Rating Group: South Carolina Business and Industry Political Education Committee
2008 Positions on Pro-Business Policy
Issues:
Business and Consumers
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC | U.S. House-3 | Jeff Duncan | R | 72.77 |
| SC | U.S. House-5 | Michael Mulvaney | R | 73.86 |
| SC | Governor | Nikki Haley | R | 83.51 |
| SC | Lieutenant Governor | Glenn McConnell | R | 100+ |
| SC | State House-1 | William Whitmire | R | 62.46 |
| SC | State House-2 | William Sandifer III | R | 76.92 |
| SC | State House-3 | B. R. Skelton | R | 84.20 |
| SC | State House-4 | David Hiott | R | 61.39 |
| SC | State House-5 | Phillip Owens | R | 79.65 |
| SC | State House-6 | Brian White | R | 79.81 |
| SC | State House-7 | Michael Gambrell | R | 75.71 |
| SC | State House-8 | Don Bowen | R | 63.91 |
| SC | State House-14 | Michael Pitts | R | 68.59 |
| SC | State House-19 | Dwight Loftis | R | 75.61 |
| SC | State House-24 | Bruce Bannister | R | 72.26 |
| SC | State House-27 | Garry Smith | R | 68.54 |
| SC | State House-28 | Eric Bedingfield | R | 65.41 |
| SC | State House-29 | Dennis Moss | R | 70.21 |
| SC | State House-31 | Harold Mitchell, Jr. | D | 55.81 |
| SC | State House-40 | Walton McLeod III | D | 59.87 |
| SC | State House-42 | Michael Anthony | D | 48.97 |
| SC | State House-43 | Greg Delleney, Jr. | R | 62.37 |
| SC | State House-46 | J. Simrill | R | 75.99 |
| SC | State House-50 | Grady Brown | D | 57.12 |
| SC | State House-51 | J. David Weeks | D | 45.76 |
| SC | State House-52 | Laurie Funderburk | D | 65.74 |
| SC | State House-53 | Ted Vick | D | 55.96 |
| SC | State House-55 | Jackie Hayes | D | 69.05 |
| SC | State House-58 | Liston Barfield | R | 69.78 |
| SC | State House-59 | Terry Alexander | D | 49.61 |
| SC | State House-60 | Phillip Lowe | R | 81.69 |
| SC | State House-61 | Lester Branham, Jr. | D | 65.21 |
| SC | State House-62 | Robert Williams | D | 37.31 |
| SC | State House-63 | Kristopher Crawford | R | 74.41 |
| SC | State House-65 | James Lucas | R | 70.59 |
| SC | State House-66 | Gilda Cobb-Hunter | D | 67.69 |
| SC | State House-70 | Joseph Neal | D | 57.95 |
| SC | State House-71 | Nathan Ballentine | R | 74.78 |
| SC | State House-72 | James Smith, Jr. | D | 35.53 |
| SC | State House-73 | Christopher Hart | D | 42.04 |
| SC | State House-74 | James Rutherford | D | 44.63 |
| SC | State House-76 | Leon Howard | D | 31.98 |
| SC | State House-80 | Jimmy Bales | D | 65.17 |
| SC | State House-82 | William Clyburn, Sr. | D | 52.66 |
| SC | State House-84 | Roland Smith | R | 75.34 |
| SC | State House-85 | Chip Huggins | R | 68.09 |
| SC | State House-88 | McLain Toole | R | 66.42 |
| SC | State House-89 | Kenneth Bingham | R | 71.19 |
| SC | State House-90 | Bakari Sellers | D | 51.67 |
| SC | State House-91 | Lonnie Hosey | D | 51.19 |
| SC | State House-92 | Joseph Daning | R | 63.50 |
| SC | State House-93 | Harry Ott, Jr. | D | 76.88 |
| SC | State House-95 | Jerry Govan, Jr. | D | 47.77 |
| SC | State House-96 | Lawrence Kit Spires | R | 63.68 |
| SC | State House-97 | Patsy Knight | D | 63.57 |
| SC | State House-99 | James Merrill | R | 79.45 |
| SC | State House-102 | Joseph Jefferson, Jr. | D | 44.14 |
| SC | State House-103 | Carl Anderson | D | 50.74 |
| SC | State House-104 | Tracy Edge | R | 47.84 |
| SC | State House-106 | Nelson Hardwick | R | 72.93 |
| SC | State House-107 | Alan Clemmons | R | 74.75 |
| SC | State House-109 | David Mack III | D | 45.02 |
| SC | State House-110 | Harry Limehouse III | R | 47.54 |
| SC | State House-113 | Seth Whipper | D | 47.39 |
| SC | State House-114 | Robert Harrell, Jr. | R | 88.54 |
| SC | State House-116 | Robert Brown | D | 38.46 |
| SC | State House-118 | William Herbkersman | R | 66.53 |
| SC | State House-119 | Leonidas Stavrinakis | D | 89.02 |
| SC | State House-121 | Kenneth Hodges | D | 65.87 |
| SC | State House-122 | William Bowers | D | 59.31 |
| SC | State House-124 | Shannon Erickson | R | 77.31 |
| SC | State Senate-1 | Thomas Alexander | R | 70.40 |
| SC | State Senate-2 | Larry Martin | R | 75.84 |
| SC | State Senate-3 | Kevin Bryant | R | 75.60 |
| SC | State Senate-4 | William O'Dell | R | 60.05 |
| SC | State Senate-6 | Michael Fair | R | 51.63 |
| SC | State Senate-7 | Karl Allen | Other | 49.94 |
| SC | State Senate-9 | Daniel Verdin III | R | 50.84 |
| SC | State Senate-11 | Glenn Reese | D | 64.05 |
| SC | State Senate-14 | Harvey Smith Peeler, Jr. | R | 64.40 |
| SC | State Senate-15 | Wes Hayes, Jr. | R | 53.63 |
| SC | State Senate-16 | Chauncey Gregory | R | 76.01 |
| SC | State Senate-17 | Creighton Coleman | D | 36.36 |
| SC | State Senate-18 | Ronnie Cromer | R | 70.40 |
| SC | State Senate-19 | John Scott, Jr. | D | 55.44 |
| SC | State Senate-20 | John Courson | R | 62.40 |
| SC | State Senate-21 | Darrell Jackson | D | 49.38 |
| SC | State Senate-22 | Joel Lourie | D | 62.14 |
| SC | State Senate-25 | Shane Massey | R | 62.40 |
| SC | State Senate-26 | Nikki Setzler | D | 80.81 |
| SC | State Senate-27 | Vincent Sheheen | D | 92.81 |
| SC | State Senate-29 | Gerald Malloy | D | 62.14 |
| SC | State Senate-30 | Kent Williams | D | 70.65 |
| SC | State Senate-31 | Hugh Kenneth Leatherman, Sr. | R | 85.05 |
| SC | State Senate-32 | John McGill | D | 72.14 |
| SC | State Senate-33 | Luke Rankin, Sr. | R | 74.81 |
| SC | State Senate-34 | Ray Cleary III | R | 67.53 |
| SC | State Senate-37 | Larry Grooms | R | 54.81 |
| SC | State Senate-39 | John Matthews, Jr. | D | 56.84 |
| SC | State Senate-40 | Charles Bradley Hutto | D | 73.60 |
| SC | State Senate-42 | Robert Ford | D | 61.08 |
| SC | State Senate-43 | George Campsen III | R | 93.84 |
| SC | State Senate-44 | Paul Campbell, Jr. | R | 90.25 |
| SC | State Senate-45 | Clementa Pinckney | D | 57.38 |
| Paul Agnew | Other | 69.43 | ||
| Ralph Anderson | Other | 49.38 | ||
| James Battle, Jr. | Other | 68.27 | ||
| Joan Brady | Other | 77.87 | ||
| Curtis Brantley | Other | 47.46 | ||
| Floyd Breeland | Other | 50.21 | ||
| Harry Cato | Other | 87.32 | ||
| Catherine Ceips | Other | 66.40 | ||
| Richard Chalk, Jr. | Other | 54 | ||
| Daniel Cooper | Other | 62.55 | ||
| William Cotty | Other | 79.19 | ||
| Thomas Dantzler | Other | 74.07 | ||
| Guy Davenport, Jr. | Other | 46.72 | ||
| John Drummond | Other | 55.38 | ||
| Dick Elliott | Other | 72.05 | ||
| Marion Frye | Other | 64.41 | ||
| Carl Gullick | Other | 67.22 | ||
| Ben Hagood, Jr. | Other | 79.72 | ||
| Glenn Hamilton | Other | 55.22 | ||
| James Harrison | Other | 81.82 | ||
| Cathy Harvin | Other | 48.17 | ||
| Gloria Haskins | Other | 63.63 | ||
| John Hawkins | Other | 49.73 | ||
| Heyward Hutson | Other | 63.66 | ||
| Douglas Jennings, Jr. | Other | 52.22 | ||
| Keith Kelly | Other | 75.53 | ||
| Kenneth Kennedy | Other | 49.47 | ||
| Herbert Kirsh | Other | 92.76 | ||
| Jake Knotts, Jr. | Other | 82.81 | ||
| John Land III | Other | 60.84 | ||
| Robert Leach, Sr. | Other | 76.17 | ||
| Phil Leventis | Other | 51.38 | ||
| Lanny Littlejohn | Other | 64.80 | ||
| Joseph Mahaffey, Sr. | Other | 63.24 | ||
| William Mescher | Other | 61.60 | ||
| Vida Miller | Other | 65.61 | ||
| Bessie Moody-Lawrence | Other | 30.05 | ||
| Tommy Moore | Other | 13.60 | ||
| James Neal | Other | 55.72 | ||
| Denny Neilson | Other | 73.74 | ||
| Anne Parks | Other | 55.84 | ||
| Kay Patterson | Other | 68.84 | ||
| Robert Perry, Jr. | Other | 77.04 | ||
| Olin Phillips | Other | 48.13 | ||
| Lewis Pinson | Other | 69.07 | ||
| Edward Pitts, Jr. | Other | 66.47 | ||
| Rex Rice | Other | 67.99 | ||
| James Ritchie, Jr. | Other | 56.41 | ||
| Greg Ryberg | Other | 73.29 | ||
| Wallace Scarborough | Other | 62.55 | ||
| Randy Scott | Other | 66.69 | ||
| Phillip Shoopman | Other | 69.02 | ||
| Linda Short | Other | 53.21 | ||
| Donald Smith | Other | 62.50 | ||
| Fletcher Smith, Jr. | Other | 33.98 | ||
| Murrell Smith, Jr. | Other | 80.78 | ||
| William Smith | Other | 43.40 | ||
| James Stewart, Jr. | Other | 59.97 | ||
| Scott Talley | Other | 68.84 | ||
| Adam Taylor, Sr. | Other | 63.72 | ||
| David Thomas | Other | 36.81 | ||
| Michael Thompson | Other | 95.15 | ||
| C. David Umphlett, Jr. | Other | 80.05 | ||
| Lewis Raymond Vaughn | Other | 58.69 | ||
| Thad Viers | Other | 40.52 | ||
| Robert Walker | Other | 77.10 | ||
| William Witherspoon | Other | 72.35 | ||
| Annette Young | Other | 71.54 |
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