# Chandra Dillard Chandra Dillard is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 23. - Party: Democrat - Seat: South Carolina House, district 23 - Serving since: 2008-12-02 - Current term: SC 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/2432a9be-a476-4dae-966c-74f01e24fdbb Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2432a9be-a476-4dae-966c-74f01e24fdbb (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 100% of Dillard’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from South Carolina, in the top tenth of State House Democrats. ## What Dillard says (SC 2025–26 session) 8 classified statements: 8 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 | Dillard | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 | | Policy criticism | 62.5% | 10.4% | 1 of 765 | | Policy discussion | 50.0% | 39.2% | 227 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 12.5% | 2.9% | 14 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 12.5% | 14.4% | 372 of 765 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 | Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 75% (State House Democrats 11%); Agriculture and Food 50% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 25% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 25% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Crime and Law Enforcement 25% (State House Democrats 8.0%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.03), from 150 donors and 1,069 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (SC 2025–26 session) 1,346 roll calls. Attendance 91.1% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 99.3% (93.8%). 9 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 not voting · Table Motion to Reconsider · H 4042 Ivermectin · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4042/ - 2026-08-11 · voted not voting · Adopt Conference Report · H 5126 Budget · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5126/ - 2026-08-11 · voted not voting · Proviso to 117.220 · H 5126 Budget · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5126/ - 2026-08-11 · voted not voting · 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 1,022 bills: 1,022 reached committee, 987 passed one chamber, 80 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 96.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 66 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 $4,120 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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. - 2026-03-16 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/chandradillard/status/2033683468584984995 - 2026-03-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/chandradillard/status/2033683673153740909 - 2025-12-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/chandradillard/status/2003305162795061703 - 2025-06-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/chandradillard/status/1933269905476112567 - 2025-05-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/chandradillard/status/1926389106579284122 - 2025-05-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/chandradillard/status/1926389208567980532 - 2025-02-06 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/chandradillard/status/1887547949246197983 - 2025-02-06 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/chandradillard/status/1887548092469403817 ## Links - Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0479545397 - Campaign site: https://www.chandradillard.com/ - X: https://x.com/chandradillard - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialchandradillard - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chandra.dillard.7 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chandra.dillard/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandra-dillard-a0b2457/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2432a9be-a476-4dae-966c-74f01e24fdbb