U.S. House District 7
2026 South Carolina U.S. House — District 7 — General Election · November 3, 2026
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South Carolina State Election Commission — Candidate Tracking System
11/3/2026 Statewide General Election
Candidate: John Gregory Vincent
Party: Democratic
Office: U.S. House of Representatives, District 7
Status: Active
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FEC committee ID: C00899492
FEC committee name: JOHN VINCENT FOR CONGRESS
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Published website: https://vincent4congress.org/
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I spent 20 years in the Navy, and I know what we owe the people who serve and the people who paid into this system their whole lives. We keep our word, we keep our hospitals open, and we bring real accountability to the industries driving up the cost of care.
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I spent 20 years in the Navy, and I know what we owe the people who serve and the people who paid into this system their whole lives. We keep our word, we keep our hospitals open, and we bring real accountability to the industries driving up the cost of care.
I spent 20 years in the Navy and continued my life of service out of uniform. I know what we owe the people who serve and the people who paid into this system their whole lives. That means keeping our rural hospitals open, protecting the health care tax credits tens of thousands of our neighbors depend on, and never breaking a promise to a veteran, a teacher, or a first responder. We keep our word, and we hold the industries driving up the cost of care accountable.
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I spent 20 years in the Navy and continued my life of service out of uniform. I know what we owe the people who serve and the people who paid into this system their whole lives. That means keeping our rural hospitals open, protecting the health care tax credits tens of thousands of our neighbors depend on, and never breaking a promise to a veteran, a teacher, or a first responder. We keep our word, and we hold the industries driving up the cost of care accountable.
John is the proud son of a middle-class family. John’s father, the son of an immigrant from the Azores, was an educator who became assistant superintendent of local schools. John’s father also worked a second job at night at a restaurant as a maitre d’ in order to pay for his children’s higher educations - including undergraduate degrees, five master's degrees, and two PhDs. His relentless work ethic, humility, commitment to education, and sacrifice for family fundamentally shaped John's character.
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John is the proud son of a middle-class family. John’s father, the son of an immigrant from the Azores, was an educator who became assistant superintendent of local schools. John’s father also worked a second job at night at a restaurant as a maitre d’ in order to pay for his children’s higher educations - including undergraduate degrees, five master's degrees, and two PhDs. His relentless work ethic, humility, commitment to education, and sacrifice for family fundamentally shaped John's character.
After retiring from the Navy, John became a top leadership development consultant with the prestigeous Gallup organization advising major corporations. He then founded his own uccessful small business focused on leadership development and service-based consulting. His work supported public servants, including municipal leaders, fire and police departments, and nonprofits across the nation.
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After retiring from the Navy, John became a top leadership development consultant with the prestigeous Gallup organization advising major corporations. He then founded his own uccessful small business focused on leadership development and service-based consulting. His work supported public servants, including municipal leaders, fire and police departments, and nonprofits across the nation.
John Vincent brings unparalleled credibility to veterans issues as a retired Navy Command Master Chief with 20 years of distinguished military service. As a senior enlisted leader who spent much of his career in the high-pressure environment of submarine operations and later led a large, multi-branch command across seven bases and five military branches, John understands firsthand the challenges veterans face when transitioning to civilian life and accessing the benefits they have earned.
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John Vincent brings unparalleled credibility to veterans issues as a retired Navy Command Master Chief with 20 years of distinguished military service. As a senior enlisted leader who spent much of his career in the high-pressure environment of submarine operations and later led a large, multi-branch command across seven bases and five military branches, John understands firsthand the challenges veterans face when transitioning to civilian life and accessing the benefits they have earned.
South Carolina's 7th District is full-time home to over 49,000 veterans—representing 7.8% of the district's population and 14.2% of all South Carolina veterans. Additionally our district has an additional uncounted population of veterans who live here part-time. All these men and women who served our nation deserve better than a system that has repeatedly failed them through bureaucratic dysfunction, inadequate resources, and lack of accountability.
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South Carolina's 7th District is full-time home to over 49,000 veterans—representing 7.8% of the district's population and 14.2% of all South Carolina veterans. Additionally our district has an additional uncounted population of veterans who live here part-time. All these men and women who served our nation deserve better than a system that has repeatedly failed them through bureaucratic dysfunction, inadequate resources, and lack of accountability.
As a 20-year Navy veteran and Command Master Chief, John Vincent knows what it means to serve. He knows the sacrifices veterans and their families make. He knows the challenges of transitioning to civilian life. And he knows that excuses don't cut it when lives are on the line.
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As a 20-year Navy veteran and Command Master Chief, John Vincent knows what it means to serve. He knows the sacrifices veterans and their families make. He knows the challenges of transitioning to civilian life. And he knows that excuses don't cut it when lives are on the line.
Compassion: Recognition that behind every statistic is a veteran who served
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Compassion: Recognition that behind every statistic is a veteran who served
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Folks here are working as hard as they ever have and still falling behind. Groceries, housing, utilities, health care: the cost of everything keeps climbing while paychecks stay flat. These are the first things I will take on, because they hit every family in this district.
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Folks here are working as hard as they ever have and still falling behind. Groceries, housing, utilities, health care: the cost of everything keeps climbing while paychecks stay flat. These are the first things I will take on, because they hit every family in this district.
John Vincent's fiscal plan is built on a simple premise that most Americans — Republican, Democrat, and Independent — agree on: the federal government should not spend more than it takes in, the tax code should be fair, and every policy decision should be measured by whether it makes life better for working families. This is not ideology. It is common sense.
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John Vincent's fiscal plan is built on a simple premise that most Americans — Republican, Democrat, and Independent — agree on: the federal government should not spend more than it takes in, the tax code should be fair, and every policy decision should be measured by whether it makes life better for working families. This is not ideology. It is common sense.
End the across-the-board tariffs that act as a 15 percent tax on nearly everything American families buy.
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End the across-the-board tariffs that act as a 15 percent tax on nearly everything American families buy.
Families here are working as hard as they ever have and still falling behind, because groceries, housing, utilities, and health care keep climbing while paychecks stay flat. This is where I start: ending the tariffs that tax nearly everything we buy, protecting Social Security, raising wages so a full-time job covers the basics, and making home ownership something working families can reach again. These are not partisan problems. They are kitchen-table problems, and they have kitchen-table solutions.
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Families here are working as hard as they ever have and still falling behind, because groceries, housing, utilities, and health care keep climbing while paychecks stay flat. This is where I start: ending the tariffs that tax nearly everything we buy, protecting Social Security, raising wages so a full-time job covers the basics, and making home ownership something working families can reach again. These are not partisan problems. They are kitchen-table problems, and they have kitchen-table solutions.
Bring down grocery costs by ending tariff-driven price spikes and protecting the food assistance that thousands of SC-7 families depend on.
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Bring down grocery costs by ending tariff-driven price spikes and protecting the food assistance that thousands of SC-7 families depend on.
I built a small business here from nothing, so I know what it takes to make payroll and what it feels like when Washington gets in the way. Opportunity in the 7th District runs through our small businesses, our family farms, the Grand Strand tourism economy, and the schools that prepare the next generation. I will restore the programs that help small businesses grow, give our farmers the stable trade they can plan around, and build schools and training that lead to real careers right here at home.
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I built a small business here from nothing, so I know what it takes to make payroll and what it feels like when Washington gets in the way. Opportunity in the 7th District runs through our small businesses, our family farms, the Grand Strand tourism economy, and the schools that prepare the next generation. I will restore the programs that help small businesses grow, give our farmers the stable trade they can plan around, and build schools and training that lead to real careers right here at home.
Protect Social Security and remove the income cap so the highest earners pay in like everyone else, adding decades of solvency to the program.
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Protect Social Security and remove the income cap so the highest earners pay in like everyone else, adding decades of solvency to the program.
Expand the tools that make home buying attainable again for first-time and working families.
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Expand the tools that make home buying attainable again for first-time and working families.
Washington is broken because too many politicians serve their party and donors rather than the people who elected them. I will bring the same accountability I brought to every command I led: real term limits, a ban on congressional stock trading, and an end to the dark money that drowns out your voice. And I will make the federal government live within its means, the way every family in this district already has to.
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Washington is broken because too many politicians serve their party and donors rather than the people who elected them. I will bring the same accountability I brought to every command I led: real term limits, a ban on congressional stock trading, and an end to the dark money that drowns out your voice. And I will make the federal government live within its means, the way every family in this district already has to.
I built a small business here from nothing, so I know what it takes and what gets in the way. The engines of this district are our small businesses, our farms, our tourism economy, and the schools that prepare the next generation. Washington should be clearing the path, not blocking it.
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I built a small business here from nothing, so I know what it takes and what gets in the way. The engines of this district are our small businesses, our farms, our tourism economy, and the schools that prepare the next generation. Washington should be clearing the path, not blocking it.
Stop the 67 percent cut to the Small Business Administration and restore the programs small employers count on.
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Stop the 67 percent cut to the Small Business Administration and restore the programs small employers count on.
Stand up a national small-business incubator system through the SBA to help new businesses start and grow, especially in rural and inner-city communities, because steady job creation is the best way to reduce the need for federal assistance.
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Stand up a national small-business incubator system through the SBA to help new businesses start and grow, especially in rural and inner-city communities, because steady job creation is the best way to reduce the need for federal assistance.
Expand rural broadband and improve access to capital so small businesses can compete.
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Expand rural broadband and improve access to capital so small businesses can compete.
Replace random, ever-changing tariffs with a stable, fair-trade policy, so Pee Dee farmers can plan ahead.
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Replace random, ever-changing tariffs with a stable, fair-trade policy, so Pee Dee farmers can plan ahead.
Fight for fair market access and real investment in rural infrastructure, because our farmers are the backbone of this district.
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Fight for fair market access and real investment in rural infrastructure, because our farmers are the backbone of this district.
Protect the coastal resources that our tourism economy and our way of life depend on.
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Protect the coastal resources that our tourism economy and our way of life depend on.
Make vocational training, trade schools, and community colleges affordable and accessible, with tuition offset by a term of military service or by working in high-need communities.
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Make vocational training, trade schools, and community colleges affordable and accessible, with tuition offset by a term of military service or by working in high-need communities.
Stop the premium cliff facing roughly 98,000 people in SC-7 who rely on their health care tax credits, so families, especially those in their late 50s and early 60s, are not priced out of coverage.
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Stop the premium cliff facing roughly 98,000 people in SC-7 who rely on their health care tax credits, so families, especially those in their late 50s and early 60s, are not priced out of coverage.
Protect Medicaid and keep our rural hospitals and clinics open, because in places like Marion and Dillon, the nearest emergency room can already be an hour away, and Marlboro County has no hospital at all.
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Protect Medicaid and keep our rural hospitals and clinics open, because in places like Marion and Dillon, the nearest emergency room can already be an hour away, and Marlboro County has no hospital at all.
Reform health care by holding hospital, pharmaceutical, and insurance companies accountable for the costs they drive, instead of just subsidizing them. The federal government should not be bankrolling these industries.
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Reform health care by holding hospital, pharmaceutical, and insurance companies accountable for the costs they drive, instead of just subsidizing them. The federal government should not be bankrolling these industries.
Protect women's reproductive freedom and keep personal medical decisions between a woman and her doctor, not politicians.
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Protect women's reproductive freedom and keep personal medical decisions between a woman and her doctor, not politicians.
Stop every attempt to limit or cut disability benefits for our veterans.
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Stop every attempt to limit or cut disability benefits for our veterans.
Establish an addiction care center of excellence inside the VA: a public-private partnership run on the Medicare model, staffed and delivered largely through nonprofits supported by federal grants.
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Establish an addiction care center of excellence inside the VA: a public-private partnership run on the Medicare model, staffed and delivered largely through nonprofits supported by federal grants.
End veteran homelessness through housing assistance, VA home loans, emergency shelter, and prevention services, because no one who wore the uniform for this country should be left without a roof over their head.
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End veteran homelessness through housing assistance, VA home loans, emergency shelter, and prevention services, because no one who wore the uniform for this country should be left without a roof over their head.
Protect the Social Security Fairness Act for the teachers, police officers, and firefighters who earned their benefits.
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Protect the Social Security Fairness Act for the teachers, police officers, and firefighters who earned their benefits.
Enact real term limits: six terms in the House and two in the Senate.
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Enact real term limits: six terms in the House and two in the Senate.
Ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks so they cannot profit off the offices we lend them.
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Ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks so they cannot profit off the offices we lend them.
Overturn Citizens United and require full transparency for every campaign contribution.
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Overturn Citizens United and require full transparency for every campaign contribution.
Restore Congress's constitutional authority over war. The Constitution is clear that Congress declares war, not one person, and I will never rubber-stamp military action Congress has not authorized.
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Restore Congress's constitutional authority over war. The Constitution is clear that Congress declares war, not one person, and I will never rubber-stamp military action Congress has not authorized.
Stop the 57 percent increase in the defense budget and cut wasteful, obsolete military spending so we can fund priorities here at home.
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Stop the 57 percent increase in the defense budget and cut wasteful, obsolete military spending so we can fund priorities here at home.
Close tax loopholes for the largest corporations and individuals earning more than 10 million dollars a year, which would raise roughly 75 billion dollars annually, much of it to fund hiring credits for small businesses in low-income communities.
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Close tax loopholes for the largest corporations and individuals earning more than 10 million dollars a year, which would raise roughly 75 billion dollars annually, much of it to fund hiring credits for small businesses in low-income communities.
Fight for a Balanced Budget Amendment so Washington stops spending money it does not have.
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Fight for a Balanced Budget Amendment so Washington stops spending money it does not have.
Bring down the cost of the things families can't skip.
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Bring down the cost of the things families can't skip.
Take on the rising utility bills squeezing households, so working families are not watching their power bill climb month after month.
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Take on the rising utility bills squeezing households, so working families are not watching their power bill climb month after month.
Raise the federal minimum wage to $20 an hour so a full-time job covers the basics.
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Raise the federal minimum wage to $20 an hour so a full-time job covers the basics.
Give tax credits to small businesses that hire in low-income rural and urban areas.
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Give tax credits to small businesses that hire in low-income rural and urban areas.
Stand up for the Grand Strand tourism economy and the hospitality workers who power it, especially when costs rise and Washington is nowhere to be found.
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Stand up for the Grand Strand tourism economy and the hospitality workers who power it, especially when costs rise and Washington is nowhere to be found.
Rebuild and fully fund the Department of Education with a focus on strong K-12 public schools.
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Rebuild and fully fund the Department of Education with a focus on strong K-12 public schools.
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Candidate ID: H6SC07034
Name: VINCENT, JOHN GREGORY
Office: House
State: SC
District: 07
Coverage start: 2025-01-01
Coverage end: 2026-06-30
Total receipts: $297263.53
Total disbursements: $234885.28
Cash on hand: $62378.25
Debts owed by committee: $0.00
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