South Carolina

Executives · Congressional delegation · State legislature · State supreme court

Statewide executives

Henry McMaster

R Governor

Term 2017–2027

Pamela Evette

R Lieutenant Governor

Term 2019–2027

Alan Wilson

R Attorney General

Term 2011–2027

Howard Knapp

I Chief Election Officer

Term 2023–2026

State supreme court: South Carolina Supreme Court

Direct legislative appointment · Term: 10 years · 4 sitting justices (1 vacant seat). The state legislature chooses the justices.

John Kittredge

Chief Justice

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: July 30, 2024

Appointing official: not listed

Photo: Ballotpedia

D. Garrison Hill

Justice · Associate Justice

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: February 8, 2023

Appointing official: not listed

Photo: Ballotpedia

George C. James Jr.

Justice · Associate Justice

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: February 7, 2017

Appointing official: not listed

Photo: Ballotpedia

Letitia H. Verdin

Justice · Associate Justice

Party as listed: Nonpartisan

Took office: July 31, 2024

Appointing official: not listed

Photo: Ballotpedia

Vacant

Vacant seat

Associate Justice currently vacant, per Ballotpedia

No public decision data available for this court.

Court page → · Source: Ballotpedia

Congressional delegation

Current delegation: 1 D · 8 R · scores are DW-NOMINATE (comparable across Congress)

U.S. Senate

Darline Graham

Tim Scott

Lindsey O. Graham

R SC · former/inactive

+0.367

U.S. House

Nancy Mace

Joe Wilson

Sheri Biggs

William Timmons

Ralph Norman

James Enos Clyburn

Russell Fry

State legislature

South Carolina Senate 46 members · 34 R · 12 D open in Rankings →

708 roll calls (249 contested, used for scores), 2025-01-16 to 2026-08-11; sessions: 2025-2026 Regular Session

#	Name	Party	District	Score (liberal → conservative)	Party unity	Votes
1	Margie Bright Matthews	D	45	-1.000	79.5%	692
2	Brad Hutto	D	40	-0.890	98.8%	689
3	Deon Tedder	D	42	-0.888	97.5%	694
4	Ronnie Sabb	D	32	-0.875	98.0%	703
5	Tameika Isaac Devine	D	19	-0.862	98.5%	698
6	Jeffrey Graham	D	35	-0.856	99.6%	702
7	Overture Walker	D	22	-0.850	97.3%	690
8	Ed Sutton	D	20	-0.845	96.4%	697
9	Karl Allen	D	7	-0.841	98.9%	686
10	Russell Ott	D	26	-0.753	97.6%	688
11	Darrell Jackson	D	21	-0.708	98.4%	682
12	Kent Williams	D	30	-0.546	95.9%	704
13	Luke Rankin	R	33	-0.130	94.3%	640
14	Jeff Zell	R	36	+0.008	95.4%	698
15	Tom Davis	R	46	+0.120	96.1%	705
16	Shane Martin	R	13	+0.166	91.0%	705
17	Jason Elliott	R	6	+0.170	96.4%	704
18	Brian Adams	R	44	+0.188	97.0%	703
19	Chip Campsen	R	43	+0.203	96.4%	687
20	J.D. Chaplin	R	29	+0.203	95.9%	683
21	Everett Stubbs	R	17	+0.231	96.5%	693
22	Ronnie Cromer	R	18	+0.237	97.2%	700
23	Mike Gambrell	R	4	+0.239	97.1%	687
24	Matt Leber	R	41	+0.246	90.7%	697
25	Sean Bennett	R	38	+0.253	96.8%	704
26	Ross Turner	R	8	+0.261	97.3%	704
27	Stephen Goldfinch	R	34	+0.266	97.4%	691
28	Greg Hembree	R	28	+0.273	97.3%	702
29	Danny Verdin	R	9	+0.303	97.2%	690
30	Michael Johnson	R	16	+0.310	96.7%	704
31	Josh Kimbrell	R	11	+0.312	95.7%	683
32	Allen Blackmon	R	27	+0.331	97.2%	704
33	Tom Alexander	R	1	+0.349	98.3%	705
34	Shane Massey	R	25	+0.369	91.4%	699
35	Larry Grooms	R	37	+0.373	99.3%	697
36	Tom Young	R	24	+0.387	98.0%	706
37	Billy Garrett	R	10	+0.393	95.8%	704
38	Tom Fernandez	R	39	+0.414	80.6%	616
39	Harvey Peeler	R	14	+0.426	97.6%	706
40	Tom Corbin	R	5	+0.430	91.9%	703
41	Carlisle Kennedy	R	23	+0.485	93.9%	701
42	Richard Cash	R	3	+0.515	95.3%	698
43	Wes Climer	R	15	+0.518	93.7%	695
44	Mike Reichenbach	R	31	+0.530	97.0%	705
45	Rex Rice	R	2	+0.535	96.5%	707
—	Lee Bright not ranked	R	12	—	—	0

South Carolina House 124 members · 89 R · 35 D open in Rankings →

1347 roll calls (604 contested, used for scores), 2025-01-16 to 2026-08-25; sessions: 2025-2026 Regular Session

#	Name	Party	District	Score (liberal → conservative)	Party unity	Votes
1	Hamilton Grant	D	79	-1.000	99.0%	1347
2	Chandra Dillard	D	23	-0.993	99.2%	1347
3	Robert Reese	D	70	-0.992	96.9%	1346
4	Michael Rivers	D	121	-0.991	98.6%	1347
5	Wendell Jones	D	25	-0.984	98.5%	1342
6	John King	D	49	-0.982	96.9%	1340
7	Gilda Cobb-Hunter	D	95	-0.980	99.0%	1347
8	Leon Howard	D	76	-0.979	97.2%	1327
9	Wendell Gilliard	D	111	-0.978	97.9%	1347
10	Annie McDaniel	D	41	-0.976	97.4%	1347
11	Kambrell Garvin	D	77	-0.974	99.0%	1347
12	Robert Williams	D	62	-0.972	99.1%	1347
13	J.A. Moore	D	15	-0.966	97.7%	1342
14	Todd Rutherford	D	74	-0.960	97.6%	1347
15	Bill Clyburn	D	82	-0.954	98.8%	1347
16	Jason Luck	D	54	-0.952	98.3%	1347
17	Carl Anderson	D	103	-0.950	98.9%	1347
18	Roger Kirby	D	101	-0.946	98.8%	1347
19	Terry Alexander	D	59	-0.937	98.5%	1347
20	Spencer Wetmore	D	115	-0.933	98.1%	1347
21	Jerry Govan	D	93	-0.932	98.6%	1347
22	Justin Bamberg	D	90	-0.923	97.5%	1347
23	Lonnie Hosey	D	91	-0.911	98.2%	1168
24	David Weeks	D	51	-0.909	98.2%	1347
25	Seth Rose	D	72	-0.909	97.1%	1346
26	Chris Hart	D	73	-0.901	97.0%	1347
27	Heather Bauer	D	75	-0.888	97.2%	1347
28	Beth Bernstein	D	78	-0.886	97.4%	1347
29	Leon Stavrinakis	D	119	-0.875	97.7%	1346
30	Jermaine Johnson	D	52	-0.847	96.3%	1337
31	Jackie Hayes	D	55	-0.642	94.0%	1347
32	Lucas Atkinson	R	57	-0.278	92.0%	1347
33	Tom Hartnett	R	110	+0.023	94.1%	1347
34	Gil Gatch	R	94	+0.231	95.5%	1347
35	James Teeple	R	116	+0.253	96.3%	1347
36	Neal Collins	R	5	+0.275	98.1%	1347
37	David Martin	R	26	+0.283	97.6%	1347
38	Gary Brewer	R	114	+0.286	98.4%	1347
39	Scott Montgomery	R	32	+0.286	98.6%	1347
40	Nathan Ballentine	R	71	+0.290	97.8%	1347
41	Heath Sessions	R	46	+0.294	98.4%	1347
42	Micah Caskey	R	89	+0.294	98.1%	1347
43	Brandon Guffey	R	48	+0.305	97.3%	1347
44	Dennis Moss	R	29	+0.310	97.5%	1347
45	Mark Smith	R	99	+0.312	97.6%	1347
46	Jeff Bradley	R	123	+0.324	98.0%	1347
47	Bill Taylor	R	86	+0.326	99.0%	1347
48	Kevin Hardee	R	105	+0.327	98.4%	1347
49	Paula Calhoon	R	87	+0.327	98.6%	1347
50	Brandon Cox	R	92	+0.337	99.3%	1347
51	Tim McGinnis	R	56	+0.337	98.0%	1347
52	Bill Hager	R	122	+0.340	97.3%	1347
53	Chris Wooten	R	69	+0.341	99.0%	1347
54	Fawn Pedalino	R	64	+0.341	98.2%	1347
55	Shannon Erickson	R	124	+0.342	98.6%	1347
56	Davey Hiott	R	4	+0.343	98.9%	1344
57	William Bailey	R	104	+0.343	98.6%	1347
58	Sylleste Davis	R	100	+0.345	99.1%	1347
59	Phillip Lowe	R	60	+0.347	99.0%	1347
60	Brandon Newton	R	45	+0.348	99.0%	1347
61	Val Guest	R	106	+0.349	98.5%	1347
62	Bruce Bannister	R	24	+0.351	99.2%	1347
63	Harriet Holman	R	102	+0.351	99.4%	1342
64	Joe Bustos	R	112	+0.351	99.0%	1347
65	Robby Robbins	R	97	+0.351	99.2%	1347
66	Richie Yow	R	53	+0.355	98.5%	1347
67	Jeff Johnson	R	58	+0.356	98.7%	1295
68	Tommy Pope	R	47	+0.356	99.4%	1347
69	Lee Hewitt	R	108	+0.357	99.3%	1275
70	Jay Jordan	R	63	+0.357	99.0%	1342
71	Craig Gagnon	R	11	+0.359	99.1%	1347
72	Charlie Hartz	R	81	+0.360	98.9%	1347
73	Randy Ligon	R	43	+0.362	99.3%	1347
74	Murrell Smith	R	67	+0.364	98.9%	1347
75	Kathy Landing	R	80	+0.364	98.3%	1346
76	Weston Newton	R	120	+0.365	99.1%	1347
77	Heather Crawford	R	68	+0.367	97.5%	1347
78	Bill Hixon	R	83	+0.367	99.6%	1343
79	Daniel Gibson	R	12	+0.370	95.2%	1347
80	Paul Wickensimer	R	22	+0.371	98.8%	1347
81	Cal Forrest	R	39	+0.374	98.3%	1347
82	David Vaughan	R	27	+0.377	98.5%	1347
83	Don Chapman	R	8	+0.380	97.9%	1347
84	Patrick Haddon	R	19	+0.381	97.9%	1347
85	Cody Mitchell	R	65	+0.383	97.8%	1347
86	Doug Gilliam	R	42	+0.383	97.4%	1347
87	Phillip Bowers	R	3	+0.386	96.8%	1347
88	Travis Moore	R	33	+0.386	99.4%	1347
89	Bill Herbkersman	R	118	+0.395	99.4%	850
90	Mark Willis	R	16	+0.399	98.7%	1347
91	Bill Whitmire	R	1	+0.401	97.1%	1347
92	Steven Long	R	37	+0.404	96.9%	1347
93	Melissa Oremus	R	84	+0.406	93.9%	1347
94	Luke Rankin	R	14	+0.418	94.9%	1347
95	Brian Lawson	R	30	+0.418	98.2%	1346
96	Adam Duncan	R	2	+0.426	92.8%	1347
97	Rob Harris	R	36	+0.431	75.8%	1347
98	Chris Huff	R	28	+0.446	83.7%	1346
99	Jay Kilmartin	R	85	+0.447	80.4%	1347
100	John McCravy	R	13	+0.448	88.4%	1347
101	Joe White	R	40	+0.459	80.3%	1347
102	Josiah Magnuson	R	38	+0.465	79.8%	1347
103	Lee Gilreath	R	7	+0.487	79.4%	1347
104	Mike Burns	R	17	+0.494	86.4%	1347
105	Ryan McCabe	R	96	+0.495	83.6%	1347
106	Sarita Edgerton	R	34	+0.501	80.9%	1347
107	Jackie Terribile	R	66	+0.506	82.4%	1347
108	Bill Chumley	R	35	+0.525	83.7%	1347
109	Thomas Beach	R	10	+0.526	80.3%	1347
110	Jordan Pace	R	117	+0.531	81.8%	1347
111	April Cromer	R	6	+0.532	80.3%	1347
—	Alan Morgan not ranked	R	18	—	—	0
—	Blake Sanders not ranked	R	9	—	—	0
—	Carla Schuessler not ranked	R	61	—	—	0
—	Case Brittain not ranked	R	107	—	—	0
—	Courtney Waters not ranked	D	113	—	—	0
—	Dianne Mitchell not ranked	R	21	—	—	0
—	Greg Ford not ranked	R	98	—	—	0
—	John Lastinger not ranked	R	88	—	—	0
—	Keishan Scott not ranked	D	50	—	—	0
—	Mike Neese not ranked	R	44	—	—	0
—	Rosalyn Henderson-Myers not ranked	D	31	—	—	0
—	Stephen Frank not ranked	R	20	—	—	0
—	Tiffany Spann-Wilder not ranked	D	109	—	—	0