# Thomas Beach

Thomas Beach is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 10
- Serving since: 2022-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2ac35060-d236-438e-a3ec-6ad2be0f53c6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2ac35060-d236-438e-a3ec-6ad2be0f53c6 (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

Beach sits at +0.94 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 99% of State House Republicans.

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

573 classified statements: 573 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 | Beach | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.1% | 2.9% | 294 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 11.3% | 9.3% | 245 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 17.8% | 31.9% | 603 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.5% | 1.8% | 495 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 3.3% | 12.7% | 615 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 6.6% | 1.4% | 37 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 25% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 23% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Economics and Public Finance 21% (State House Republicans 12%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 19% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Education 15% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.94 (standard error 0.02), from 378 donors and 572 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 99% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 93.6% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 88% (93.8%). 248 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · Concur in Senate Amendments · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Table Motion to Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · Table Amendment 1A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · Table Amendment 2A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · 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 nay · Adopt Conference Report · H 5126 Budget · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5126/
- 2026-08-11 · voted nay · 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 1,040 bills: 1,040 reached committee, 989 passed one chamber, 81 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 95.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 101 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 $75.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 85% 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.

- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/ThomasBeach/status/2111102208238567791
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/ThomasBeach/status/2110379599850868814
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/ThomasBeach/status/2109994207553421772
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/ThomasBeach/status/2110052417102581774
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ThomasBeach/status/2109626815304151492
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ThomasBeach/status/2109652412038611175
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/ThomasBeach/status/2109680141618053176
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/ThomasBeach/status/2109682548020527157
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ThomasBeach/status/2108249381245972842
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/ThomasBeach/status/2108257280848224415

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0129545439
- Campaign site: https://www.beachforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/ThomasBeach
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeachforHouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thomas.beach.77
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Thomasbeach7
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thomasbeach3734
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thomasbeach5
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-beach-b39b563a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2ac35060-d236-438e-a3ec-6ad2be0f53c6