# Tom Alexander

Tom Alexander is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 1995-01-10
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/06c7c886-4087-499e-855c-f36b0fa75195

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06c7c886-4087-499e-855c-f36b0fa75195 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

85% of the 142 bills Alexander sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the South Carolina Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.02), from 103 donors and 1,006 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

705 roll calls. Attendance 100% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 89% (84%). 13 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4709 US produced iron and steel · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4709/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4635 Physical Fitness Services · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4635/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 3387 Unlawful occupants of property · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3387/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to grant free conference powers · S 52 Driving under the influence · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S52/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4069 Patient-Friendly Billing · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4069/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 3021 Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3021/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to override the veto · S 238 Sine Die · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S238/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to concur · S 1043 Civil Air Patrol Leave Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1043/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to grant free conference powers · H 4763 Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4763/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4248 Food labeling · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4248/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 142 bills: 142 reached committee, 121 passed one chamber, 45 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 0. 85.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 5 of 46).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 1194: Henry Turner (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1194/
- S 1193: Rob Tester Retirement (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1193/
- S 1192: South Carolina Insurance Association (passed one chamber, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1192/
- S 1190: Lung Cancer Awareness Month (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1190/
- S 1187: EMS Week in SC (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1187/
- S 1159: Bill Gaither (passed one chamber, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1159/
- S 1143: West Oak Wrestling (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1143/
- S 1142: Walhalla High School Girls Basketball (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1142/
- S 1133: Lonnie Hosey Purple Heart Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1133/
- S 1121: Colonel Claude Davis (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1121/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $36.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0013636362
- X: https://x.com/SCSenatePres
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-alexander-74006a6/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06c7c886-4087-499e-855c-f36b0fa75195