Gary: Here is a breakdown of the SC Senate. A relatively even split over bill 947. Certainly not what I would call a partisan issue which makes it even tougher to guess what they may do.
46 Senators: 25 Democrats(D), 21 Republicans(R) 23 Sponsors of bill 947 (9 Democrats, 14 Republicans) * = Sponsor of bill 947 x = Known opponent of bill 947
*(D)Ralph Anderson - District 7 - Greenville Co. *(D)James E. Bryan, Jr. - District 9 - Laurens & Greenville Cos. *(D)John Drummond (President Pro Tempore) - District 10 - Greenwood & Abbeville Cos. (D)Dick Elliott - District 28 - Dillon, Florence, Marlboro & Horry Cos. (D)Robert Ford - District 42 - Charleston Co. (D)Maggie Wallace Glover - District 30 - Florence, Marion, & Dillon Cos. *(D)Donald H. Holland - District 27 - Kershaw, Lancaster, Marlboro & Chesterfield Cos. (D)C. Bradley Hutto - District 40 - Allendale, Hampton, Orangeburg & Barnwell Cos. (D)Darrell Jackson - District 21 - Calhoun & Richland Cos. x(D)John C. Land, III - District 36 - Lee, Clarendon, Calhoun, Sumter & Florence Cos. *(D)James A. Lander - District 18 - Newberry, Saluda, Union & Lexington Cos. (D)Phil P. Leventis - District 35 - Lee & Sumter Cos. (D)John W. Matthews, Jr. - District 39 - Colleton, Orangeburg, Dorchester, Bamberg, Allendale, Barnwell & Hampton Cos. *(D)J. Yancey McGill - District 32 - Williamsburg, Horry, Georgetown, Florence & Berkeley Cos. (D)Thomas L. Moore - District 25 - Edgefield, Aiken & McCormick Cos. *(D)William H. O'Dell - District 4 - Abbeville & Anderson Cos. x(D)Ernest L. Passailaigue, Jr. - District 43 - Berkley & Charleston Cos. (D)Kay Patterson - District 19 - Richland Co. (D)Luke A. Rankin - District 33 - Horry Co. *(D)Glenn G. Reese - District 11 - Spartanburg Co. (D)Edward E. Saleeby - District 29 - Chesterfield, Florence, Lee, Darlington & Marlboro Cos. (D)Nikki G. Setzler - District 26 - Lexington & Aiken Cos. (D)Linda H. Short (Mrs. Paul) - District 17 - Chester, Fairfield, Union & York Cos. *(D)J. Verne Smith - District 5 - Greenville Co. (D)McKinley Washington, Jr. - District 45 - Colleton, Hampton, Charleston, Beaufort, Jasper & Allendale Cos.
*(R)Thomas C. Alexander- District 1 - Oconee & Pickens Cos. (R)William S. Branton - District 38 - Dorchester, Berkeley, Colleton & Charleston Cos. (R)Holly A. Cork - District 46 - Beaufort Co. *(R)John E. Courson - District 20 - Richland Co. (R)C. Tyrone Courtney - District 13 - Spartanburg Co. *(R)Michael L. Fair - District 6 - Greenville Co. *(R)Warren K. Giese - District 22 - Richland & Kershaw Cos. *(R)Chauncey Klugh "Greg" Gregory - District 16 - Fairfield, Lancaster & York Cos. *(R)Larry Grooms - District 37 - Berkley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester & Georgetown Cos. *(R)Robert W. Hayes, Jr. - District 15 - York Co. *(R)Hugh K. Leatherman, Sr. - District 31 - Darlington & Florence Cos. *(R)Larry A. Martin - District 2 - Pickens Co. x(R)Glenn F. McConnell - District 41 - Charleston & Dorchester Cos. (R)William Clarence Mescher - District 44 - Berkeley, Charleston & Dorchester Cos. (R)Harvey S. Peeler, Jr. - District 14 - Cherokee, York & Union Cos. (R)Arthur Ravenel, Jr. - District 34 - Georgetown, Horry & Charleston Cos. *(R)John R. Russell - District 12 - Spartanburg Co. *(R)W. Greg Ryberg - District 24 - Aiken & Lexington Cos. *(R)David L. Thomas - District 8 - Greenville Co. *(R)Robert L. Waldrep, Jr. - District 3 - Anderson Co. *(R)Addison Graves (Joe) Wilson - District 23 - Lexington Co. |