This matchup isn't final yet — we haven't confirmed every candidate here against the state's official candidate list.
This candidate list comes from federal campaign filings. We haven't checked it against SC's certified ballot yet — someone on that ballot may be missing here, and someone here may not be on it.
An open seat has no incumbent, so no incumbent record to compare — every candidate has statements. We show each for what it is.
HEAD-TO-HEAD · U.S. House · SC-5 · SAME SCALE, SAME METHOD, BOTH CANDIDATES
Two records. Your values.
Solid and hatched shapes are built from roll-call votes wherever a record exists — what each did, not what either says; a shape drawn from reviewed statements is marked on statements. Whose record sits closer to yours is your call to make.
Bill BledsoeWes Climer
SOLID VS. HATCH ASSIGNED BY BALLOT ORDER — NEVER PARTY · SAME SCALE, SAME METHOD FOR BOTH · HOW WE SCORE ▸
Bill Bledsoe has no scored cluster positions yet. Wes Climer has no scored cluster positions yet. Andrew Clough has no scored cluster positions yet. Mallory Dittmer has no scored cluster positions yet. Alex Harper has no scored cluster positions yet.
ALSO IN THIS RACE
Andrew Clough · Democrat — We haven't confirmed this candidate against the state's official candidate list yet.
Mallory Dittmer · Democrat — We haven't confirmed this candidate against the state's official candidate list yet.
Alex Harper · Democrat — We haven't confirmed this candidate against the state's official candidate list yet.
MONEY & TIES · U.S. House · SC-5 · SAME CATEGORIES, SAME SCALE, BOTH CANDIDATES
Bill Bledsoe · ▮
$50.0K
TOTAL RAISED
Corporate-PAC share
— Not yet derived
Registered-lobbyist donations
— Not yet derived
Small-dollar share
0.00%
Disclosed trades · 12 mo
0 (not in office) Not currently a member of Congress; no STOCK Act filing obligation applies.
Wes Climer · ▨
$884.3K
TOTAL RAISED
Corporate-PAC share
— Not yet derived
Registered-lobbyist donations
— Not yet derived
Small-dollar share
1.32%
Disclosed trades · 12 mo
0 (not in office) Not currently a member of Congress; no STOCK Act filing obligation applies.
Quarterly FEC filings; totals cover the period ending on the date shown.
Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.
Disclosed to the FEC in itemized contributions; we have not built the join to lobbyist registrations — same for every candidate.
Not currently a member of Congress; no STOCK Act filing obligation applies.
Every number above is a count or a share — where they differ, the difference is shown at equal weight and you weigh it. Lobbying meetings are not federally disclosed for either candidate; donations from registered lobbyists are.
FEC FILINGS THROUGH Feb 24, 2026
We hold no positions yet for any candidate in this race — none derived from congressional roll-call votes, none from stated campaign positions. That is a gap in our coverage, not a finding about the candidates.