# Chip Campsen

Chip Campsen is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 43.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 43
- Serving since: 2005-01-11
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2ff21c9e-e03e-4f5c-ac4e-7b1e5633969d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2ff21c9e-e03e-4f5c-ac4e-7b1e5633969d (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

Campsen reported $3,254 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.26 (standard error 0.02), from 417 donors and 900 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 35% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

687 roll calls. Attendance 92.8% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 77% (84%). 25 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4709 US produced iron and steel · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4709/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4635 Physical Fitness Services · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4635/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 3387 Unlawful occupants of property · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3387/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4069 Patient-Friendly Billing · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4069/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 3021 Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3021/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to override the veto · S 238 Sine Die · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S238/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to concur · S 1043 Civil Air Patrol Leave Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1043/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to grant free conference powers · H 4763 Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4763/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4248 Food labeling · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4248/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · 2nd Reading · H 4300 Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4300/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 86 bills: 85 reached committee, 67 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 77.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 16 of 46).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 1190: Lung Cancer Awareness Month (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1190/
- S 1187: EMS Week in SC (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1187/
- S 1148: Rudy Socha (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1148/
- S 1133: Lonnie Hosey Purple Heart Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1133/
- S 1121: Colonel Claude Davis (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1121/
- S 1085: Columbia Garden Club (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1085/
- S 1088: Pineview 6U rookie ball All-Star champs (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1088/
- S 1087: Multicultural Business Alliance Day in South Carolina (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1087/
- S 1071: Colleton County CTC (introduced, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1071/
- S 1086: Pineview Coach Pitch DYB World Series Championship (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1086/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,254 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0302272691
- Campaign site: https://votecampsen.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorCampsen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votecampsen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chip.campsen
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votecampsen/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chipcampsen1205
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@senatorchipcampsen5971

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2ff21c9e-e03e-4f5c-ac4e-7b1e5633969d