| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | State Senate | 1 | Thomas Alexander | Republican | 100% |
| William Branton, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| SC | State House | 107 | Alan Clemmons | Republican | 100% |
| SC | State Senate | 20 | John Courson | Republican | 100% |
| John Drummond | 100% | ||||
| SC | State House | 104 | Tracy Edge | Republican | 100% |
| SC | State Senate | 6 | Michael Fair | Republican | 100% |
| SC | State Senate | 16 | Chauncey Gregory | Republican | 100% |
| SC | State House | 114 | Robert Harrell, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| John Hawkins | 100% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 31 | Hugh Kenneth Leatherman, Sr. | Republican | 100% |
| SC | State Senate | 29 | Gerald Malloy | Democratic | 100% |
| SC | State Senate | 2 | Larry Martin | Republican | 100% |
| SC | Lieutenant Governor | Glenn McConnell | Republican | 100% | |
| William Mescher | 100% | ||||
| Tommy Moore | 100% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 4 | William O'Dell | Republican | 100% |
| SC | State Senate | 14 | Harvey Smith Peeler, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| Robert Perry, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Arthur Ravenel, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Rex Rice | 100% | ||||
| Scott Richardson | 100% | ||||
| James Ritchie, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Greg Ryberg | 100% | ||||
| SC | State House | 2 | William Sandifer III | Republican | 100% |
| Jefferson Verne Smith | 100% | ||||
| Michael Thompson | 100% | ||||
| Daniel Tripp | 100% | ||||
| Teddy Norman Trotter | 100% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 9 | Daniel Verdin III | Republican | 100% |
| Thad Viers | 100% | ||||
| Robert Walker | 100% | ||||
| SC | State House | 6 | Brian White | Republican | 100% |
| David Horton Wilkins | 100% | ||||
| SC | State House | 58 | Liston Barfield | Republican | 98% |
| SC | Treasurer | Converse Chellis III | 98% | ||
| SC | State House | 43 | Greg Delleney, Jr. | Republican | 98% |
| Dick Elliott | 98% | ||||
| Warren Kenneth Giese | 98% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 37 | Larry Grooms | Republican | 98% |
| SC | State Senate | 15 | Wes Hayes, Jr. | Republican | 98% |
| John Kuhn | 98% | ||||
| SC | State House | 19 | Dwight Loftis | Republican | 98% |
| SC | State Senate | 26 | Nikki Setzler | Democratic | 98% |
| Murrell Smith, Jr. | 98% | ||||
| Ronald Parker Townsend | 98% | ||||
| C. David Umphlett, Jr. | 98% | ||||
| Marion Frye | 96% | ||||
| Joseph Mahaffey, Sr. | 96% | ||||
| Edward Pitts, Jr. | 96% | ||||
| SC | State House | 69 | Richard Quinn, Jr. | Republican | 96% |
| SC | State House | 3 | B. R. Skelton | Republican | 96% |
| Bob Waldrep, Jr. | 96% | ||||
| James Battle, Jr. | 94% | ||||
| Phillip Sinclair | 94% | ||||
| SC | State House | 84 | Roland Smith | Republican | 94% |
| James Stewart, Jr. | 94% | ||||
| Adam Taylor, Sr. | 94% | ||||
| Lewis Raymond Vaughn | 94% | ||||
| Larry Labruce Koon | 92% | ||||
| David Thomas | 92% | ||||
| SC | State House | 89 | Kenneth Bingham | Republican | 90% |
| Harry Cato | 90% | ||||
| Ken Clark | 90% | ||||
| Lewis Pinson | 90% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 11 | Glenn Reese | Democratic | 90% |
| SC | Councilmember | 3 | George Bailey | Republican | 89% |
| Glenn Hamilton | 88% | ||||
| Robert Leach, Sr. | 88% | ||||
| Becky Martin | 88% | ||||
| William Witherspoon | 88% | ||||
| James Harrison | 86% | ||||
| SC | State House | 5 | Phillip Owens | Republican | 85% |
| Jake Knotts, Jr. | 84% | ||||
| SC | State House | 99 | James Merrill | Republican | 84% |
| Wallace Scarborough | 84% | ||||
| William Smith | 84% | ||||
| Annette Young | 84% | ||||
| Catherine Ceips | 82% | ||||
| Daniel Cooper | 82% | ||||
| SC | State House | 118 | William Herbkersman | Republican | 82% |
| Shirley Hinson | 82% | ||||
| SC | State House | 93 | Harry Ott, Jr. | Democratic | 81% |
| SC | State House | 85 | Chip Huggins | Republican | 80% |
| SC | State House | 110 | Harry Limehouse III | Republican | 80% |
| Scott Talley | 80% | ||||
| Ben Hagood, Jr. | 78% | ||||
| Thomas Keegan | 78% | ||||
| Herbert Kirsh | 78% | ||||
| Donald Smith | 78% | ||||
| E. DeWitt McCraw | 77% | ||||
| Marty Coates | 76% | ||||
| James McGee III | 76% | ||||
| John Graham Altman III | 75% | ||||
| SC | State House | 55 | Jackie Hayes | Democratic | 75% |
| Anne Parks | 75% | ||||
| SC | State House | 14 | Michael Pitts | Republican | 75% |
| SC | U.S. House | 3 | Jeff Duncan | Republican | 74% |
| SC | State House | 46 | J. Simrill | Republican | 74% |
| SC | State House | 88 | McLain Toole | Republican | 74% |
| SC | State House | 122 | William Bowers | Democratic | 73% |
| Lanny Littlejohn | 73% | ||||
| SC | State House | 65 | James Lucas | Republican | 72% |
| Thomas Rhoad | 71% | ||||
| SC | State House | 61 | Lester Branham, Jr. | Democratic | 69% |
| Thomas Dantzler | 69% | ||||
| Rebecca Davis Richardson | 68% | ||||
| Harry Carl Stille | 68% | ||||
| Mary Beth Freeman | 67% | ||||
| William Cotty | 66% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 19 | John Scott, Jr. | Democratic | 65% |
| SC | State House | 1 | William Whitmire | Republican | 65% |
| SC | State House | 82 | William Clyburn, Sr. | Democratic | 63% |
| Kenneth Kennedy | 63% | ||||
| John Snow III | 63% | ||||
| JoAnne Gilham | 62% | ||||
| Eldridge Emory | 61% | ||||
| James Neal | 61% | ||||
| SC | State House | 42 | Michael Anthony | Democratic | 59% |
| SC | State Senate | 22 | Joel Lourie | Democratic | 58% |
| Brenda Lee | 57% | ||||
| Denny Neilson | 57% | ||||
| Olin Phillips | 57% | ||||
| Vida Miller | 55% | ||||
| SC | State House | 72 | James Smith, Jr. | Democratic | 55% |
| SC | State House | 80 | Jimmy Bales | Democratic | 51% |
| Jesse Edison Hines | 51% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 27 | Vincent Sheheen | Democratic | 47% |
| SC | State House | 40 | Walton McLeod III | Democratic | 44% |
| Joe Brown | 39% | ||||
| Linda Short | 38% | ||||
| SC | State House | 116 | Robert Brown | Democratic | 37% |
| Amos Lee Gourdine | 35% | ||||
| SC | State House | 66 | Gilda Cobb-Hunter | Democratic | 34% |
| SC | State House | 95 | Jerry Govan, Jr. | Democratic | 34% |
| SC | State Senate | 40 | Charles Bradley Hutto | Democratic | 34% |
| SC | State Senate | 32 | John McGill | Democratic | 33% |
| SC | State House | 50 | Grady Brown | Democratic | 32% |
| SC | State Senate | 17 | Creighton Coleman | Democratic | 32% |
| Guy Davenport, Jr. | 31% | ||||
| Donald Harry Holland | 29% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 33 | Luke Rankin, Sr. | Republican | 29% |
| Charles Alexander Harvin III | 25% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 21 | Darrell Jackson | Democratic | 25% |
| John Land III | 25% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 39 | John Matthews, Jr. | Democratic | 25% |
| Kay Patterson | 25% | ||||
| Ralph Anderson | 23% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 45 | Clementa Pinckney | Democratic | 23% |
| SC | State House | 113 | Seth Whipper | Democratic | 23% |
| Maggie Wallace Glover | 21% | ||||
| Douglas Jennings, Jr. | 21% | ||||
| SC | State Senate | 42 | Robert Ford | Democratic | 19% |
| Floyd Breeland | 18% | ||||
| SC | State House | 109 | David Mack III | Democratic | 18% |
| SC | State Senate | 7 | Karl Allen | Democratic, Working Families | 16% |
| Bessie Moody-Lawrence | 16% | ||||
| SC | State House | 91 | Lonnie Hosey | Democratic | 14% |
| Walter Lloyd | 14% | ||||
| SC | State House | 51 | J. David Weeks | Democratic | 14% |
| Phil Leventis | 13% | ||||
| Mack Hines, Jr. | 10% | ||||
| SC | State House | 76 | Leon Howard | Democratic | 2% |
| SC | State House | 70 | Joseph Neal | Democratic | 0% |
| R. Thayer Rivers, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| SC | State House | 74 | James Rutherford | Democratic | 0% |
| Fletcher Smith, Jr. | 0% |
Special Interest Groups
Rating Group: South Carolina Business and Industry Political Education Committee
2003 Positions
Issues:
Business and Consumers
How to Interpret these Evaluations
Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.
Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.
