# John King John King is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 49. - Party: Democrat - Seat: South Carolina House, district 49 - Serving since: 2008-12-02 - Current term: SC 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/12f4e61d-b847-4a7d-8029-613580ebfd9f Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/12f4e61d-b847-4a7d-8029-613580ebfd9f (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 66% of King’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from South Carolina, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats. ## What King says (SC 2025–26 session) 69 classified statements: 69 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | King | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 14.5% | 2.5% | 23 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 11.6% | 10.4% | 271 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 14.5% | 39.2% | 673 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 2.9% | 14.4% | 626 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 8.7% | 1.0% | 12 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 50% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Government Operations and Politics 30% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 20% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 10% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Economics and Public Finance 10% (State House Democrats 11%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.87 (standard error 0.03), from 168 donors and 1,064 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (SC 2025–26 session) 1,346 roll calls. Attendance 88% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 98.2% (93.8%). 35 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 yea · 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 1,060 bills: 1,060 reached committee, 1,022 passed one chamber, 90 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 96.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 73 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 $28.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 66% 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. - 2025-11-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/repjohnrcking/status/1988637057921495539 - 2025-11-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/repjohnrcking/status/1988637259759792437 - 2025-11-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjohnrcking/status/1988705219455422858 - 2025-11-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjohnrcking/status/1985932117553918077 - 2025-11-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjohnrcking/status/1985932338509894120 - 2025-11-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjohnrcking/status/1985934073768907219 - 2025-11-05 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/repjohnrcking/status/1985934533204553965 - 2025-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/repjohnrcking/status/1980595027048116272 - 2025-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/repjohnrcking/status/1978805538398880052 - 2025-10-09 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/repjohnrcking/status/1976146386073927756 ## Links - Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1002272607 - X: https://x.com/repjohnrcking - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rep.JohnKing - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/representative.king - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-richard-king-01373110/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/12f4e61d-b847-4a7d-8029-613580ebfd9f