Republican candidate Jackie Terribile raised $18,130 over the summer and early fall in her bid for the South Carolina House District 66 seat, nearly three times the $6,272 reported by Democrat candidate Heather Hart, according to Pre-Election Campaign Disclosure reports both candidates filed with the South Carolina State Ethics Commission this week.
The pre-election reports cover activity from July 1 through mid-October. They are the last full accounting voters will see before the Nov. 3 general election. Both candidates live in Fort Mill, and District 66 includes much of Tega Cay and the surrounding Fort Mill area.
Terribile filed her report Oct. 16. Hart filed hers Oct. 15.
Money in the bank
Terribile ended the period with $26,868 on hand, about six times Hart’s balance of $4,430. Over the full election cycle, Terribile has raised $61,786 and spent $39,108. Hart has raised $14,748 and spent $10,318 over the same cycle.
Both candidates also carry loans. Terribile’s report lists a loan balance of $6,160, though her cycle summary shows $4,500 in loans received. The report does not explain the difference. Hart lists a $1,000 loan balance, matching the $1,000 she has loaned her campaign this cycle. She has also contributed $1,000 of her own money. Terribile reports no personal contributions.
Two different donor bases
The reports show two campaigns built on very different kinds of support.
Terribile’s money came largely from larger checks. Fourteen contributions of $500 or more accounted for $11,650, or about 64% of her total for the period. Eight donors gave $1,000 each, including the SC Realtors political committee in Columbia, Lancaster resident Robert Henderson, Rock Hill residents Carol Nash and Martie Climer, and Fort Mill resident Beverly Tauke. Two Fort Mill entities sharing the same Gold Hill Road address, the law firm Nosal & Jeter LLP and Bon Temps Investments LLC, each gave $1,000 on July 13. MJN LLC, listed with a Virginia Beach address, also gave $1,000.
Her median contribution was $100. A large share of her donors listed themselves as retired, and several live on her own street, with three neighbors contributing a combined $550.
Hart’s campaign relied on small, often recurring gifts. Of her 65 contributions, 43 were $50 or less, and her median contribution was $50. Some donors gave on a monthly schedule. Fort Mill resident Katherine Rutland made seven contributions of $25 or $50 between July and October. A California donor gave $1.47 three months in a row.
Hart’s largest single contribution from a political organization was $500 from the York County Democratic Party on Oct. 9. Kathy Chase of Fort Mill also gave $500.
Out-of-state money
Hart drew a larger share of her money from outside South Carolina. Contributors from California, Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio and Connecticut gave a combined $2,531, about 40% of her total for the period.
Most of that came from one donor. Megan Hull of Oakland, California, listed as an activist, gave $1,000 on Oct. 1 and another $1,000 on Oct. 3. Hart’s campaign refunded $1,000 to Hull on Oct. 4, a payment recorded on the expenditure side of the report. State law caps individual contributions to House candidates at $1,000 per election. Not counting the refunded money, out-of-state donors made up about 29% of Hart’s contributions.
Terribile’s out-of-state contributions totaled $1,700, or about 9% of her period total. Beyond the Virginia Beach LLC, they included small recurring gifts from donors in Florida, New York, Mississippi and Texas.
Where the money went
Terribile spent $12,037 during the period, with the bulk going to printing and outside consultants.
Minuteman Press in Rock Hill received $5,350 for printing, including two payments of $2,354 in September and $524 in October for letters and envelopes. Campaign Marketing Strategies Inc., a McLean, Virginia, firm, received $3,593, made up of a $500 monthly retainer and a $1,593 charge for data and research on Oct. 8. Ignite Marketing on Front Street in Fort Mill received $1,779 for email and text campaigns and a video voiceover, most of it billed in early October.
Smaller expenses included $325 to Jamie Carney Photography of Fort Mill, $262 for campaign T-shirts and hats, about $128 in plastic door hanger bags and $175 in fees to WinRed, the Republican online fundraising platform.
Hart spent $5,473, though $1,000 of that was the refund to Hull. Her largest category was printing, with $2,406 going to two online printers in California, Next Day Flyer and UPrinting. She paid $900 in monthly retainers to MBK Brands of Fort Mill and $416 for signs from BrandPro in Rock Hill.
Hart paid about $202 in processing fees to ActBlue, the Democratic online fundraising platform, spread across dozens of small charges that track her small-dollar donations. She also spent $221 on booth supplies and $67 on phone service.
One shared expense
The two campaigns did have one line item in common. Each paid the City of Tega Cay $260 on Aug. 5 for a vendor booth at Catawba Fest 2026.
What comes next
Any contribution of $500 or more received in the final days before the election must be reported separately within 48 hours. The full Pre-Election Campaign Disclosure reports for both candidates are available on the South Carolina State Ethics Commission’s public campaign disclosure website. Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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Thomas Hyslip lives in Tega Cay with his wife and daughter. After 27 years in the U.S. Army and Federal Law Enforcement, he retired to pursue his passion for teaching. Tom is now an Associate Professor of Instruction at the University of South Florida. In 2 short years he has won 10 awards from the South Carolina Press Association, including first place in column writing, education beat reporting and best podcast.
