# Heather Bauer

Heather Bauer is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 75.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 75
- Serving since: 2022-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/573c5456-8b53-4a00-9538-1013f0fc12c5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/573c5456-8b53-4a00-9538-1013f0fc12c5 (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

Bauer voted against the majority of South Carolina House Democrats 38 times; party unity 89%, in the bottom quarter of the South Carolina House (average 93.8%).

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

17 classified statements: 17 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 | Bauer | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.9% | 2.5% | 118 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 17.6% | 10.4% | 160 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 29.4% | 39.2% | 537 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.9% | 2.9% | 119 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 11.8% | 14.4% | 392 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 5.9% | 1.0% | 29 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 40% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Education 20% (State House Democrats 15%); Energy 20% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 20% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.03), from 1,412 donors and 570 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 92.5% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 89% (93.8%). 38 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 nay · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,032 bills: 1,032 reached committee, 994 passed one chamber, 85 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 96.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 76 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 $112.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% 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.

- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/bmbrbauer/status/2103933424058913252
- 2026-01-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/bmbrbauer/status/2016628738197200935
- 2025-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/bmbrbauer/status/1980825142285726091
- 2025-09-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/bmbrbauer/status/1969885038817972563
- 2025-09-17 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/bmbrbauer/status/1968351245867069499
- 2025-09-04 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/bmbrbauer/status/1963584982321950936
- 2025-08-31 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/bmbrbauer/status/1962211099723350161
- 2025-08-13 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/bmbrbauer/status/1955599758778626237
- 2025-06-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/bmbrbauer/status/1936082629326975234
- 2025-06-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/bmbrbauer/status/1930589355317268990

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0125568167
- Campaign site: https://www.voteheatherbauer.com/
- X: https://x.com/bmbrbauer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeatherBauerforSC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeatherBauerSC
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heatherbauersc/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@heatherbauerforsc6398
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bmbrrrrr
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-bauer-8a920012/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/573c5456-8b53-4a00-9538-1013f0fc12c5