# Darrell Jackson Darrell Jackson is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate for district 21. - Party: Democrat - Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 21 - Serving since: 1992-12-08 - Current term: SC 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/4eca904a-5153-440d-8e5c-4c9e056a1dd1 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4eca904a-5153-440d-8e5c-4c9e056a1dd1 (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 50% of Jackson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from South Carolina, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats. ## What Jackson says (SC 2025–26 session) 1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Jackson | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 42.9% | 328 of 330 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.44 (standard error 0.03), from 116 donors and 833 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (SC 2025–26 session) 682 roll calls. Attendance 92.0% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 85% (84%). 10 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 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 yea · 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 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/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · 2nd Reading · H 4300 Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4300/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · S 11 Paid Family Leave Eligible State Employee · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S11/ ## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session) Sponsored 101 bills: 101 reached committee, 80 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 79.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 13 of 46). Recent sponsored bills: - S 1202: Chris Webber Day (in committee, 2026-05-22) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1202/ - S 1190: Lung Cancer Awareness Month (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1190/ - S 1189: Vi Lyles (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1189/ - S 1187: EMS Week in SC (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1187/ - 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 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/ - S 1087: Multicultural Business Alliance Day in South Carolina (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1087/ - S 1086: Pineview Coach Pitch DYB World Series Championship (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1086/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $4,000 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 50% 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. - 2025-11-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/dj1one/status/1986620819817308659 ## Links - Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0920454435 - Campaign site: https://www.darrelljacksonforscsenate.com/ - X: https://x.com/dj1one - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenDarrellJackson - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DarrellJacksonSC Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4eca904a-5153-440d-8e5c-4c9e056a1dd1