Representative · South Carolina's 7th district

Russell Fry

Russell Fry is a Republican representative for South Carolina's 7th district, in Congress since 2023. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 4, and cast 463 of 470 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2023
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6750.6%4 of 675 · rank 355 of 43999%463 of 470 · rank 191 of 439201 became law6%12 of 202
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2220.5%6 of 1,222 · rank 401 of 44297%823 of 846 · rank 226 of 442112 became law4%10 of 228

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.55+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  2. H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Nay
    May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  3. H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
    Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
  4. S. 2503: ROTOR ActYea
    Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
  5. H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
    Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 261–167· Against party
  6. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–307· Against party
  7. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–306· Against party
  8. S. 2228: Building Chips in America Act of 2023Nay
    Sep 23, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 257–125· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

31 sponsored · 3 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced2065%
  2. Reported by committee413%
  3. Passed one chamber413%
  4. Became law39.7%

Policy areas

  1. Crime and Law Enforcement12
  2. Armed Forces and National Security2
  3. Commerce2
  4. Energy2
  5. Government Operations and Politics2
  6. Law2
  7. Education1
  8. Health1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 10668 EASE Act
    Introduced· Oct 1, 2026
  2. H.R. 3100 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to ensure that businesses and organizations that work with vulnerable populations are able to request background checks for their contractors who work with those populations, as well as for individuals that the businesses or organizations license or certify to provide care for those populations.
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jul 15, 2026
  3. H.R. 9612 American Enrichment Deployment Act
    Introduced· Energy· Jul 14, 2026
  4. H.R. 8849 Promoting Police Leadership Act
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· May 15, 2026
  5. H.R. 8611 Logan's Law
    Introduced· Crime and Law Enforcement· Apr 30, 2026
  6. H.R. 3340 Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act
    Reported by committee· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Feb 23, 2026
  7. H.R. 4323 Trafficking Survivors Relief Act
    Became law· Crime and Law Enforcement· Jan 23, 2026
  8. H.R. 4593 SHOWER Act
    Passed one chamber· Energy· Jan 15, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to South Carolina's 7th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$221.1M
Per resident
$290
Rank in South Carolina
5 of 7
Contract actions
1,423
New awards: 1,219

By fiscal year

  1. 228.7MFY2017
  2. 249MFY2018
  3. 236.3MFY2019
  4. 210.3MFY2020
  5. 179.7MFY2021
  6. 186.4MFY2022
  7. 227.6MFY2023
  8. 248MFY2024
  9. 298MFY2025
  10. 221.1MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Defense Logistics Agency$170.8M77%
    Department of Defense
  2. Department of Veterans Affairs$26.4M12%
  3. Agricultural Marketing Service$12.4M5.6%
    Department of Agriculture
  4. Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$4M1.8%
    Department of Justice
  5. Federal Aviation Administration$2.9M1.3%
    Department of Transportation
  6. Agricultural Research Service$1.1M0.5%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Department of Housing and Urban Development$857.7K0.4%
  8. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$713.8K0.3%
    Department of the Interior

Top recipients

  1. SO-PAK-CO, INC$166.6M75%
    526 awards
  2. PREMIER MEDICAL DISTRIBUTORS, LLC$25.9M12%
    25 awards
  3. MCCALL FARMS INC$12.4M5.6%
    22 awards
  4. COUNTY OF HORRY$3.2M1.5%
    396 awards
  5. PEACHTREE MECHANICAL, INC.$2.6M1.2%
    1 award
  6. RG TENNEY ELECTRIC INC$2.3M1.0%
    1 award
  7. NATIVE AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS LLC$857.7K0.4%
    1 award
  8. NEWCO INC$560.5K0.3%
    45 awards
  9. WORRELL CONTRACTING CO INC$466.9K0.2%
    10 awards
  10. MCNEAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.$464.4K0.2%
    1 award
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$1.7M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$1M
From committees
$813.5K
232 committees
From contractor PACs
$177.5K
48 PACs · 22% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)$10KNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$0
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
duke energy corporationduke energy corporation employee political action committee (dukepac)$10KDUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$17.5M
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal$10KCOMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$453.1K
charter communications inc.charter communications inc. political action committee$10KCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$130.5K
milliken & companymilliken & company pac$10KMILLIKEN & COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$2M
dominion energy, inc.dominion energy, inc. political action committee - dominion pac$9,000DOMINION ENERGY, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$25.5K
microsoft corporationmicrosoft corporation stakeholders voluntary pac - msvpac$8,500MICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$444.3M
interdigital, inc.interdigital, inc., pac$8,500INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.AI match · 95% · the same organization—
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$7,500AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.7M$813.5K$177.5K48 PACs · 22% of committee money
2024$1.5M$475.5K$72K23 PACs · 15% of committee money
2022$1.4M$207.2K$10.5K5 PACs · 5% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · South Carolina's 7th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · South Carolina's 7th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
fry.house.gov
Phone
202-225-9895
Office
345 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.