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Former Member, Corrections and Penology Committee, South Carolina State Senate
Member, Banking and Insurance Committee
Member, Education Committee
Member, Ethics Committee
Member, Fish, Game and Forestry Committee
Member, Joint Citizens and Legislative Committee on Children
Member, Joint Legislative Oversight Review of the South Carolina Public Service Authority
Member, Judiciary Committee
Member, Legislative Oversight Committee
Member, Medical Affairs Committee
Member, Public Service Authority Evaluation and Recommendation Committee
Member, Study Committee on Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations
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1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice
2. Should abortions be illegal after the first trimester of pregnancy?
- No
3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- Yes
4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes
5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No Answer
6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- No Answer
7. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures?
- No
8. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- No
9. Other or expanded principles
- Roe v Wade is the law of this Country and StateDecisions about whether or when to have an abortion should be left to women in consultation with their doctors, families and faith counselors
Parental notification should be required unless there is a Court Order
1. Tapping into South Carolina's "rainy day" fund
- No
2. Decreasing funding for public universities
- No
3. Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions
- No
4. Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees
- No
5. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No
6. Other or expanded principles
- The General Assembly of South Carolina is required to pass a balanced budget and we always do.
1. Education (higher)
- Greatly Increase
2. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase
3. Environment
- Slightly Increase
4. Health care
- Greatly Increase
5. Law enforcement/corrections
- Greatly Increase
6. Transportation/infrastructure
- Greatly Increase
7. Welfare
- No Answer
8. Other or expanded categories
- No Answer
1. Alcohol taxes
- Slightly Increase
2. Cigarette taxes
- Greatly Increase
3. Corporate taxes
- Maintain Status
4. Small business taxes
- Slightly Decrease
5. Gas/Oil taxes
- Slightly Increase
6. Property taxes
- Maintain Status
7. Sales taxes
- Maintain Status
8. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Maintain Status
9. Income taxes (mid-income families)
- Maintain Status
10. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Maintain Status
11. Do you support applying sales taxes to all online purchases?
- Yes
12. Other or expanded principles
- South Carolina residents are currently required to pay sales tax on online purchases.
1. Individual
- Yes
2. Political Action Committee
- Yes
3. Corporate
- Yes
4. Political Party
- Yes
5. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- Yes
6. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes
7. Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting?
- Yes
8. Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls?
- No
9. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- No Answer
2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes
3. Do you support legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana?
- No Answer
4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- No
5. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- No
6. Do you support delaying the seizure of assets by law enforcement officials until after a conviction?
- Yes
7. Other or expanded principles
- I support capital punishment in cases of treasonI support decriminalizing marijuana for medical purposes
1. Do you support government spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes
3. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- Yes
4. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- Yes
5. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- Yes
6. Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits?
- No
7. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- Yes
8. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- Yes
9. Do you support an increase of the minimum wage?
- Yes
10. Should employers be able to ask about applicants' criminal history before interviewing them?
- Yes
11. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative?
- Yes
2. Do you support a merit pay system for teachers?
- Yes
3. Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers?
- No
4. Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school?
- No Answer
5. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- Yes
6. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- Yes
7. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from South Carolina high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- I support full funding of the public school system as a priority. Only then should we look into the issue of vouchers.Undocumented children who graduate from high school in South Carolina should be able to continue their education here.
1. Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes
2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- No Answer
3. Do you support state funding for improvements to South Carolina's energy infrastructure?
- Yes
4. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- Yes
5. Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes
6. Do you support increased regulations of the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry?
- Yes
7. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No Answer
2. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- No Answer
3. Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
- No Answer
4. Should a license be required for gun possession?
- No Answer
5. Other or expanded principles
- The Second Amendment secures a citizens right to own and possess guns.CWP in South Carolina is the law and should continue to be the law.We should close the loopholes that allow persons not allowed to own guns from buying them.
1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- Yes
2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- Yes
3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- Yes
4. Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes
5. Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance?
- Yes
6. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- Yes
7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- Yes
8. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- Yes
2. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in South Carolina's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes
3. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in South Carolina's anti-discrimination laws?
- Yes
4. Based on the religious beliefs of the owners, should businesses be allowed to refuse services to their employees and/or customers?
- No
5. Other or expanded principles
- No Answer
In the following area, 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.
- 1. Properly funding and improving education in rural South Carolina2. Repairing and improving South Carolina's roads and bridges3. Bringing jobs to rural South Carolina
Type: bill Chamber: upper
Type: concurrent resolution Chamber: upper
Type: resolution Chamber: upper
By Jeffrey Collins With less than three weeks to go before the election, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham wasn't rallying hundreds of voters at a campaign stop. Instead, he was driving to Republican Party headquarters in Aiken County to thank about two dozen volunteers for making phone calls. As the days dwindle before the Nov. 4 election, the race for Graham's U.S. Senate seat is more about making sure Democrats and Republicans get their voters to the polls than pulling new people into the fold. That's why after a hard-fought primary where he spent millions on commercials, Graham is running a quieter general election campaign. He is crisscrossing South Carolina visiting local party offices, expressing his gratitude to volunteers by name. The 30 minutes he spent in Aiken on Tuesday was his latest stop, telling the GOP faithful they need to make thousands of phone calls for him and fellow Republicans such as Gov. Nikki Haley and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott as well as those further down the ballot, because Graham said while primaries are every candidate for themselves, the general election is about the Republican team. "You need people on the phone vouching for you, putting your bumper sticker on their car and your signs in their yards," Graham said. "That's what the last three weeks are about - going to the people who have helped me all these years and saying, 'Thank you."' Graham appears to be on his way to an easy victory. A Winthrop University poll earlier this month had 46 percent of likely voters supporting Graham, compared to 28 percent for Hutto. Hutto said he still has a chance. His supporters point out Graham is still below 50 percent. If Hutto can get the 45 percent to 47 percent a good Democratic challenger often gets in statewide elections, then independent candidate Thomas Ravenel and Libertarian Victor Kocher might draw enough votes away for an upset. "This is really about turning out your base. We have four people in this race," said Hutto, a state senator from Orangeburg. Graham also has a distinct money advantage. He raised just under $700,000 from July through September, slowing the pace from 2013 when he raised more than $1 million each quarter as he geared up for re-election. Graham also still has about $3 million in his bank account, and has raised over $13 million since his last election. Hutto raised less than $200,000 during the same period and started October with about $120,000 in his campaign account. Hutto said that's enough to be on TV the last weeks of the race. He wishes the national Democratic party had sent some money his way, but he said he can win without their help. "Fortunately, polls don't vote and money doesn't vote. People vote," Hutto said. When Ravenel submitted his 17,000 signatures to get on the ballot in August, he figured to be a disruptive force, if not on Election Day, at least through his reality TV show "Southern Charm." Crews from the show have followed him around to some events. The chief questions he gets on the campaign trail are about how the daughter he had with a "Southern Charm" cast member half his age is doing (very well, Ravenel almost always says as his campaign manager pulls out her cellphone and shows off a photo of 7-month-old Kensington) and about the cocaine conviction in 2007 that chased him from his job as state treasurer and destroyed his climb as a rising Republican star. Ravenel refused to release his campaign spending report before it is put online. Graham has plenty of history on his side. South Carolina voters haven't kicked a Republican incumbent out in a statewide race since 1998. Since Republicans were able to end Democrats stranglehold on the state in the 1960s, an incumbent U.S. senator has never been kicked out of office.
