# Overture Walker

Overture Walker is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate for district 22.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2024-11-11
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3e43cada-6457-40bf-9f6d-ed024f737177

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3e43cada-6457-40bf-9f6d-ed024f737177 (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

84% of the 94 bills Walker sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the South Carolina Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.57 (standard error 0.04), from 314 donors and 259 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

690 roll calls. Attendance 92.3% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 94.8% (84%). 17 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 nay · 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 · to adopt the conference report · H 4248 Food labeling · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4248/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 94 bills: 94 reached committee, 79 passed one chamber, 30 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 0. 84.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 8 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 1186: Theresa P. Fogle, retirement (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1186/
- S 1184: Curtis Singleton (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1184/
- S 1185: Dr. Tyla Amoree McDowell (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1185/
- 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 1097: Heyward Career and Technology Center Victory Works (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1097/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $50.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1889772501
- Campaign site: https://overture4scsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/overture4senate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558591475019
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/overture.walker
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/overture4senate
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/overture-walker-2b886027/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3e43cada-6457-40bf-9f6d-ed024f737177