# Cody Mitchell

Cody Mitchell is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 65.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 65
- Serving since: 2022-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/16726551-937d-43ca-a13b-c94c608d1ba3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/16726551-937d-43ca-a13b-c94c608d1ba3 (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

89% of the 1,173 bills Mitchell sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the South Carolina House.

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

25 classified statements: 25 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 | Mitchell | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 4.0% | 9.3% | 497 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 20.0% | 31.9% | 566 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 24.0% | 12.7% | 122 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 40% (State House Republicans 18%); Agriculture and Food 20% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 20% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 20% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Crime and Law Enforcement 20% (State House Republicans 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.03), from 131 donors and 540 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 90% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 97.7% (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 not voting · 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 nay · 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 not voting · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,173 bills: 1,173 reached committee, 1,043 passed one chamber, 116 passed both, 31 became law. Cosponsored 0. 88.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 123 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 5811: DNR (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5811/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $70.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% 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.

- 2026-07-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/CTMITCHELLSC/status/2076290009796096248
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/CTMITCHELLSC/status/2058901705312321577
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/CTMITCHELLSC/status/2058952144082915560
- 2026-05-12 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/CTMITCHELLSC/status/2054297000875643093
- 2026-05-06 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/CTMITCHELLSC/status/2052109130840588754
- 2026-04-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/CTMITCHELLSC/status/2046642848187941229
- 2026-04-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/CTMITCHELLSC/status/2041707766566334635
- 2026-03-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/CTMITCHELLSC/status/2035126879334576317
- 2026-01-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CTMITCHELLSC/status/2013039114807836955
- 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/CTMITCHELLSC/status/2006709095190204495

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1344033930
- Campaign site: https://www.codytmitchell.com/
- X: https://x.com/CTMITCHELLSC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectCodyTMitchell
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cody.mitchell.372
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ctmitchellsc/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctmitchellsc/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/16726551-937d-43ca-a13b-c94c608d1ba3