# Seth Rose

Seth Rose is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 72.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 72
- Serving since: 2018-11-12
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6f3e5d6a-0e85-4af0-9711-1eaa7e3da981

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6f3e5d6a-0e85-4af0-9711-1eaa7e3da981 (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

100% of Rose’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from South Carolina, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

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

29 classified statements: 29 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 | Rose | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 10.3% | 10.4% | 305 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 51.7% | 39.2% | 197 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.5% | 2.9% | 225 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 27.6% | 14.4% | 112 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Transportation and Public Works 47% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Education 20% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 13% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 6.7% (State House Democrats 9.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.63 (standard error 0.02), from 104 donors and 1,081 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,345 roll calls. Attendance 79% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 90.8% (93.8%). 32 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 1,008 bills: 1,008 reached committee, 988 passed one chamber, 83 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 98.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 20 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 $5,999 (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.

- 2026-08-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/SethRoseSC/status/2093857827726950638
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/SethRoseSC/status/2092260249285611773
- 2026-07-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/SethRoseSC/status/2080709260413981113
- 2026-05-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SethRoseSC/status/2057841254004560064
- 2026-05-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SethRoseSC/status/2057851973811003566
- 2026-02-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/SethRoseSC/status/2019380560787877919
- 2026-01-31 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SethRoseSC/status/2017735728868827646
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SethRoseSC/status/2016869902448046453
- 2026-01-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/SethRoseSC/status/2015032639816880528
- 2026-01-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/SethRoseSC/status/2015035077613277349

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1584090719
- Campaign site: https://www.sethrose.com/
- X: https://x.com/SethRoseSC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SethRoseSC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SethColeRose
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SethRoseSC

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6f3e5d6a-0e85-4af0-9711-1eaa7e3da981