Dear Supporter,

Campaign for Liberty gave candidates for State House and Senate an opportunity to provide straight answers to the following questions. The answers from the candidates who won their elections can be seen below the list of questions.

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

State House				Y=Yes "N"=No "+"=Will Sponsor
Dist	Party	First	Last	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Q7
1	R	Bill	Whitmire
2	R	William	Sandifer
3	R	B R	Skelton
4	R	David	Hiott
5	R	Phillip	Owens
6	R	William B	White
7	R	Michael W	Gambrell
8	R	Don	Bowen
9	R	Anne	Thayer	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+		Y+
10	R	Joshua	Putnam
11	R	Craig	Gagnon
12	D	Julia Anne	Parks
13	R	Robert Shannon	Riley
14	R	Michael A	Pitts
15	R*	Samuel	Rivers	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
16	R	Mark N	Willis	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+		Y	Y
18	R	Tommy	Stringer
19	R	Dwight A	Loftis
20	R	Daniel	Hamilton	Y+	Y+		Y	Y+	Y+	Y
21	R	Phyllis	Henderson
22	R	Wendy	Nanney
23	D	Chandra	Dillard
24	R	Bruce W	Bannister
25	D	Leola	Robinson-Simpson
26	R*	Regina R	Felder
27	R	Garry R	Smith	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
28	R	Eric	Bedingfield
29	R	Dennis C	Moss
30	R	Van S	Moss
31	D	Harold	Mitchell
32	R	Joseph D	Cole
33	R	Edward	Tallon
34	R	Paul M	Forrester
35	R	William	Chumley	Y	Y	Y+	Y+	Y	Y	Y
36	R	Rita	Allison	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y
37	R	Donna	Wood	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	N	Y+	Y+
38	R	Norman D	Brannon
39	R	Ralph Shealy	Kennedy
40	D	Walton	McLeod
41	D	MaryGail	Douglas
42	D	Mike	Anthony
43	R	Francis G	Delleney
45	R	Deborah	Long
46	R	Gary	Simrill
47	R	Thomas	Pope
48	R	Ralph W	Norman
49	D	John R	King
50	D	Grady	Brown
51	D	J David	Weeks
52	D	Laurie Slade	Funderburk
53	D	Ted Martin	Vick
54	D	Elizabeth R	Munnerlyn
55	D	Jackie	Hayes
56	R*	Michael	Ryhal
57	D	Joseph W	George
58	R	Liston D	Barfield
59	D	Terry	Alexander
60	R	Phillip	Lowe
61	D	Lester	Branham
62	D	Robert	Williams
63	R	Kris	Crawford
64	D*	Robert L	Ridgeway
65	R	James H	Lucas
66	D	Gilda	Cobb-Hunter
67	R	Murrell	Smith
68	R	Heather Ammons	Crawford
69	R	Rick	Quinn
70	D	Joseph	Neal
71	R	Nathan	Ballentine
72	D	James E	Smith
73	D	Christopher	Hart
74	D	J Todd	Rutherford
75	R	Kirkman	Finlay
76	D	Leon	Howard
77	D	Joe	McEachern
78	D	Beth	Bernstein
79	D	Mia	Butler Garrick
80	D	Jimmy	Bales
81	R	Don	Wells
82	D	William C	Clyburn
83	R	William	Hixon
84	R	James Roland	Smith
85	R	Chip	Huggins
86	R	Bill	Taylor
87	R	Todd	Atwater
88	R	Mac	Toole	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y	Y+	Y+
89	R	Kenneth	Bingham
90	D	Bakari	Sellers
91	D	Lonnie	Hosey
92	R	Joe	Daning
93	D	Harry L	Ott
94	R	Jenny	Horne
95	D	Jerry N	Govan
96	R	Lawrence K	Spires
97	D	Patsy G	Knight
98	R	Christopher	Murphy
99	R	James	Merrill
100	R	Edward L	Southard	Y+		Y	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
101	D	Ronnie A	Sabb
102	D	Joe	Jefferson
103	D	Carl L	Anderson
104	R	Tracy R	Edge
105	R*	Kevin J	Hardee
106	R	Nelson	Hardwick
107	R	Alan	Clemmons
108	R	Stephen	Goldfinch	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
109	D	David	Mack
110	R	Chip	Limehouse
111	D	Wendell G	Gilliard
112	R	Mike	Sottile
113	D	Jackson S	Whipper
114	R	Bobby	Harrell
115	R	Peter	McCoy
116	D	Robert L	Brown
117	R	Bill	Crosby
118	R	Bill	Herbkersman
119	D	Leon	Stavrinakis
120	R	Weston	Newton
121	D	Kenneth F	Hodges
122	D	Bill	Bowers
124	R	Shannon S	Erickson
State Senate
1	R	Thomas C	Alexandar
2	R	Larry A	Martin
3	R	Kevin L	Bryant	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y	Y	Y	Y
4	R	William H	O'Dell
5	R	Tom	Corbin
6	R	Michael L	Fair
8	R	Ross	Turner
9	R	Daniel B	Verdin
10	D	Floyd	Nicholson
11	D	Glenn	Reese
12	R	Lee	Bright	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y	Y+	Y+
13	R	Shane	Martin
14	R	Harvey	Peeler
15	R	Wes	Hayes	Y			Y	N
16	R	Greg	Gregory
17	D	Creighton B	Coleman
18	R	Ronnie	Cromer
19	D	John L	Scott
20	R	John	Courson
21	D	Darrell	Jackson
22	D	Joel	Lourie
23	R*	Katrina	Shealy	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+	Y+
24	R*	Tom	Young
25	R	Shane	Massey
26	D	Nikki	Setzler
27	D	Vincent	Sheheen
28	R*	Greg	Hembree
29	D	Gerald	Malloy
30	D	Kent	Williams
31	R	Hugh	Leatherman
32	D	John Yancey	McGill
33	R	Luke A	Rankin
34	R	Raymond	Cleary
35	D	Thomas	McElveen
36	D*	Kevin L	Johnson
37	R	Larry	Grooms
38	R	Sean	Bennett
39	D	John	Matthews
40	D	Brad	Hutto
42	D	Robert	Ford
43	R	Chip	Campsen
44	R	Paul G	Campbell
45	D	Clementa	Pinckney
46	R	Tom	Davis