# Nathan Ballentine

Nathan Ballentine is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 71.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 71
- Serving since: 2004-11-30
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/129fde97-b4fa-4004-bfb9-f96169a7c0a5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/129fde97-b4fa-4004-bfb9-f96169a7c0a5 (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

The policy areas Ballentine talks about and legislates on agree at 0.28 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## What Ballentine says (SC 2025–26 session)

268 classified statements: 268 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Ballentine | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.9% | 468 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.5% | 9.3% | 623 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 16.0% | 31.9% | 632 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.5% | 1.8% | 327 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 8.2% | 12.7% | 443 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 35% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 23% (State House Republicans 15%); Economics and Public Finance 21% (State House Republicans 12%); Transportation and Public Works 14% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Housing and Community Development 12% (State House Republicans 3.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.02), from 188 donors and 1,039 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 86% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 92.6% (93.8%). 25 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Concur in Senate Amendments · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · Table Motion to Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Table Amendment 1A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Table Amendment 2A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-11 · voted not voting · Table Motion to Reconsider · H 4042 Ivermectin · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4042/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · H 5126 Budget · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5126/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · Proviso to 117.220 · H 5126 Budget · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5126/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · Concur in Senate Amendments · H 4300 Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4300/
- 2026-06-25 · voted nay · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,010 bills: 1,010 reached committee, 996 passed one chamber, 87 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 98.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 7 of 124).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 5810: UNESCO Middle Passage Marker (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5810/
- H 5806: Pastor Sammie D. Simmons Day in SC (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5806/
- H 5800: Friendship United Methodist Church 160th Anniversary (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5800/
- H 5807: Alica James obituary and memorial service (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5807/
- H 5795: Katherine Liles, sympathy (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5795/
- H 5799: Harold Waynick sympathy (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5799/
- H 5797: Jack J. Parrish Jr. (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5797/
- H 5808: Cpt. Reed Koepp retirement (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5808/
- H 5798: Mark Williams (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5798/
- H 5802: Irmo Insurance Agency, 50th anniversary (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5802/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $43.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/NathanBallentin F3StageCoach/status/2114515755945677193
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/NathanBallentin F3StageCoach/status/2114523251539894430
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/NathanBallentin F3StageCoach/status/2114438143294243189
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/NathanBallentin F3StageCoach/status/2113659390397989073
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/NathanBallentin F3StageCoach/status/2113747675086553137
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NathanBallentin F3StageCoach/status/2112363308053303647
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/NathanBallentin F3StageCoach/status/2112642780061450299
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/NathanBallentin F3StageCoach/status/2112674613402669101
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NathanBallentin F3StageCoach/status/2111995110183354793
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/NathanBallentin F3StageCoach/status/2110899221922566556

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0102272715
- Campaign site: https://nathansnews.com/
- X: https://x.com/NathanBallentin
- X: https://x.com/F3StageCoach
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathan.ballentine
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ballentineforhouse
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathan_ballentine/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nathanballentine8931
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanballentine1970/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/129fde97-b4fa-4004-bfb9-f96169a7c0a5