Legislative Update
News from the House of Representatives
House Furlough
The House of Representatives was on furlough this week and will furlough again next week. The House will return to session at 12:00pm on Tuesday, April 12th.
2016 Election Filings
Candidates for the House of Representatives filed for election March 16-March 30. Fourteen incumbents announced their retirement from the House this year. The following chart indicates candidates for each House district. Open districts have the incumbent listed in parentheses next to the district number. Incumbents filing for reelection are listed in bold. The primaries will be held on Tuesday, June 14th and the general election will be held on Tuesday, November 8th.
| House District | Name & Party |
| 1 | Bill Whitmire – R |
| 2 | Bill Sandifer – R |
| 3 | Gary Clary – R |
| Travis L. McCurry – Libertarian | |
| 4 | David Hiott – R |
| Joey Lum – Libertarian | |
| 5 | Neal Collins – R |
| Rick Tate – R | |
| 6 | Brian White – R |
| 7 (Gambrell) | Dennis Ted Grindstaff – R |
| Blake Parker – R | |
| Jay West – R | |
| 8 | Jonathon Hill – R |
| Don Bowen – R | |
| Albert Howard – R | |
| 9 | Anne Thayer – R |
| Mary Green – D | |
| 10 | Joshua Putnam – R |
| Anna Brown – D | |
| 11 | Craig A. Gagnon – R |
| 12 | Anne Parks – D |
| Jennings G. McAbee, Sr. – R | |
| 13 (Riley) | Michael Gaskin – D |
| John McCravy – R | |
| 14 | Mike Pitts – R |
| 15 | Samuel Rivers – R |
| Steven Smith – R | |
| KJ Kearney – D | |
| Ray Lloyd – D | |
| 16 | Mark Willis – R |
| Brandon Green – D | |
| 17 | Mike Burns – R |
| 18 | Tommy Stringer – R |
| 19 | Dwight Loftis – R |
| 20 | Dan Hamilton – R |
| 21 | Phyllis Henderson – R |
| 22 | Wendy Nanney – R |
| Jason Elliott – R | |
| 23 | Chandra Dillard – D |
| 24 | Bruce Bannister – R |
| 25 | Leola Robinson-Simpson – D |
| Tony Boyce – Independence | |
| 26 | Raye Felder – R |
| Jim Thompson – D | |
| 27 | Garry Smith – R |
| 28 | Eric Bedingfield – R |
| 29 | Dennis C. Moss – R |
| 30 | Steve Moss – R |
| 31 | Harold Mitchell – D |
| Michael A. Fowler – R | |
| Richard Gosnell – R | |
| 32 | Derham Cole, Jr. – R |
| 33 | Eddie Tallon – R |
| 34 | Mike Forrester – R |
| Luke Quillen – D | |
| 35 | Bill Chumley – R |
| 36 | Rita Allison – R |
| 37 | Donna Hicks – R |
| Steven Long – R | |
| Michael Pratt – D | |
| 38 | N. Douglas Brannon – R |
| Josiah Magnuson – R | |
| 39 | Ralph Shealy Kennedy – R |
| Cal Forrest – R | |
| Tillman Gives – D | |
| 40 (W. McLeod) | David Koon – R |
| Rick Martin – R | |
| Craig Kesler – D | |
| Carlton Kinard – D | |
| 41 | Mary Gail Douglas – D |
| 42 | Mike Anthony – D |
| Mark Cathcart – R | |
| Tommy Mann – R | |
| 43 | Greg Delleney – R |
| 44 | Mandy Powers Norrell – D |
| 45 (Long) | Brandon Newton – R |
| Tyler Mitchell – D | |
| 46 | Gary Simrill – R |
| 47 | Thomas “Tommy” Pope – R |
| Diane Phelps Simmons – Constitution | |
| 48 | Ralph Norman – R |
| 49 | John King – D |
| 50 (G. Brown) | Brian Alston – D |
| Crystal K. Cunningham – D | |
| Tom Drayton – D | |
| Keith Johnson – D | |
| Demoine Kinney – D | |
| Will Wheeler – D | |
| 51 | David Weeks – D |
| 52 | Laurie Funderburk – D |
| 53 | Richie Yow – R |
| Victor K. Li – D | |
| 54 | Patricia Henegan – D |
| J.D. Chaplin – R | |
| 55 | Jackie Hayes – D |
| 56 | Mike Ryhal – R |
| 57 (George) | Ethan Brown – R |
| Lucas Atkinson – D | |
| Rodney Berry – D | |
| Darryl Burns – D | |
| Lee Walter Jenkins, Jr. – D | |
| Ryan M. Waller – D | |
| 58 | Jeff Johnson – R |
| John Ward – D | |
| 59 | Terry Alexander – D |
| 60 | Phillip Lowe – R |
| 61 | Roger Kirby – D |
| 62 | Robert Williams – D |
| 63 | Jay Jordan – R |
| 64 | Robert Ridgeway – D |
| Alexander Herc Conyers – D | |
| Mitch Ellerby – D | |
| 65 | Jay Lucas – R |
| 66 | Gilda Cobb-Hunter – D |
| 67 | Murrell Smith – R |
| 68 | Heather Ammons Crawford – R |
| 69 | Rick Quinn – R |
| Ryan Holt – R | |
| Michael Robert Petrone – D | |
| 70 | Joe Neal – D |
| 71 | Nathan Ballentine – R |
| Bill Malinowski – R | |
| 72 | James Smith – D |
| 73 | Chris Hart – D |
| 74 | Todd Rutherford – D |
| 75 | Kirkman Finlay – R |
| Tyler Gregg – D | |
| 76 | Leon Howard – D |
| 77 | Joe McEachern – D |
| Raymond Mars – D | |
| 78 | Beth E. Bernstein – D |
| 79 (M. McLeod) | Donald Miles – R |
| Monica Elkins – D | |
| Ivory Thigpen – D | |
| Vannie Williams, Jr. – D | |
| Victor Kocher – Libertarian | |
| 80 | Jimmy Bales – D |
| Brian Burke – D | |
| Lawrence Moore – D | |
| 81 (Wells) | Chris Austin – R |
| Bart Blackwell – R | |
| Jeremy O’Donnell – R | |
| K.T. Ruthven – R | |
| 82 | Bill Clyburn – D |
| 83 | Bill Hixon – R |
| 84 | Chris Corley – R |
| Susan J. Swanson – R | |
| 85 | Chip Huggins – R |
| Bryan Clifton – R | |
| 86 | Bill Taylor – R |
| 87 | Todd Atwater – R |
| 88 | Mac Toole – R |
| David Busby – R | |
| 89 (Bingham) | Bill Banning – R |
| Micah Caskey – R | |
| Tem Miles – R | |
| Billy Oswald – R | |
| Rosemounda Peggy Butler – D | |
| Robert Lampley – Constitution | |
| 90 | Justin Bamberg – D |
| Evert Comer, Jr. – D | |
| Dan Lawrence – R | |
| 91 | Lonnie Hosey – D |
| 92 | Joe Daning – R |
| 93 | Russell Ott – D |
| 94 (Horne) | Katie Arrington – R |
| Carroll Duncan – R | |
| Damian Daly – D | |
| 95 | Jerry Govan – D |
| Kevin Ray – D | |
| 96 | Kit Spires – R |
| Perry Finch – R | |
| Robert L. Vanlue – D | |
| 97 | Patsy Knight – D |
| 98 | Chris Murphy – R |
| 99 | Jim Merrill – R |
| 100 | Eddy Southard – R |
| 101 | Cezar McKnight – D |
| 102 | Joe Jefferson – D |
| 103 | Carl Anderson – D |
| Dewon Huggins – D | |
| 104 | Greg Duckworth – R |
| 105 | Kevin Hardee – R |
| 106 | Russell Fry – R |
| 107 | Alan Clemmons – R |
| 108 (Goldfinch) | Lee Hewitt – R |
| 109 | David Mack – D |
| 110 (Limehouse) | William S. Cogswell, Jr – R |
| Will Freeman – R | |
| Russell Guerard – R | |
| Trey Harrell – R | |
| Eddie Phipps – R | |
| Alice Wakefield – D | |
| 111 | Wendell Gilliard – D |
| 112 | F. Michael Sottile – R |
| Patrick A.W. Cloud – R | |
| 113 | Seth Whipper – D |
| 114 (Tinkler) | Lin Bennett – R |
| Bob Aubin – D | |
| 115 | Peter McCoy, Jr – R |
| 116 | Robert Brown – D |
| Eric L. Mack – D | |
| Charles Glover, Sr. – R | |
| Carroll O’Neal – R | |
| 117 | Bill Crosby – R |
| 118 | Bill Herbkersman – R |
| Alfred A. North – American | |
| 119 | Leon Stavrinakis – D |
| Lee Edwards – R | |
| 120 | Weston Newton – R |
| 121 (Hodges) | James Broderick – R |
| Grahame Grey Holmes – D | |
| Michael F. Rivers, Sr. – D | |
| 122 | William K. Bowers – D |
| Curtis Brantley – D | |
| John Polk – D | |
| Shedron Williams – D | |
| 123 | Jeff Bradley – R |
| 124 | Shannon S. Erickson – R |
| Bobby Green – D |
News from the Senate
Senate Furlough
The Senate was on furlough this week and will return to session at 12:00pm on Tuesday, April 5th.
2016 Senate Budget Calendar
The Senate Finance Committee has released the Senate’s tentative 2016 budget calendar, which is listed below.
- April 12-14: Full Committee Deliberations
- April 19-21: Final Senate Finance Committee Version Printed
- April 26-28: Senate Floor Debate
- May 3-5: Senate Floor Debate
- May 10-12: Bill Returned to the House, Conference Committee
- May 17-19: Conference Committee
- May 24-26: Conference Report Delivered to the Governor
- May 31-June2: Vetoes
2016 Election Filings
Candidates for the Senate filed for election March 16-March 30. Three incumbents announced their retirement from the Senate this year and one seat is vacant due to the passing of Senator O’Dell. The following chart indicates candidates for each Senate district. Open districts have the incumbent listed in parentheses next to the district number. Incumbents filing for reelection are listed in bold. The primaries will be held on Tuesday, June 14th and the general election will be held on Tuesday, November 8th.
| Senate District | Name & Party |
| 1 | Thomas Alexander – R |
| 2 | Larry Martin – R |
| Don Joslyn – R | |
| Allan Quinn – R | |
| Rex Rice – R | |
| 3 | Kevin Bryant – R |
| Carol Burdette – R | |
| 4 (O’Dell) | Rockey Burgess – R |
| Mike Gambrell – R | |
| Mark Powell – D | |
| 5 | Tom Corbin – R |
| John B. White – R | |
| 6 | Michael Fair – R |
| Johnny Edwards – R | |
| William Timmons – R | |
| Roy G. Magnuson – Constitution | |
| 7 | Karl B. Allen – D |
| Lillian Brock Flemming – D | |
| Glen L. Robinson – R | |
| 8 | Ross Turner – R |
| 9 | Danny Verdin – R |
| 10 | Floyd Nicholson – D |
| J. Bryan Hope – R | |
| 11 | Glenn Reese – D |
| Cornelius D. Huff – R | |
| 12 | Lee Bright – R |
| David McCraw – R | |
| Lisa C. Scott – R | |
| Scott Talley – R | |
| 13 | Shane Martin – R |
| 14 | Harvey Peeler – R |
| Kenny Price – R | |
| 15 | Wes Hayes – R |
| Wes Climer – R | |
| 16 | Greg Gregory – R |
| 17 | Creighton Coleman – D |
| Mike Fanning – D | |
| Morgan Reeves – D | |
| Mark Palmer – R | |
| 18 | Ronnie Cromer – R |
| 19 | John L. Scott, Jr. – D |
| Torrey Rush – D | |
| 20 | John Courson – R |
| Scott Lewis West – Green | |
| 21 | Darrell Jackson – D |
| Wendy C. Brawley – D | |
| 22 (Lourie) | Susan Brill – R |
| Mia McLeod – D | |
| 23 | Katrina Shealy – R |
| Michael Sturkie – R | |
| Patricia Wheat – R | |
| 24 | Tom Young – R |
| 25 | Shane Massey – R |
| John Pettigrew – R | |
| 26 | Nikki Setzler – D |
| Brad Lindsey – R | |
| 27 | Vincent Sheheen – D |
| 28 | Greg Hembree – R |
| 29 | Gerald Malloy – D |
| 30 | Kent Williams – D |
| Patrick T. Richardson – D | |
| 31 | Hugh Leatherman – R |
| Dean Fowler, Jr. – R | |
| Richard E. Skipper – R | |
| 32 | Ronnie Sabb – D |
| 33 | Luke Rankin – R |
| Scott Pyle – R | |
| 34 (Cleary) | Reese Boyd – R |
| Joe Ford – R | |
| Stephen Goldfinch – R | |
| Dick Withington – R | |
| 35 | Thomas McElveen – D |
| 36 | Kevin L. Johnson – D |
| Leon Winn – R | |
| 37 | Larry Grooms – R |
| Mark Robin Heath – R | |
| 38 | Sean Bennett – R |
| Evan Guthrie – R | |
| 39 | John L. Matthews, Jr. – D |
| 40 | Bradley Hutto – D |
| 41 (Thurmond) | Culver Kidd – R |
| Tim Mallard – R | |
| Roy Maybank – R | |
| Joe Qualey – R | |
| Sandy Senn – R | |
| 42 | Marlon Kimpson – D |
| Robert Ford – D | |
| 43 | Chip Campsen – R |
| 44 | Paul Campbell – R |
| Tony Coleman – R | |
| 45 | Margie Bright Matthews – D |
| 46 | Tom Davis – R |