE WORK

Campaign services

Roster answer: Campaign Roster

Sam Mccown paid AMERICAN MEDIA GROUP for tv / media, DRAKE STRATEGIES for strategy, and AMERICAN MEDIA GROUP for digital ads.

Spend: $1,227,089; 2026
Campaign-service spend: $1,048,094; mail, media, polling, and related work
Recipients: 39; this cycle

Recipient: DRUMMOND COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LLC

Direct mailVICTORY ENTERPRISES LLC$57,4111 payee TV / mediaAMERICAN MEDIA GROUP$691,9505 payees Digital adsAMERICAN MEDIA GROUP$91,0603 payees PollingDRUMMOND COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LLC$46,2502 payees Texting / phonesVICTORY ENTERPRISES LLC$8,1481 payee CompliancePOLITICAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT$11,7131 payee

More campaign work (2)

LegalBURR & FORMAN, LLP · $2,500 FieldIN FIELD STRATEGIES INC. · $40,075

Operations and overhead (travel, payroll, processors, office) total $71,733 and stay out of this roster.

Shared national-party recipients

Purpose labels come from the reported payment line. Vendor type is a separate identity label.

WHEN THE MONEY MOVED

184 payments

Monthly spend by purpose

2025-09-30 → 2026-06-30 · peak May 2026

2025

2026

Media buyingStrategy consultingDigital adsMedia productionUnclear / otherRemaining categories

Select a month to filter the source-payment ledger. Total shown: $1,227,089.

Accessible monthly values

Month	Spend	Payments
Jan 2025	$0	0
Feb 2025	$0	0
Mar 2025	$0	0
Apr 2025	$0	0
May 2025	$0	0
Jun 2025	$0	0
Jul 2025	$0	0
Aug 2025	$0	0
Sep 2025	$702	1
Oct 2025	$83,795	21
Nov 2025	$23,818	7
Dec 2025	$15,847	10
Jan 2026	$43,020	10
Feb 2026	$51,420	17
Mar 2026	$82,276	16
Apr 2026	$347,783	33
May 2026	$354,603	33
Jun 2026	$223,827	36
Jul 2026	$0	0
Aug 2026	$0	0
Sep 2026	$0	0
Oct 2026	$0	0
Nov 2026	$0	0
Dec 2026	$0	0

Monthly totals use current, spend-counted disbursements in the selected FEC cycle, grouped by source transaction date and conservative purpose category. Loaded subset limits apply.

PAYMENTS

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Date	Recipient	Purpose	Category	Amount
2026-06-01	AMERICAN MEDIA GROUP	TV ADVERTISING	Media buying	$128,055
2026-06-30	DRAKE STRATEGIES	POLITICAL / ADMIN CONSULTING	Strategy consulting	$3,250
2026-03-26	AMERICAN MEDIA GROUP	DIGITAL MEDIA BUY	Digital ads	$54,218
2026-05-28	DRAKE STRATEGIES	POLITICAL/ADMIN CONSULTING	Strategy consulting	$6,500

CAMPAIGN SERVICE RECIPIENTS

DRUMMOND COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LLC

AMERICAN MEDIA GROUP

Media services provider · 11 tx

$666,052

59%

VICTORY ENTERPRISES LLC

Unclassified recipient · 37 tx

$134,963

12%

DRAKE STRATEGIES

Strategy consulting firm · 14 tx

$72,346

FP1 STRATEGIES

Strategy consulting firm · 4 tx

$68,140

Totals use current, spend-counted FEC disbursements for the selected cycle.

SAM MCCOWN · CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN

2026

Sam Mccown

FEC name:: MCCOWN, SAM DR
FEC ID:: H6SC01276
Party:: REP
Office:: H
District:: SC-01

2026 South Carolina 01 House 2026-H-SC-01 · Open seat

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RECENT PAYMENTS

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Date	Recipient	Purpose	Category	Amount
2026-01-02	DRUMMOND COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LLC	POLLING/RESEARCH	Polling/research	$23,750

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TRANSACTION EVIDENCE AND SOURCE DETAILS

DRUMMOND COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LLC

MCCOWN, SAM DR

Filed by DR SAM FOR CONGRESS · C00919068

paid DRUMMOND COMMUNICATIONS GROUP LLC

2026-01-02 / FEC-BULK-2026-4061820261521791886

$23,750

POLLING/RESEARCH

category Polling/research / Direct reported / image 202605289870302863FEC image

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