Representative, South Carolina State House of Representatives, District 44, 2012-2021

Candidate, South Carolina State House of Representatives, District 44, 2018, 2020

Candidate, Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 2018

Candidate, South Carolina State Senate, District 16, 2008

Former Member, Economic Development, Transportation, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Subcommittee, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former First Vice Chair, Judiciary Committee, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Legislative Oversight Committee, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Constitutional Laws, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Transportation, and Natural Resources, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Special Laws, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Attorney, Norrell and Powers Norrell, Limited Liability Company, 1998-present

City Attorney, City of Lancaster, 1999-2012

Town Attorney, Town of Kershaw, 2012

Foster Parent, Animals Awaiting Adoption, Lancaster Humane Society, 2008-present

Member, Learning Institute for Tomorrow Board, 2008-present

Member, Discovery Elementary School Advisory Board, 2007-present

Member, Lancaster Downtown Business Association, 2007-present

Treasurer, Friends of Medford Library, 2003-present

Member, Lancaster Pregnancy Care Center Advisory Board, 2003-present

Sponsor/Captain, American Cancer Society Relay for Life

Member, First Baptist Church, Lancaster

Member, North Carolina Bar Association

Member, Order of the Coif

Member, Order of the Wig and Robe

Member, South Carolina Bar Association

Member, South Carolina Federal Courts

6th Judicial Circuit Representative, University of South Carolina Law Alumni Board

Troop Leader, Girl Scouts of America, 2009-2012

Vice Chair, Palmetto Citizens Against Sexual Assualt, 2008-2012

Member, South Carolina Bankruptcy Law Association, 1999-2012

Secretary/Treasurer, University of South Carolina Law Alumni Board, 2013-2012

Member, Executive Board, South Carolina Junior Civitan District, 1996-1999

Date of Wedding Anniversary:

March 18, 1995

Father's Name:

Carl R

Mother's Name:

Beverly B

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

I was born and raised in this District, my whole life is along the Catawba River. For the past 270 years, my family has been right here, and we will be here 270 more!

This is the land for which my ancestors fought the British.

This is the land where my 6th great grandfather hosted George Washington.

This is the land where my parents met and married.

The land where they worked for Springs Mills for a combined 68 years and made a good living and great opportunities for me.

This is the land where I received a terrific PUBLIC SCHOOL education.

The land where I was taught in our churches to love God.

This is the land where I myself worked in Springs Mills in order to pay for college, and learned the value of hard work and saving.

This is the land I came home to, to renovate a historic building and practice law.

The land where I married the love of my life and had my children, who are also now attending public school in this District! Their names are Teddy and Emma and THEY are the reason I am running for Senate.

Our Children -- The air they breathe, the water they drink, the food they eat, their health and education, job security for their parents, and retirement security for their grandparents.

Because I believe my children and yours deserve to grow up in a District where:
Our Public Schools are fully funded and no one is taking away their funding for back-door private school voucher programs.

Where our working families get the help and support they need.

Where our Catawba River, our water source, the lifeblood of our District, is clean, full, and protected!

As an attorney who has spent her career fighting for PEOPLE against corporations, insurance companies, and predatory lenders, I am in a position to know the needs and the hurts of working people.

When I see my former Springs co-workers struggling, unable to find a job, and wondering what they are going to do, too old to find work, too young to retire, it is heart-breaking. I will do everything in my power as a Senator to recruit good jobs to this District.

No candidate knows better than me the work-ethic of the people of this District. Because I have worked beside them. Given the training and opportunity, our people can do ANYTHING!
I believe in this District. And I love this District.

As your Senator, every decision I make will be made out of a love for this District and its people and NOT out of a desire to move up the political ladder. You can take that to the bank.

But I am going to need your help. Elections are not won by a candidate alone, but by a family of supporters who believe in the message.

I promise you that I will work twice as hard as I ask you to work and I will always be eager to listen to your concerns.

Because this is not about me. I am just the vehicle to get the message to Columbia.

It is about you. It is about our children. And it is about every working man and woman in this district, and especially about the ones who wish they were working but cannot find a job.

I am asking for your vote, and I am asking for your support. But I am also asking you for something much much more than that:

I am asking you to run with me! TOGETHER, we can bring about a NEW GENERATION OF LEADERSHIP!