# Micah Caskey

Micah Caskey is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 89.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 89
- Serving since: 2016-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/32c6ccd9-4b56-4075-a99b-1882f4dd176d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/32c6ccd9-4b56-4075-a99b-1882f4dd176d (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

24% of Caskey’s statements contain a personal attack, 8.3 times the State House Republican average of 2.9%.

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

255 classified statements: 255 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 | Caskey | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 23.9% | 2.9% | 7 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 4.3% | 9.3% | 485 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 10.6% | 31.9% | 690 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.8% | 1.8% | 447 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.8% | 12.7% | 718 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.8% | 1.4% | 325 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 48% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 11% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 11% (State House Republicans 15%); Armed Forces and National Security 7.4% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 7.4% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.02), from 188 donors and 891 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 82% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 92.7% (93.8%). 21 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Concur in Senate Amendments · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · Table Motion to Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Table Amendment 1A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Table Amendment 2A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-11 · voted yea · 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 not voting · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,047 bills: 1,047 reached committee, 1,013 passed one chamber, 96 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 96.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 59 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 $20.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 90% 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/MicahCaskey/status/2114381686108762152
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/MicahCaskey/status/2110022591523979634
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/MicahCaskey/status/2095094344172646569
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/MicahCaskey/status/2094582371009900991
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/MicahCaskey/status/2094619445930922442
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/MicahCaskey/status/2094619782263738402
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/MicahCaskey/status/2094621686993752294
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/MicahCaskey/status/2094743917174427760
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/MicahCaskey/status/2094758324533076356
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/MicahCaskey/status/2094758782488154350

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0329545415
- Campaign site: https://www.micahcaskey.com/
- X: https://x.com/MicahCaskey
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votemicahcaskey/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/micah.caskey
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repmicahcaskey
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6FoU0GSltaZocaRc_IOxEw
- Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@micahcaskey
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahcaskey/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/32c6ccd9-4b56-4075-a99b-1882f4dd176d