Ralph Norman

Republican · SC-5 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

SC-5 — U.S. House

Safe R 99%

Ralph Norman is not among the listed candidates for this seat — the seat is still up in 2026, as every House seat is. Mallory Dittmer vs. Wes Climer.

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Bio

Ralph Warren Norman Jr. is an American politician and real estate developer who has served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 5th congressional district since 2017. His district includes most of the South Carolina side of the Charlotte metropolitan area, along with outer portions of the Upstate and Midlands. A member of the Republican Party, Norman served as the South Carolina state representative for the 48th district from 2005 to 2007 and from 2009 to 2017.

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Record of service

In office: 9.2 years
First took office: 2017 (5 terms)
Seniority: 184 of 437 by time served
Age: 73

District offices

Rock Hill, SC · 803-327-1114

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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2019

$40.2M

2020

$54.1M

2021

$59.6M

2022

$65.5M

2023

$62.6M

2024

$53.5M

2025

$50.2M

Most recent filing (2025)

Assets: $23.0M – $84.1M
Liabilities: $2.3M – $4.5M
Net worth: $18.5M – $81.9M
Since 2019: +$10.0M

Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 139 assets reported

PNC Bank, National Association$5.0M – $25.0M

Four Belles LLC ⇒ Isle of Palms Beach House$1.0M – $5.0M

Norman Development ⇒ 020-23-01-001$1.0M – $5.0M

Norman Development ⇒ 667-01-01-092$1.0M – $5.0M

Norman Development ⇒ 667-01-01-093$1.0M – $5.0M

Norman Development ⇒ 667-01-01-107$1.0M – $5.0M

Ralph David ⇒ 663-00-00-004$1.0M – $5.0M

RD Corners ⇒ 633-08-01-021$1.0M – $5.0M

Collenge Investment$500k – $1.0M

South State Bank$500k – $1.0M

South State Corporation (SSB)$500k – $1.0M

4 Norm ⇒ 655-00-00-020$500k – $1.0M

4 Norm ⇒ Hwy 160/Take 5$500k – $1.0M

Landover Timber ⇒ 3382-86-9466-0000$500k – $1.0M

Norman Development ⇒ 622-00-00-012$500k – $1.0M

Norman Development ⇒ 667-01-01-010$500k – $1.0M

Norman Development ⇒ 667-01-01-019$500k – $1.0M

Norman Development ⇒ 667-01-01-023$500k – $1.0M

Norman Development ⇒ 667-01-01-134$500k – $1.0M

RD Corners ⇒ 633-08-01-020$500k – $1.0M

Celanese North, LLC ⇒ Celanese North$250k – $500k

India Hook Development ⇒ 635-00-00-041$250k – $500k

Landover Beach ⇒ R-05805-003-040$250k – $500k

Landover One ⇒ 633-00-00-002$250k – $500k

Norman Development ⇒ 667-01-01-119$250k – $500k

Norman Development ⇒ Medical Building$250k – $500k

Norman Development ⇒ Waynesville Golf Course$250k – $500k

Waynesville Investment, LLC ⇒ Waynesville Investment$250k – $500k

Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM)$100k – $250k

American Century IRA ⇒ American Century Growth Fund - I Class (TWGIX)$100k – $250k

American Century IRA ⇒ American Century Select Fund Investor Class$100k – $250k

American Century IRA ⇒ American Century Ultra Fund Investor Class$100k – $250k

Cowland ⇒ 150-00-00-128$100k – $250k

Drypowder PO LLC ⇒ Powdersville$100k – $250k

Fayet Hotel LLC ⇒ Holiday Inn Express$100k – $250k

First Land Company ⇒ Galleria Mall$100k – $250k

First Land Company ⇒ The Perch$100k – $250k

Galleria Land ⇒ 667-01-01-005$100k – $250k

LPL Brokerage Account ⇒ Deere & Company (DE)$100k – $250k

Montcross Hawley Ave, LLC ⇒ Belmont Home 2$100k – $250k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

Taxes & Fiscal

R+0.67

Healthcare

R+0.78

Immigration & Border

R+0.96

Guns

R+0.87

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

R+1.00

Environment & Energy

R+0.93

Crime & Policing

R+0.77

Defense & Veterans

R+0.53

Economy & Labor

R+0.77

Foreign Policy & Trade

R+0.62

Civil Rights & Social

R+0.45

Education

R+0.59

Government & Democracy

R+0.84

Judicial & Executive Nominations

R+1.00

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Ralph Norman's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

92%Closest

64%

29%

20%

Democratic Socialists (DSA)

16%

Communist Party USA

15%

On the political map

Ralph Norman (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

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Caucuses & committees

Where Normansits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Republican Study Committeestrongly right · 139 members
Freedom Caucusstrongly right · 31 members

Committees

House Committee on Financial Servicescenter · 53 members
Housing and Insurance Financial Institutions
House Committee on the Budgetcenter · 37 members
House Committee on Rulesright · 13 members
Legislative and Budget Process

Most and least aligned members

Treating Norman's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.