2025 South Carolina Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the South Carolina General Assembly in 2025 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

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Senate Votes
House Votes

House Votes

1. Con-Con Rules

Sets deceptive rules for selecting and overseeing South Carolina's delegates to a potential Article V convention, including eligibility, oversight, and compensation.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No
H3558 Roll Call 1505836 Passed 76 to 29 on Mar 5, 2025 See Article V

2. DEI Ban

Bans state and local institutions from promoting DEI programs, requires compliance certification, and allows enforcement by the attorney general.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
H3927 Roll Call 1534869 Passed 82 to 32 on Apr 2, 2025 See Declaration of Independence

3. Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act

Bans government gun-owner registries and blocks credit-card companies from using merchant codes to track firearm or ammunition purchases.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes
H3930 Roll Call 1542168 Passed 85 to 10 on Apr 9, 2025 See First Amendment, Second Amendment, and Fourth Amendment

4. Weight-limit Exceptions for EVs

Allows electric battery-powered motor vehicles to exceed normal weight limits by up to 2,000 pounds.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No
H3944 Roll Call 1553887 Passed 87 to 23 on Apr 22, 2025 See Declaration of Independence and 14th Amendment

5. Corporate Welfare

Extends the Angel Investor Tax Credit Act through 2035.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Cost per household: -$2.53/year
H4134 Roll Call 1553864 Passed 90 to 19 on Apr 22, 2025 See Declaration of Independence and 14th Amendment

6. "Free" School Meals

Forces South Carolina school districts to track student poverty, expand taxpayer-funded school meals, assist with applications, ban "lunch shaming," and consider joining the federal Community Eligibility Provision.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No
S0425 Roll Call 1562069 Passed 94 to 15 on Apr 30, 2025 See Article I Section 8

How did they vote?

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Legend: Pro-Freedom Anti-Freedom Did not vote
Name Party Score 1 2 3 4 5 6
Terry Alexander D N/A
Carl L. Anderson D 20%
Frank Lucas Atkinson D 17%
William H. Bailey R 40%
Nathan Ballentine R 40%
Justin T. Bamberg D 67%
Bruce W. Bannister R 40%
Heather Bauer D 33%
Thomas Beach R 100%
Beth E. Bernstein D 20%
Phillip Bowers R 40%
Jeff A. Bradley R 33%
Gary S. Brewer R 33%
Thomas Case Brittain R 67%
James Mikell Burns R 67%
Joseph M. Bustos R 33%
Paula Rawl Calhoon R 25%
Micajah P. Caskey R 33%
Donald Chapman R 33%
William M. Chumley R 75%
William Clyburn D 20%
Gilda Cobb-Hunter D 20%
Neal A. Collins R 20%
Bobby J. Cox R 20%
Brandon L. Cox R 33%
Heather Ammons Crawford R 40%
April Cromer R 83%
Sylleste H. Davis R 33%
Chandra E. Dillard D 20%
Adam L. Duncan R 50%
Sarita L. Edgerton R 83%
Shannon S. Erickson R 40%
Cally R. Forrest R 33%
Stephen Frank R 100%
Craig A. Gagnon R 25%
Kambrell Houston Garvin D 25%
Gil A. Gatch R 25%
Daniel Gibson R 50%
Leon D. Gilliam R 33%
Wendell G. Gilliard D 17%
Thomas Lee Gilreath R 83%
Jerry N. Govan D 20%
Hamilton R. Grant D 17%
Thomas Duval Guest R 33%
Brandon Guffey R 60%
Patrick B. Haddon R 50%
William Winston Hager R 33%
Kevin Hardee R 60%
Robert Harris R 100%
Christopher R. Hart D N/A
Thomas F. Hartnett R 33%
Charles V. Hartz R 33%
Jackie E. Hayes D 0%
Rosalyn D. Henderson-Myers D 17%
William G. Herbkersman R 20%
William Lee Hewitt R 25%
Davey R. Hiott R 33%
William M. Hixon R 20%
Harriet A. Holman R 33%
Lonnie Hosey D 17%
Leon Howard D N/A
William C. Huff R 80%
Jeffrey E. Johnson R 67%
Jermaine L. Johnson D 20%
Wendell K. Jones D 17%
Wallace H. Jordan R 50%
John Gregory Kilmartin R 83%
John R. King D 17%
Roger K. Kirby D 33%
Katherine Landing R 33%
Brian Lawson R 50%
Thomas R. Ligon R 33%
Steven Wayne Long R 67%
Phillip D. Lowe R 33%
Jason S. Luck D 33%
Roy Josiah Magnuson R 83%
David Martin R 33%
Robert J. May R 83%
Donald Ryan McCabe R 100%
John R. Mccravy R 50%
Annie E. McDaniel D 17%
Timothy A. McGinnis R 33%
Cody T. Mitchell R 33%
Scott W. Montgomery R 20%
JA Moore D N/A
Travis A. Moore R 20%
Timothy Alan Morgan R 83%
Dennis Carroll Moss R 50%
Christopher J. Murphy R N/A
James Michael Neese R 33%
Brandon Michael Newton R 33%
Wm. Weston Newton R 50%
Melissa Lackey Oremus R 67%
Jordan S. Pace R 100%
Fawn M. Pedalino R 50%
Thomas E. Pope R 33%
Luke S. Rankin R 40%
Robert T. Reese D 33%
Michael F. Rivers D 20%
Robby Robbins R 33%
Seth C. Rose D 0%
James Todd Rutherford D 0%
Richard Blake Sanders R 33%
Carla Schuessler R 20%
Heath Sessions R 20%
Marvin M. Smith R 33%
Murrell Smith R 33%
Tiffany Spann-Wilder D 25%
Leonidas E. Stavrinakis D 20%
Bill Taylor R 33%
James E. Teeple R 33%
Jackie R. Terribile R 83%
David Vaughan R 33%
Courtney S. Waters D 0%
J. David Weeks D 20%
Elizabeth S. Wetmore D 20%
Joseph S. White R 83%
William R. Whitmire R 40%
Paul B. Wickensimer R 33%
Robert Q. Williams D 20%
Mark N. Willis R 40%
Christopher Sloan Wooten R 33%
Richard L. Yow R 33%

Average Freedom Score by Party

PartyScore
Democrat20.2%
Republican46.5%
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