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Kevin Bryant

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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Corrections and Penology Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Criminal Justice Subcommittee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Finance Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Chair, General Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Property Tax Subcommittee

Member, William Wallace Caucus, 2005-2017

Member, Legislative Audit Council, 2005-2007

Education

  • BS, Pharmacy, University of Georgia, 1989

Professional Experience

  • BS, Pharmacy, University of Georgia, 1989
  • Pharmacist, Bryant Pharmacy and Supply, 1995-present

Political Experience

  • BS, Pharmacy, University of Georgia, 1989
  • Pharmacist, Bryant Pharmacy and Supply, 1995-present
  • Former President Pro Tempore, South Carolina State Senate
  • Lieutenant Governor, State of South Carolina, 2017-2019
  • Candidate, Governor of South Carolina, 2018
  • Senator, South Carolina State Senate, 2004-2017

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Corrections and Penology Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Criminal Justice Subcommittee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Finance Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Chair, General Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, South Carolina State Senate

Former Member, Property Tax Subcommittee

Member, William Wallace Caucus, 2005-2017

Member, Legislative Audit Council, 2005-2007

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BS, Pharmacy, University of Georgia, 1989
  • Pharmacist, Bryant Pharmacy and Supply, 1995-present
  • Former President Pro Tempore, South Carolina State Senate
  • Lieutenant Governor, State of South Carolina, 2017-2019
  • Candidate, Governor of South Carolina, 2018
  • Senator, South Carolina State Senate, 2004-2017
  • Member, Chamber of Commerce, Greater Easley, 2005-present
  • Member, Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce, 2004-present
  • Deacon/Treasurer, Concord Community Church, 1993-present
  • Activities Director, Camp Hope, 1989-present
  • Vice President, 10th District Pharmacy Association
  • Chair, Anderson County Republican Party, 1997-2001
  • Delegate, Republican National Convention, 2000

Other Info

— Awards:

  • 2004 Recipient Circle Award President George W. Bush;
  • 2006 Friend of the Taxpayers Award, South Carolina Association of Taxpayers;
  • 2016 South Carolina Citizens for Life;
  • 2016 Congressman Jeff Duncan Endorsement;
  • 2016 SC Homebuilders;
  • 2016 Sen. Katrina Shealy Endorsement;
  • 2015 SC Staffing Association Legislator of the Year;
  • 2013 Manufactured Housing Institute Legislator of the Year;
  • 2012 South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Endorsement;
  • 2012 Republican Liberty Caucus Endorsement;
  • 2012 SC Association of Taxpayer "Friend of the Taxpayer";
  • 2012 National Federation of Independent Businesses Endorsement;
  • 2012 SC Club for Growth Endorsement;
  • 2012 Sen. Jim DeMint Endorsement;
  • 2012 SC Citizens for Life Pac Endorsement;
  • 2012 National Rifle Association Endorsement;
  • 2011 Governor Nikki Haley's Report Card A;
  • 2008 Sen. Jim DeMint Endorsement;
  • 2008 Palmetto Family Council Award;
  • 2008 National Rifle Association Endorsement;
  • 2008 Gov. Mark Sanford Endorsement;
  • 2008 SC Club for Growth Endorsement;
  • 2008 South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Endorsement;
  • 2008 National Federation of Independent Businesses Endorsement;
  • 2007 SC Association of Taxpayer "Friend of the Taxpayer";
  • 2007 Legislator of the Year for Children's Rights;
  • 2004 South Carolina Chamber of Commerce Endorsement;
  • 2004 Gov. Mark Sanford Endorsement;
  • 2004 National Federation of Independent Businesses Endorsement;
  • 2005 Governor Mark Sanford Taxpayer Hero;
  • 2004 National Rifle Association Endorsement

  • Clifford W.

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Yard work, computers, cooking, spending time together & enjoying God's creation

  • Gloria J.

Policy Positions

South Carolina State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test

Abortion

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.

1. Abortions should always be illegal.
- X

2. Abortions should always be legal.
- No Answer

3. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- No Answer

4. Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
- No Answer

5. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
- No Answer

6. Abortions should be subject to a mandatory waiting period.
- X

7. Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors.
- X

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Budget and Tax

State Budget: Indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.

1. Education (Higher)
- Slightly Decrease

2. Education (K-12)
- Maintain Status

3. Emergency preparedness
- Slightly Increase

4. Environment
- Maintain Status

5. Health care
- Slightly Decrease

6. Law enforcement
- Slightly Increase

7. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
- Greatly Increase

8. Welfare
- Eliminate

9. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

State Taxes: Indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once.

1. Alcohol taxes
- Maintain Status

2. Cigarette taxes
- Slightly Increase

3. Corporate taxes
- Eliminate

4. Gasoline taxes
- Maintain Status

5. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Eliminate

6. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Eliminate

7. Property taxes
- Eliminate

8. Sales taxes
- Slightly Increase

9. Vehicle taxes
- Eliminate

10. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer

11. Should state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales?
- No

12. Should accounts such as a "rainy day" fund be used to balance the state budget?
- No

13. Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget?
- No

14. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Campaign Finance and Government Reform

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.

1. Do you support the current limit of terms for South Carolina governors?
- Undecided

2. Do you support limiting the number of terms for South Carolina state senators and representatives?
- No

Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

1. Individual
- No

2. PAC
- No

3. Corporate
- No

4. Political Parties
- No

5. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes

6. Do you support imposing spending limits on state-level political campaigns?
- No

7. Should South Carolina participate in the federal REAL ID program?
- No

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Crime

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.

1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff.
- X

2. Support the death penalty in South Carolina.
- X

3. Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.
- No Answer

4. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X

5. Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
- No Answer

6. Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults.
- No Answer

7. Support state and local law enforcement officials enforcing federal immigration laws.
- X

8. Support hate crime legislation.
- No Answer

9. Restrict sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of a school, daycare center, park, or public playground.
- X

10. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Education

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

1. Support state funding of universal pre-K programs.
- No Answer

2. Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind).
- No Answer

3. Support state education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students.
- No Answer

4. Support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams.
- No Answer

5. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school.
- X

6. Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school.
- X

7. Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries.
- No Answer

8. Support using a merit pay system for teachers.
- X

9. Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable.
- No Answer

10. Support allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates of South Carolina to pay in-state tuition at public universities.
- No Answer

11. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Employment

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.

1. Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in today?s job market.
- No Answer

2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector.
- X

3. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- No Answer

4. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- X

5. Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families.
- No Answer

6. Include sexual orientation in South Carolina's anti-discrimination laws.
- No Answer

7. Include gender identity in South Carolina's anti-discrimination laws.
- No Answer

8. Increase the state minimum wage.
- No Answer

9. Support laws that prevent employers from dismissing employees at will.
- No Answer

10. Support financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants.
- X

11. Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients.
- X

12. Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- No Answer

13. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Environment and Energy

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

1. Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology.
- X

2. Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil, etc).
- X

3. Support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops.
- No Answer

4. Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned.
- No Answer

5. Support funding for improvements to South Carolina's power generating and transmission facilities.
- No Answer

6. Support funding for open space preservation.
- X

7. Limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming.
- No Answer

8. Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law.
- No Answer

9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Gun

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.

1. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- No

2. Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
- Yes

3. Should a license be required for gun possession?
- No

4. Do you support current levels of enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No

5. Do you support current state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns?
- No

6. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Health

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.

1. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary.
- X

2. Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- X

3. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- No Answer

4. Allow patients to sue their HMOs.
- No Answer

5. Require hospitals and labs to release reports on infections that are a risk to public health, while not compromising patient confidentiality.
- X

6. Legalize physician assisted suicide in South Carolina.
- No Answer

7. Support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes.
- No Answer

8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Social

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.

1. Should South Carolina recognize civil unions between same-sex couples?
- No

2. Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry?
- No

3. Should South Carolina provide state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples?
- No

4. Should South Carolina continue to recognize common law marriages?
- No

5. Do you support a moment of silence in public schools?
- Yes

6. Do you support voluntary prayer in public schools?
- Yes

7. Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods?
- Yes

8. Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs?
- Yes

9. Should the state government consider race and gender in state government contracting and hiring decisions?
- No

10. Do you support affirmative action in public college admissions?
- No

11. Should South Carolina continue affirmative action programs?
- No

12. Do you support state funding of stem cell research?
- No

13. Do you support state funding of embryonic stem cell research?
- No

14. Do you support allowing pharmacists who conscientiously object to emergency contraception to refuse to dispense it?
- Yes

15. Should South Carolina require that the distance between a dancer and a patron at a strip club be at least six feet?
- Yes

16. Should South Carolina require that strip clubs close no later than midnight?
- Yes

17. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer

Legislative Priorities

1. Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- No Answer

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