South Carolina State Legislative Candidates

Dear Supporter,

Campaign for Liberty gave candidates for State House and Senate an opportunity to provide a straight answer to the following questions.  The candidates' answers can be seen below the list of questions.  Because the vast majority of states do not include 3rd party candidates in the Primary process, Campaign for Liberty policy is to survey 3rd party candidates for General elections, except in Jungle Primary states.   

QUESTIONS

1. Do you oppose the use of all public money to fund any lobbying activity including, but not limited to public employees, consultants, or contractors lobbying legislators to increase the size, funding or power of government?
2. Will you support a “Constitutional Carry” bill that would allow any law-abiding citizen to carry a firearm openly and concealed without a permit?
3. Will you support legislation to nullify ObamaCare and authorize state and local law enforcement to arrest federal officials attempting to implement the unconstitutional health care scheme, known as ObamaCare?
4. Will you support removing the exemption so that legislators will be required to comply with the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act the same as every other branch and level of government?
5. Will you oppose any attempt to pass a ban on texting while driving, which has been shown to increase crash rates?
6. Will you support legislation that would allow school tax credits to parents who choose to educate their children in private or home schools?
7. Will you support full transparency for all “economic development” deals that involve giving public money, land, grants, subsidies or incentives to any private entity as described above?

 

SURVEY ANSWERS

					Y=Yes "N"=No "+"=Will Sponsor
District	Party	First	Last	City	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Q7
House
1	D	John W	Hester	Salem
1	R	John	Dalen	Westminster	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
1	R	Bill	Whitmore	Walhalla
2	R	Ed	Rumsey	Seneca	Y+	Y+	Y	Y	Y	Y+	Y+
2	R	William	Sandifer	Seneca
3	R	Ed J	Harris	Clemson	Y	N		Y	N	Y	Y
3	R	B R	Skelton	Six Mile
4	R	David	Hiott	Pickens
4	R	Vicky	Wynn	Sunset	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y+	Y
5	R	Phillip	Owens	Easley
6	R	William B	White	Anderson
7	R	Michael W	Gambrell	Honea Path
8	R	Don	Bowen	Anderson
8	R	Ted W	Luckadoo	Anderson
8	R	Jonathan	Walker	Anderson
9	R	Anne	Thayer	Belton	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+		Y+
10	R	Hamp	Johnson	Piedmont
10	R	Joshua	Putnam	Easley
11	D	Lee	Garrett	Calhoun Falls
11	R	Craig	Gagnon	Abbeville
12	D	Julia Anne	Parks	Greenwood
13	D	Robert E	Merritt	Greenwood	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	N
13	R	John R	McCravy	Greenwood	Y+	Y	Y
13	R	Robert Shannon	Riley	Hodges
14	R	Michael A	Pitts	Laurens
15	D	Marian	Redish	Hanahan
15	R	Charles	Davis	Hanahan
15	R	Samuel	Rivers	Goose Creek	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
16	R	Mark N	Willis	Fountain Inn	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+		Y	Y
17	R	Tom	Corbin	Travelers Rest	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y	Y	Y
18	R	Tommy	Stringer	Greer
19	R	Dwight A	Loftis	Greenville
20	D	Israel	Romero	Taylors
20	R	Daniel	Hamilton	Taylors	Y+	Y+		Y	Y+	Y+	Y
21	R	Phyllis	Henderson	Greer
22	D	David R	Gahan	Greenville
22	R	Wendy	Nanney	Greenville
23	D	Chandra	Dillard	Greenville
24	R	Bruce W	Bannister	Greenville
25	D	Jermaine A	Boyce	Greenville
25	D	Seldon	Peden	Greenville
26	R	Regina R	Felder	Fort Mill
27	R	Garry R	Smith	Simpsonville	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
28	R	Eric	Bedingfield	Mauldin
29	R	Dennis C	Moss	Gaffney
30	R	Van S	Moss	Blacksburg
31	D	Harold	Mitchell	Spartanburg
32	R	Joseph D	Cole	Spartanburg
33	R	Edward	Tallon	Spartanburg
34	R	Paul M	Forrester	Spartanburg
34	R	Gaye	Holt	Moore
35	R	William	Chumley	Reidville	Y	Y	Y+	Y+	Y	Y	Y
35	R	John K	Owens	Moore
36	R	Rita	Allison	Lyman	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
36	R	Jim	McMillan	Lyman
37	R	Steve	Parker	Boiling Springs
37	R	Donna	Wood	Spartanburg	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	N	Y+	Y+
38	R	Norman D	Brannon	Landrum
39	R	Ralph Shealy	Kennedy	Leesville
39	R	George Eddie	McCain	Leesville
39	R	Phil	Perry	Saluda
39	R	Jim Wiz	Wiszowaty	Batesburg
40	D	Walton	McLeod	Little Mountain
41	D	MaryGail	Douglas	Winnsboro
41	D	Herbert P	Dove	Winnsboro
41	D	John P	Nicholson	Winnsboro
41	D	Eugene	Sutton	Winnsboro
41	R	William	Gray	Ridgeway	Y+	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
42	D	Mike	Anthony	Union
42	R	Randall	English	Jonesville	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
43	R	Francis G	Delleney	Chester
44	D	Bob M	Cook	Kershaw
44	D	Mandy Powers	Norrell	Lancaster
44	R	Joseph	Coy	Heath Springs
44	R	Michael R	Payne	Heath Springs	Y+	Y+		Y+	Y	Y	Y+
45	R	Deborah	Long	Indian Land
46	R	Gary	Simrill	Rock Hill
47	R	Thomas	Pope	Rock Hill
48	R	Ralph W	Norman	Rock Hill
49	D	John R	King	Rock Hill
50	D	Grady	Brown	Bishopville
51	D	J David	Weeks	Sumter
52	D	Laurie Slade	Funderburk	Camden
52	R	Kim	Demer	Camden
52	R	David	Herndon	Elgin
53	D	Phil	Powell	Cheraw
53	D	Ted Martin	Vick	Chesterfield
53	R	Richard	Yow	Cheraw	Y+	Y+	Y	Y+	Y	Y+	Y+
54	D	Elizabeth R	Munnerlyn	Bennettsville
54	D	Johnny	Sellers	Bennettsville
55	D	Jackie	Hayes	Dillon
56	R	Dennis	DiSabato	Myrtle Beach
56	R	Michael	Ryhal	Myrtle Beach
57	D	Joseph W	George	Mullins
57	R	Eric	Fry	Nichols
58	R	Liston D	Barfield	Aynor
58	R	Fonzie	Lewis	Conway
59	D	Terry	Alexander	Florence
60	R	Phillip	Lowe	Florence
61	D	Lester	Branham	Lake City
62	D	Robert	Williams	Darlington
62	R	Carl D	Johnson	Timmonsville
62	R	Nancy Blackmon	Lee	Darlington
62	R	Ronald Reese	Page	Darlington
63	D	Austin	Smith	Florence
63	R	Kris	Crawford	Florence
64	D	Robert L	Ridgeway	Manning
64	R	George	Gray	Summerton
65	R	James H	Lucas	Hartsville
66	D	Gilda	Cobb-Hunter	Orangeburg
67	R	Murrell	Smith	Sumter
68	R	Heather Ammons	Crawford	Myrtle Beach
68	R	Larry	Richardson	Myrtle Beach	Y	Y	Y	Y			Y
69	R	Rick	Quinn	Lexington
70	D	Joseph	Neal	Hopkins
71	R	Nathan	Ballentine	Chapin
72	D	James E	Smith	Columbia
73	D	Christopher	Hart	Columbia
74	D	J Todd	Rutherford	Columbia
75	D	Joe	McCulloch	Columbia
75	R	Jim	Corbett	Columbia
75	R	Kirkman	Finlay	Columbia
76	D	Leon	Howard	Columbia
76	R	Charles	Hill	Columbia	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
77	D	Michael	Bailey	Columbia
77	D	Joe	McEachern	Columbia
77	D	Christopher	Sullivan	Columbia	Y	N	N	Y	N	N
78	D	Beth	Bernstein	Columbia
78	R	Joan	Brady	Columbia
79	D	Mia	Butler Garrick	Columbia
79	D	Vannie	Williams	Columbia
80	D	Jimmy	Bales	Eastover
81	R	Jane	Vaughters	Aiken
81	R	Don	Wells	Aiken
82	D	William C	Clyburn	Aiken
83	R	William	Hixon	North Augusta
84	R	James Roland	Smith	Warrenville
85	R	Chip	Huggins	Columbia
86	R	Bill	Taylor	Aiken
87	R	Todd	Atwater	Lexington
88	D	Walid	Hakim	Lexington
88	R	Mac	Toole	West Columbia	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y	Y+	Y+
89	R	Kenneth	Bingham	Cayce
90	D	Bakari	Sellers	Denmark
90	R	Dan	Lawrence	Walterboro
91	D	Lonnie	Hosey	Barnwell
91	R	Ben	Kinlaw	Barnwell	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	N	Y	Y
92	R	Joe	Daning	Goose Creek
93	D	Harry L	Ott	St. Matthews
94	R	Jenny	Horne	Summerville
95	D	Jerry N	Govan	Orangeburg
96	R	Lawrence K	Spires	Pelion
97	D	Patsy G	Knight	St George
97	R	Jordan	Bryngelson	Ridgeville	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
97	R	Edward	Carter	Dorchester	Y+	Y+	Y	Y+	N	Y+	Y
98	R	Christopher	Murphy	Summerville
99	R	James	Merrill	Charleston
100	R	Edward L	Southard	Moncks Corner	Y+		Y	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
101	D	Ronnie A	Sabb	Kingstree
102	D	Joe	Jefferson	Pineville
102	R	John J	Mondo	Harleyville
102	R	Allan	Weiss	Cross
103	D	Carl L	Anderson	Georgetown
103	R	Thomas	Winslow	Georgetown
104	D	Charles	Randall	Little River
104	R	Greg	Duckworth	North Myrtle Beach
104	R	Tracy R	Edge	North Myrtle Beach
104	R	Gary	Stephens	N. Myrtle Beach	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
105	R	Michael	Connett	Loris
105	R	Liz	Gilland	Conway
105	R	Kevin J	Hardee	Loris
105	R	Blake	Hewitt	Conway
105	R	William B	von Herrmann	Conway	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
105	R	William E	Wiegand	Conway	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
106	R	Nelson	Hardwick	Surfside Beach
106	R	Rod	Smith	Surfside Beach
106	R	Dick	Withington	Myrtle Beach
107	R	Alan	Clemmons	Myrtle Beach
108	D	Jarrod	Ownbey	Pawleys Island
108	R	Stephen	Goldfinch	Murrells Inlet	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
109	D	David	Mack	North Charleston
110	R	Chip	Limehouse	Charleston
110	R	Peter vonLehe	Ruegner	Charleston
111	D	Wendell G	Gilliard	Charleston
111	R	Will	Freeman	Charleston	Y+	Y+	Y	Y+	Y+	Y	Y
112	R	Mike	Sottile	Isle of Palms
113	D	Jackson S	Whipper	North Charleston
114	D	Larry Carter	Center	Charleston
114	R	Bobby	Harrell	Charleston
115	D	Carol	Tempel	Charleston
115	R	Peter	McCoy	Charleston
116	D	Robert L	Brown	Hollywood
117	R	Bill	Crosby	North Charleston
118	R	Bill	Herbkersman	Bluffton
119	D	Leon	Stavrinakis	Charleston
119	R	Chris	Cannon	Johns Island
119	R	Sean	Hughes	Charleston
120	R	Weston	Newton	Bluffton
120	R	Laura	Sterling	Bluffton
120	R	Jerry	Stewart	Bluffton
121	D	Kenneth F	Hodges	Green Pond
123	R	Andy	Patrick	Hilton Head Island
124	R	Shannon S	Erickson	Beaufort
Senate
1	R	Thomas C	Alexandar	Walhalla
2	R	Larry A	Martin	Pickens
2	R	Rex F	Rice	Easley	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y	Y+	Y+
3	R	Don C	Bowen	Anderson
3	R	Kevin L	Bryant	Anderson	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y	Y	Y	Y
4	R	Riley	Harvell	Belton
4	R	William H	O'Dell	Greenwood
5	R	Phillip W.	Shoopman	Greer
5	R	Amanda Tieder	Somers	Greer
6	R	Michael L	Fair	Greenville
6	R	Tommie	Reece	Greenville
6	R	Chris	Sullivan	Greenville
7	D	Karl B	Allen	Greenville
7	D	Ennis	Fant	Greenville
7	D	Lillian Brock	Flemming	Greenville
7	R	Jane	Kizer	Mauldin	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
8	D	Jeffrey	Dishner	Greenville
8	R	Chad	Groover	Mauldin
8	R	Jim	Lee	Mauldin
8	R	Joe	Swann	Greeville
8	R	David	Thomas	Fountain Inn
8	R	Ross	Turner	Greenville
9	R	Daniel B	Verdin	Laurens
10	D	Floyd	Nicholson	Greenwood
10	R	Jennings G	McAbee	McCormick
10	R	Chet	Royston	Greenwood
11	D	Glenn	Reese	Inman
11	R	Kerry	Wood	Inman
12	D	Henri	Thompson	Lyman
12	R	Lee	Bright	Spartanburg	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y	Y+	Y+
12	R	John	Hawkins	Spartanburg
13	R	Shane	Martin	Spartanburg
14	R	Harvey	Peeler	Gaffney
15	R	Wes	Hayes	Rock Hill	Y			Y	N
16	R	Greg	Gregory	Lancaster
17	D	Creighton B	Coleman	Winnsboro
17	R	Bob	Carrison	Winnsboro	Y+	Y+	Y	Y+		Y+	Y
17	R	Morgan Bruce	Reeves	Winnsboro
18	R	Rich	Bolen	Lexington	Y	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
18	R	Ronnie	Cromer	Prosperity
18	R	Alan	Hunter	Columbia	Y+	N		Y+	N	N	N
18	R	Kara Gormley	Meador	Leesville	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y+	Y
19	D	John L	Scott	Columbia
20	D	Robert	Rikard	Columbia
20	R	John	Courson	Columbia
21	D	Darrell	Jackson	Hopkins
22	D	Joel	Lourie	Columbia
22	R	Debra Langley	Kennedy	Columbia	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y+	Y	Y
23	R	Jake	Knotts	W. Columbia
23	R	Katrina	Shealy	Lexington	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
24	R	Tom	Young	Aiken
25	R	Shane	Massey	Edgefield
25	R	John W	Pettigrew	Edgefield
26	D	Nikki	Setzler	West Columbia
26	R	Perry	Finch	Pelion
26	R	Duane	Naquin	W. Columbia	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
26	R	Deedee	Vaughters	Aiken	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
27	D	Vincent	Sheheen	Camden
28	R	Greg	Hembree	Little River
29	D	Gerald	Malloy	Hartsville
29	R	Nancy Blackmon	Lee	Darlington
30	D	Patrick T	Richardson	Britton's Neck
30	D	Kent	Williams	Marion
31	R	Hugh	Leatherman	Florence
32	D	John Yancey	McGill	Kingstree
32	D	Cezar E	McKnight	Kingstree
33	R	Luke A	Rankin	Myrtle Beach
34	R	Raymond	Cleary	Murrells Inlet
34	R	Dick	Withington	Myrtle Beach
35	D	Thomas	McElveen	Sumter
35	D	Eugene B	McLeod	Pinewood
35	R	Tony	Barwick	Sumter	Y+		Y+	Y	N		Y+
35	R	Eddie	Drayton	Sumter	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
35	R	Wade	Kolb	Sumter	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
36	D	Kevin L	Johnson	Manning
36	D	Shaun C	Kent	Manning
36	R	Leon	Winn	Sumter
37	R	Larry	Grooms	Bonneau
38	R	Sean	Bennett	Summerville
38	R	Mike	Rose	Summerville
39	D	John	Matthews	Bowman
40	D	Brad	Hutto	Orangeburg
41	D	Paul	Tinkler	Charleston
41	R	Wally	Burbage	Charleston
41	R	Sean	Pike	Charleston	Y	Y	Y+	Y	Y	Y	Y
41	R	John	Steinberger	Charleston
41	R	Paul	Thurmond	Charleston
42	D	Master P	Bines	Charleston
42	D	Frederick A	Fielding	Charleston
42	D	Robert	Ford	Charleston
43	R	Chip	Campsen	Isle of Palms
44	D	Barbara	McGowin	Goose Creek	Y+	N	N	Y+	N	N	Y+
44	R	Paul G	Campbell	Goose Creek
45	D	Clementa	Pinckney	Ridgeland
45	R	Leilani	Bessinger	Beaufort
46	R	Tom	Davis	Beaufort