# Russell Fry

Russell Fry is a Republican member of the U.S. House for South Carolina’s 7th district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, South Carolina’s 7th district
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: F000478
- FEC candidate IDs: H2SC07280, S6SC04403

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/F000478 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

5.8% of Fry’s statements use an extreme label, 1.9 times the House Republican average of 3.0%.

## What Fry says (119th Congress (2025–27))

1,288 classified statements: 1,138 posts on X, 67 Congressional Record speeches, 43 newsletters, 40 press releases. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Fry | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.5% | 2.1% | 45 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 16.9% | 15.1% | 71 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 63.9% | 67.7% | 158 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.5% | 8.9% | 164 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 35.0% | 37.4% | 132 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 5.8% | 3.0% | 31 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 26% (House Republicans 12%); Immigration 23% (House Republicans 13%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (House Republicans 19%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (House Republicans 19%); Armed Forces and National Security 16% (House Republicans 24%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.94 (standard error 0.01), from 1,325 donors and 2,452 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 98.5% (97.1%). 45 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · 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… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · 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… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted nay · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 203. 30.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 34 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10668: EASE Act (in committee, 2026-10-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10668
- H.R. 9612: American Enrichment Deployment Act (in committee, 2026-07-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9612
- H.R. 8849: Promoting Police Leadership Act (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8849
- H.R. 8611: Logan's Law (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8611
- H.R. 6437: Kids Internet Safety Partnership Act (in committee, 2025-12-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6437
- H.Res. 767: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that violent attacks against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities and… (in committee, 2025-09-26) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/767
- H.R. 5358: TRUSTED Broadband Networks Act (in committee, 2025-09-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5358
- H.R. 5313: App Store Freedom Act (in committee, 2025-09-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5313
- H.Res. 624: Honoring the life and heroic sacrifice of Mr. Anderson "Chase" Childers, a former Georgia police officer who selflessly sacrificed his life rescuing swimmers… (in committee, 2025-08-01) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/624
- H.R. 4593: SHOWER Act (passed one chamber, 2026-01-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4593

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $3.5M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 5.4% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 69% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRussellFry/status/2114854597122515088
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRussellFry/status/2113669277446463988
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/RepRussellFry/status/2113737231756091617
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRussellFry/status/2113304372457394507
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepRussellFry/status/2113378611294081291
- 2026-10-22 · Newsletter · Russell's Recap: October 22, 2026 · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion, credit claiming
- 2026-10-22 · Congressional Record speech · https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CREC-2026-10-22
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepRussellFry/status/2112888129749442987
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRussellFry/status/2112940725956739116
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepRussellFry/status/2113023773079400671

## Links

- Official site: https://fry.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepRussellFry
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reprussellfry
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reprussellfry
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/reprussellfry
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/F000478

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/F000478