Rating Group: National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund

1998 Positions on Gun Rights

Issues: Guns
How to Interpret these Evaluations
State Office Name Party Rating
SC State House-2 William Sandifer III R A
SC State House-19 Dwight Loftis R A+
SC State House-36 Merita Ann Allison R A
SC State House-40 Walton McLeod III D A
SC State House-43 Greg Delleney, Jr. R A
SC State House-46 J. Simrill R A+
SC State House-50 Grady Brown D D
SC State House-58 Liston Barfield R A
SC State House-65 James Lucas R A
SC State House-66 Gilda Cobb-Hunter D D
SC State House-69 Richard Quinn, Jr. R A+
SC State House-70 Joseph Neal D D
SC State House-76 Leon Howard D D
SC State House-82 William Clyburn, Sr. D D
SC State House-84 Roland Smith R A
SC State House-93 Harry Ott, Jr. D A-
SC State House-95 Jerry Govan, Jr. D D
SC State House-104 Tracy Edge R A
SC State House-110 Harry Limehouse III R A
SC State House-113 Seth Whipper D C
SC State House-114 Robert Harrell, Jr. R A
SC State House-122 William Bowers D A
SC State Senate-19 John Scott, Jr. D D
SC State Senate-43 George Campsen III R A
SC Treasurer Converse Chellis III Other A
SC Councilmember-3 George Bailey R A
Chuck Allen Other C
John Graham Altman III Other A
Harry Raymond Askins Other A
J. Gresham Barrett Other A
Floyd Breeland Other D
Henry Brown, Jr. Other A
Joe Brown Other D
Theodore Brown Other D
Ralph Canty Other D
Marion Pinckney Carnell Other A
Harry Cato Other A
Daniel Cooper Other A+
William Cotty Other A
Thomas Dantzler Other A
Guy Davenport, Jr. Other A
Michael Easterday Other A
Ronald Fleming Other A
Dr. Margaret Gamble Other A
Glenn Hamilton Other A
Charles Harris Other A
James Harrison Other A+
Charles Alexander Harvin III Other A+
Terry Edward Haskins Other A+
Jesse Edison Hines Other D
Mack Hines, Jr. Other D
Shirley Hinson Other A
Curtis Inabinett Other D
Douglas Jennings, Jr. Other A+
Thomas Keegan Other A
Mark Stephen Kelley Other A
Kenneth Kennedy Other D
Herbert Kirsh Other A
James Klauber Other A+
Jake Knotts, Jr. Other A+
Larry Labruce Koon Other A+
Stephen Lanford, Sr. Other A
James Norris Law Other A
Robert Leach, Sr. Other A
Brenda Lee Other D
Lanny Littlejohn Other A
Walter Lloyd Other D
Becky Martin Other A
E. DeWitt McCraw Other A
Woodrow Maxie 'Woody McKay Other A
E.B. McLeod, Jr. Other F
Willie McMahand, Sr. Other D
Vida Miller Other A
Bessie Moody-Lawrence Other D
Denny Neilson Other A
Anne Parks Other F
Olin Phillips Other A
Thomas Rhoad Other A
Rex Rice Other A
Rebecca Davis Richardson Other A
John Riser Other A
Alfred Burgess Robinson, Jr. Other A
Edith Rodgers Other B
Lynn Seithel Other A
Charles Ray Sharpe Other A+
Robert Joseph Sheheen Other D
William Smith Other A
Harry Carl Stille Other A
Elsie Rast Stuart Other A-
Adam Taylor, Sr. Other A
Ronald Parker Townsend Other A+
Daniel Tripp Other A
Teddy Norman Trotter Other A+
Lewis Raymond Vaughn Other A
Robert Walker Other A
Bryon Webb Other D
Michael Stewart Whatley Other A
Donny Wilder Other C
Timothy Castles Wilkes Other D
David Horton Wilkins Other A+
William Witherspoon Other A-
Thomas Woodrum Other A
Annette Young Other A

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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