# Gil Gatch

Gil Gatch is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 94.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 94
- Serving since: 2020-11-09
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/21d2b4a4-f5fa-415b-8394-02e9b63c4ba0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/21d2b4a4-f5fa-415b-8394-02e9b63c4ba0 (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

Gatch missed 27% of 1,346 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the South Carolina House (average 88%).

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

553 classified statements: 553 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 | Gatch | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.2% | 2.9% | 151 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 8.7% | 9.3% | 318 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 15.6% | 31.9% | 638 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.6% | 1.8% | 309 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 4.3% | 12.7% | 578 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.4% | 373 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 16% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State House Republicans 12%); Law 14% (State House Republicans 3.1%); Energy 11% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Finance and Financial Sector 9.4% (State House Republicans 1.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.02), from 216 donors and 714 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 73% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 87% (93.8%). 43 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-25 · voted not voting · Concur in Senate Amendments · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted not voting · Table Motion to Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 nay · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,038 bills: 1,038 reached committee, 1,005 passed one chamber, 88 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 96.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 56 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 $73.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 86% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/GilGatch/status/2114390962310873156
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/GilGatch/status/2114392038330466748
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/GilGatch/status/2114420061972644071
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/GilGatch/status/2111888828063510878
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/GilGatch/status/2111902256597803066
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/GilGatch/status/2111539851812069415
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/GilGatch/status/2111598171352867039
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/GilGatch/status/2111162753721479535
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/GilGatch/status/2109014520458875257
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/GilGatch/status/2109015407680274457

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0658522648
- Campaign site: https://www.gilgatch.com/
- X: https://x.com/GilGatch
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gil.gatch
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gilforstatehouse
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gilgatch/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GilGatch
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilgatch/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/21d2b4a4-f5fa-415b-8394-02e9b63c4ba0