# Carlisle Kennedy

Carlisle Kennedy is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 23.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 23
- Serving since: 2024-11-11
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/31de54c6-a271-4c9e-a109-35de035197ce

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/31de54c6-a271-4c9e-a109-35de035197ce (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

57% of the 110 bills Kennedy sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the South Carolina Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.04), from 110 donors and 234 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

701 roll calls. Attendance 87% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 88% (84%). 37 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 grant free conference powers · S 52 Driving under the influence · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S52/
- 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 · 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 110 bills: 110 reached committee, 63 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 57.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 44 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 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 1095: Prohibit Abortions (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1095/
- S 1094: Media Bias Monitoring (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1094/
- 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 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 $20.9K (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=0984090791
- Campaign site: https://votecarlislekennedy.com/
- X: https://x.com/Kennedy4SC
- X: https://x.com/Carlisle_Evans
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarlisleKennedyForSenate/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Carlisle10Kennedy
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kennedyforsenate/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlislekennedy

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/31de54c6-a271-4c9e-a109-35de035197ce