2026 South Carolina Legislative Scorecard

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the South Carolina State Legislature in 2026 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

1. Biological Sex

Requires public schools and colleges to designate multi-person restrooms, changing rooms, and sleeping quarters for use only by members of one sex.

2. Ivermectin

Would allow adults aged 18 and older to purchase ivermectin intended for human use from a pharmacy without a prescription.

3. Municipal Sales Taxes

Allows certain municipalities to ask voters to approve a local sales tax of up to one percent.

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Cost per household: -$46.00/year

S0866 Passed 96 to 16 on May 13, 2026 See 14th Amendment

4. School Construction and Taxes

Expands the number of counties allowed to impose a local sales tax for school construction and other education-related capital improvements.

Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Cost per household: -$18.00/year

H4589 Passed 91 to 14 on May 14, 2026 See Declaration of Independence

5. Bahamas Trade Commission

Creates a 15-member South Carolina-Bahamas Trade Commission to promote ties between South Carolina and the Bahamas.

6. Con-Con Rules

Sets deceptive rules for selecting and overseeing South Carolina's delegates to a potential Article V convention.

How did they vote?

Legend: Pro-Freedom Anti-Freedom Did not vote

Name	Party	Score
Terry Alexander	D	25%
Carl L. Anderson	D	33%
Frank Lucas Atkinson	D	33%
William H. Bailey	R	33%
Nathan Ballentine	R	33%
Justin T. Bamberg	D	20%
Bruce W. Bannister	R	20%
Heather Bauer	D	40%
Thomas Beach	R	50%
Beth E. Bernstein	D	N/A
Phillip Bowers	R	50%
Jeff A. Bradley	R	40%
Gary S. Brewer	R	67%
Thomas Case Brittain	R	40%
James Mikell Burns	R	N/A
Joseph M. Bustos	R	40%
Paula Rawl Calhoon	R	40%
Micajah P. Caskey	R	25%
Donald Chapman	R	33%
William M. Chumley	R	100%
William Clyburn	D	33%
Gilda Cobb-Hunter	D	20%
Neal A. Collins	R	33%
Brandon L. Cox	R	33%
Heather Ammons Crawford	R	25%
April Cromer	R	50%
Sylleste H. Davis	R	33%
Chandra E. Dillard	D	20%
Adam L. Duncan	R	50%
Sarita L. Edgerton	R	50%
Shannon S. Erickson	R	33%
Greg Ford	R	20%
Cally R. Forrest	R	33%
Stephen Frank	R	67%
Craig A. Gagnon	R	33%
Kambrell Houston Garvin	D	40%
Gil A. Gatch	R	0%
Daniel Gibson	R	60%
Leon D. Gilliam	R	20%
Wendell G. Gilliard	D	33%
Thomas Lee Gilreath	R	60%
Jerry N. Govan	D	20%
Hamilton R. Grant	D	17%
Thomas Duval Guest	R	33%
Brandon Guffey	R	20%
Patrick B. Haddon	R	20%
William Winston Hager	R	40%
Kevin Hardee	R	33%
Robert Harris	R	100%
Christopher R. Hart	D	40%
Thomas F. Hartnett	R	20%
Charles V. Hartz	R	33%
Jackie E. Hayes	D	33%
Rosalyn D. Henderson-Myers	D	33%
William G. Herbkersman	R	33%
William Lee Hewitt	R	33%
Davey R. Hiott	R	33%
William M. Hixon	R	33%
Harriet A. Holman	R	33%
Lonnie Hosey	D	33%
Leon Howard	D	N/A
William C. Huff	R	67%
Jeffrey E. Johnson	R	40%
Jermaine L. Johnson	D	N/A
Wendell K. Jones	D	0%
Wallace H. Jordan	R	33%
John Gregory Kilmartin	R	83%
John R. King	D	20%
Roger K. Kirby	D	33%
Katherine Landing	R	40%
John T. Lastinger	R	67%
Brian Lawson	R	33%
Thomas R. Ligon	R	33%
Steven Wayne Long	R	33%
Phillip D. Lowe	R	33%
Jason S. Luck	D	33%
Roy Josiah Magnuson	R	60%
David Martin	R	50%
Donald Ryan McCabe	R	80%
John R. Mccravy	R	60%
Annie E. McDaniel	D	0%
Timothy A. McGinnis	R	33%
Cody T. Mitchell	R	50%
Dianne Mitchell	R	75%
Scott W. Montgomery	R	20%
JA Moore	D	0%
Travis A. Moore	R	40%
Timothy Alan Morgan	R	67%
Dennis Carroll Moss	R	33%
James Michael Neese	R	20%
Brandon Michael Newton	R	40%
Wm. Weston Newton	R	33%
Melissa Lackey Oremus	R	33%
Jordan S. Pace	R	50%
Fawn M. Pedalino	R	50%
Thomas E. Pope	R	40%
Luke S. Rankin	R	20%
Robert T. Reese	D	17%
Michael F. Rivers	D	0%
Robby Robbins	R	33%
Seth C. Rose	D	25%
James Todd Rutherford	D	40%
Richard Blake Sanders	R	0%
Carla Schuessler	R	20%
Keishan M. Scott	D	33%
Heath Sessions	R	40%
Marvin M. Smith	R	33%
Murrell Smith	R	33%
Tiffany Spann-Wilder	D	0%
Leonidas E. Stavrinakis	D	0%
Bill Taylor	R	33%
James E. Teeple	R	33%
Jackie R. Terribile	R	67%
David Vaughan	R	25%
Courtney S. Waters	D	20%
J. David Weeks	D	N/A
Elizabeth S. Wetmore	D	20%
Joseph S. White	R	100%
William R. Whitmire	R	33%
Paul B. Wickensimer	R	33%
Robert Q. Williams	D	33%
Mark N. Willis	R	40%
Christopher Sloan Wooten	R	20%
Richard L. Yow	R	33%

Average Freedom Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	23.3%
Republican	40.5%