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28 sourced actions
◆ The seat
- OFFICE
- Senate
- STATE
- South Carolina
- PARTY
- REPUBLICAN PARTY
- STATUS
- Incumbent
- ELECTION
- 2026-11-03
◆ The record
28
SOURCED ACTIONS
24
FLOOR VOTES
1
FEC TRANSACTIONS
24 / 4
PRO / ANTI-2A
0
SCORECARDS
2026-06-16
LATEST ACTION
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Community
The record (28)
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Graded on 28 sourced actions
FEC-recorded money between Second Amendment committees and this candidate, and recorded floor votes on gun bills, each with its official source. Community sentiment below never moves this grade.
- 2026-06-16PRORecorded money Accepted $5,000 from NSSF PACFEC Schedule B, committee C00480863, transaction 367A27F8ED79EDAC201, 2026 cycle.
- 2022-06-23ANTIRecorded vote Voted YES on S 2938 (117th), Bipartisan Safer Communities ActOfficial Senate roll call 242.
- 2017-02-15PRORecorded vote Voted YES on H J Res 40 (115th), Disapproval of SSA NICS reporting ruleOfficial Senate roll call 66.
- 2016-06-20PRORecorded vote Voted NO on S Amdt 4720 (114th), Feinstein watch-list denial (2016)Official Senate roll call 106.
- 2016-06-20PRORecorded vote Voted YES on S Amdt 4751 (114th), Grassley NICS amendment (2016)Official Senate roll call 103.
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Background
Education
- JD, University of South Carolina Law School, 1981
- BA, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 1977
Profession
- Assistant County Attorney, Oconee County, 1988-1992
- Major, South Carolina Air National Guard, 1989-1994
- Staff Judge Advocate, United States Air Force
+2 more
- Colonel, Senior Instructor at the Air Force JAG School, United States Air Force Reserves
- City Attorney, Central, South Carolina, 1990-1994
Political career
- Republican Assistant Whip, United States House of Representatives
- Representative, South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1992-1994
- Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1995-2002
+2 more
- Candidate, United States Senate, South Carolina, 2002, 2008, 2014, 2020, 2026
- Senator, United States Senate, 2003-present
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