# Tom Davis

Tom Davis is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 46.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 46
- Serving since: 2009-01-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/33fe6bed-f8b0-4002-90fa-870813b72caf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/33fe6bed-f8b0-4002-90fa-870813b72caf (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

74% of Davis’s statements discuss policy, 2.0 times the State Senate Republican average of 37%.

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

383 classified statements: 383 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Davis | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.3% | 180 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 14.6% | 9.5% | 86 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 73.9% | 37.3% | 8 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.4% | 2.3% | 83 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 26.4% | 15.4% | 65 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 1.3% | 157 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 34% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Health 21% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Transportation and Public Works 11% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Environmental Protection 9.5% (State Senate Republicans 1.7%); Economics and Public Finance 9.2% (State Senate Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.01), from 803 donors and 880 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

705 roll calls. Attendance 91.3% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 70% (84%). 26 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · to adopt the conference report · H 4635 Physical Fitness Services · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4635/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · to adopt the conference report · H 3387 Unlawful occupants of property · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3387/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · to grant free conference powers · S 52 Driving under the influence · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S52/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · to adopt the conference report · H 4069 Patient-Friendly Billing · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4069/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · to override the veto · S 238 Sine Die · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S238/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · to concur · S 1043 Civil Air Patrol Leave Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1043/
- 2026-06-25 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · to adopt the conference report · H 4248 Food labeling · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4248/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 106 bills: 105 reached committee, 69 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 65.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 37 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 1176: Practice Agreements (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1176/
- S 1166: Police Week in SC (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1166/
- S 1149: May River High School Wrestling Team (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1149/
- S 1141: ABC Carolinas Hard Hat Day (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1141/
- S 1133: Lonnie Hosey Purple Heart Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1133/
- S 1130: Apply Ethics Laws to Political Party Chairmen (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1130/
- S 1121: Colonel Claude Davis (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1121/
- S 1120: Dr. Richard J. Gough (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1120/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $41.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 91% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenTomDavisSC/status/2114076132588790174
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTomDavisSC/status/2111838263178584542
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenTomDavisSC/status/2111237698216218713
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTomDavisSC/status/2106120998483640463
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTomDavisSC/status/2106121450344112237
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTomDavisSC/status/2106125472245711085
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTomDavisSC/status/2105759994121765130
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTomDavisSC/status/2104963484928651614
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenTomDavisSC/status/2105038844768690332
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenTomDavisSC/status/2100657086312911164

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0456818127
- Campaign site: https://www.senatortomdavis.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenTomDavisSC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TomDavisSC/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009686942362
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatortomdavis/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCldhwJ0hQZ4DedFXYpk0T4w
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-davis-10073927/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/33fe6bed-f8b0-4002-90fa-870813b72caf