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James E. Clyburn

James E. Clyburn

Representative· SCDHouse● In officeOn the ballot in 2026
Before officeTeacher · Employment counsellor · Chief executive officer · John C. West
File · Money Read

What the money shows

James E. Clyburn has an estimated net worth of $298,500. The 2026 campaign raised $1.2M. James E. Clyburn sits on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies and Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
$299K
$167K+
Raised (last cycle)
$1.2M
FEC · 2026
Years in role
33
Representative since 1993
Net-worth filings
18
−$99K since 2008
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

Why negative? Financial disclosures require officials to report mortgages and loans as liabilities, but exclude personal residences and other non-income-producing assets. Someone whose main asset is their home can show a negative disclosednet worth in some years — it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re in debt. See methodology.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
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† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.

File C — Service

Term history

  1. RepresentativeSC-6D
    2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
  2. RepresentativeSC-6D
    2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
  3. RepresentativeSC-6D
    2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
  4. RepresentativeSC-6D
    2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
  5. RepresentativeSC-6D
    2017 – 2019 · 2 yrs
  6. RepresentativeSC-6D
    2015 – 2017 · 2 yrs
  7. RepresentativeSC-6D
    2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
  8. RepresentativeSC-6D
    2011 – 2013 · 2 yrs
  9. Show 9 earlier terms1993–2011▸
    1. RepresentativeSC-6D
      2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs
    2. RepresentativeSC-6D
      2007 – 2009 · 2 yrs
    3. RepresentativeSC-6D
      2005 – 2007 · 2 yrs
    4. RepresentativeSC-6D
      2003 – 2005 · 2 yrs
    5. RepresentativeSC-6D
      2001 – 2003 · 2 yrs
    6. RepresentativeSC-6D
      1999 – 2001 · 2 yrs
    7. RepresentativeSC-6D
      1997 – 1999 · 2 yrs
    8. RepresentativeSC-6D
      1995 – 1997 · 2 yrs
    9. RepresentativeSC-6D
      1993 – 1995 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.