# Danny Verdin Danny Verdin is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 9. - Party: Republican - Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 9 - Serving since: 2001-01-09 - Current term: SC 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/0ed8d824-c5b2-47c6-9970-2c475cbfd9ac Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ed8d824-c5b2-47c6-9970-2c475cbfd9ac (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 Verdin has served since 2001. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.02), from 331 donors and 957 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 52% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (SC 2025–26 session) 690 roll calls. Attendance 98.2% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 84% (84%). 19 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 104 bills: 104 reached committee, 74 passed one chamber, 29 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 71.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 27 of 46). Recent sponsored bills: - 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 1158: Human Embryos (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1158/ - S 1133: Lonnie Hosey Purple Heart Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1133/ - S 1130: Apply Ethics Laws to Political Party Chairmen (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1130/ - S 1124: Foot Health Awareness Month (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1124/ - S 1121: Colonel Claude Davis (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1121/ - S 1112: South Carolina Hospital Week (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1112/ - S 1095: Prohibit Abortions (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1095/ - S 1085: Columbia Garden Club (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1085/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $51.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1874999775 - Campaign site: https://www.dannyverdin.com/ - X: https://x.com/DDannyverdin - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatordannyverdin/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SenatorDannyVerdin Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0ed8d824-c5b2-47c6-9970-2c475cbfd9ac