# Leon Stavrinakis

Leon Stavrinakis is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 119.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 119
- Serving since: 2006-12-05
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3faa0b04-4277-4a07-ae78-bc9cb0d20e07

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3faa0b04-4277-4a07-ae78-bc9cb0d20e07 (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

5.5% of Stavrinakis’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats (average 39%).

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

1,488 classified statements: 1,488 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Stavrinakis | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.2% | 2.5% | 159 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 2.4% | 10.4% | 583 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 5.5% | 39.2% | 731 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.3% | 2.9% | 580 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.9% | 14.4% | 683 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 1.0% | 300 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 28% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 24% (State House Democrats 11%); Health 16% (State House Democrats 15%); Taxation 13% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Energy 12% (State House Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.43 (standard error 0.02), from 161 donors and 944 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 77% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 83% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 90% (93.8%). 28 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 1,011 bills: 1,011 reached committee, 993 passed one chamber, 85 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 98.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 15 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 $10.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonstav/status/2114553563288605078
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonstav/status/2114469450670088541
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonstav/status/2114478084095086863
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonstav/status/2114478492846874983
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonstav/status/2112708638825759212
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonstav/status/2112892493100441713
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonstav/status/2112959769862689146
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonstav/status/2112381284370813208
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonstav/status/2112385185270641091
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonstav/status/2112606854329364770

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1747727063
- Campaign site: https://www.leonforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/leonstav
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leon.stavrinakis
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leonforhouse
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lstavrinakis/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@leonstavrinakis9259
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leon-stavrinakis-b8a03a69/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3faa0b04-4277-4a07-ae78-bc9cb0d20e07