# Jermaine Johnson

Jermaine Johnson is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 52.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 52
- Serving since: 2022-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4ae40a76-8a57-40b1-b4cd-0218170e3ff8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4ae40a76-8a57-40b1-b4cd-0218170e3ff8 (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

2.9% of Johnson’s statements use an extreme label, 3.1 times the State House Democrat average of 1.0%.

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

814 classified statements: 814 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 | Johnson | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.1% | 2.5% | 111 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 9.1% | 10.4% | 339 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 25.3% | 39.2% | 583 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.9% | 2.9% | 263 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 5.3% | 14.4% | 555 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 2.9% | 1.0% | 71 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 25% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 17% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.68 (standard error 0.02), from 1,407 donors and 750 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 81% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 90.5% (93.8%). 39 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,041 bills: 1,041 reached committee, 998 passed one chamber, 83 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 95.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 86 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 $25.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 98% 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 · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Dr_JLJohnson/status/2114737623604621569
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Dr_JLJohnson/status/2114442042369855722
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dr_JLJohnson/status/2114078379079025081
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dr_JLJohnson/status/2113660444443554099
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Dr_JLJohnson/status/2113660447245410702
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dr_JLJohnson/status/2113660449510301980
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/Dr_JLJohnson/status/2113660451800351189
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/Dr_JLJohnson/status/2113660454375755785
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Dr_JLJohnson/status/2113665035721495020
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Dr_JLJohnson/status/2113323618969006107

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0943181705
- Campaign site: https://johnsonforsc.com/
- X: https://x.com/Dr_JLJohnson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drjermainejohnson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnsonforSC
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjermainejohnson/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jermaine-johnson-sr-517b289a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4ae40a76-8a57-40b1-b4cd-0218170e3ff8