# Tameika Isaac Devine

Tameika Isaac Devine is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate for district 19.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 19
- Serving since: 2024-01-08
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/51410bac-c642-4cd8-9935-dd87b16a6972

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/51410bac-c642-4cd8-9935-dd87b16a6972 (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

13% of Devine’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Democrats (average 43%).

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

489 classified statements: 489 posts 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 | Devine | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.0% | 2.4% | 130 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 4.5% | 10.3% | 212 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 12.9% | 42.9% | 306 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.2% | 3.4% | 219 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 3.9% | 16.1% | 277 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 0.8% | 114 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 32% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Education 19% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 11% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Health 9.7% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 8.1% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.62 (standard error 0.03), from 708 donors and 337 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

698 roll calls. Attendance 94.4% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 96.3% (84%). 10 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 nay · 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 128 bills: 128 reached committee, 103 passed one chamber, 26 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 80.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 11 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 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 1175: "Dr. Jasper Salmond Highway" (passed both chambers, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1175/
- S 1174: South Carolina Speed Safety Act (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1174/
- S 1173: Columbia chapter of Jack and Jill 75th anniversary (passed both chambers, 2026-05-08) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1173/
- S 1140: Probate Courts (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1140/
- S 1133: Lonnie Hosey Purple Heart Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1133/
- S 1126: Sovereign Grand Inspector General Emeritus Tyron R. Harper (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1126/
- S 1121: Colonel Claude Davis (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1121/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 87% 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 · https://x.com/TIDEVINE/status/2114545282855698569
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/TIDEVINE/status/2112493404613435462
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/TIDEVINE/status/2110184160132485258
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/TIDEVINE/status/2110321643264655681
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/TIDEVINE/status/2109449850656084272
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/TIDEVINE/status/2109450413833396636
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/TIDEVINE/status/2109452736630837337
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/TIDEVINE/status/2109468360735883708
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/TIDEVINE/status/2109221064983134225
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/TIDEVINE/status/2108716700635898047

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0477840852
- Campaign site: https://devineforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/TIDEVINE
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tameika.i.devine/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DevineForSenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tameikaisaacdevine
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/devineforsenate/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tameikaisaacdev96
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tameikaisaacdevine/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/51410bac-c642-4cd8-9935-dd87b16a6972