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Republican · South Carolina House, district 37

Serving since Nov 14, 2016SC 2025–26 session

Portrait of Steven Long, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
89%
of State House Republicans score to the left of Long on the CSIP scale

CSIP score +0.64 (approximate range +0.61 to +0.66, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 179 donors and 1,170 roll calls.

CSIP places every official on one left–right scale estimated from roll-call votes, campaign donations and the text of statements; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of moderate. The share says where Long sits among State House Republicans, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Republicans. 100% of Long’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from South Carolina, in the top quarter of State House Republicans. 95% of the 1,058 bills Long sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the South Carolina House.

The measures on which Long sits furthest from the middle of State House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Attendance

98.6%

South Carolina House average 88% · ranks 2nd of 124 · 1,346 roll calls

CSIP ideology

+0.64

More conservative than 89% of State House Republicans · ± 0.02

From South Carolina, 2026

100%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 392nd of 2,335 State House Republicans

Out of committee

95%

South Carolina House average 96% · ranks 106th of 124

Party unity

97.4%

South Carolina House average 93.8% · ranks 35th of 124 · 41 votes against the majority of South Carolina House Republicans

Itemized, 2026

$20.2K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 1588th of 2,521

Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Long, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Long is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Long says

Long stresses bipartisanship less than 85% of State House Republicans. Bipartisanship in 0% of 52 statements, against 1.8% for the average State House Republican; 677th of 791.

An AI model reads each of Long’s 52 statements in the SC 2025–26 session (52 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the SC 2025–26 session

0%80%
Long
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion25 statements
48%
32%
156th of 791
Credit claiming11 statements
21%
13%
159th of 791
Policy criticism4 statements
8%
9%
350th of 791
Personal attacks3 statements
6%
3%
138th of 791
Bipartisanship0 statements
0%
2%
677th of 791
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Long's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowLongPeers
Policy discussion48%32%
Credit claiming21%13%
Policy criticism8%9%
Personal attacks6%3%
Bipartisanship0%2%
52

statements classified

52 posts on X.

posts on X: 52 (100.0%)posts on X 52
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Long's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X52
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Long; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Long does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Long used no extreme labels in 52 statements. The peer average is 1.4%.

No extreme labels in this window.

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

No targets recorded.

What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the SC 2025–26 session

No month in this window has 10 or more statements, too few to chart month by month.

How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the SC 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 22 months are hatched here; 3 of them have no statements.

In Long’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Policy discussion

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Aug 21, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Credit claiming

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Aug 21, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; credit claiming; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Government Operations and Politics · Source

Personal attacks

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

May 6, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; target: wis10 · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: wis10Source

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: ClemsonSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: unknownSource

All 52 statements

Newest first, the SC 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 52 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Government Operations and Politics is what Long talks about most: 28% of policy statements, above the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.52 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 275th of 504).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Long talks about. The bills Long sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Long talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the SC 2025–26 session

0%35%
Long
Peers
Government Operations and Politics7 statements
28%
18%
Taxation5 statements
20%
8%
Crime and Law Enforcement4 statements
16%
11%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues3 statements
12%
6%
Families3 statements
12%
4%
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Policy areas Long talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
RowLongPeers
Government Operations and Politics28%18%
Taxation20%8%
Crime and Law Enforcement16%11%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues12%6%
Families12%4%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Long’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onGovernment Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 28% (State House Republicans 18%)28%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 12% (State House Republicans 12%)12%TaxationTaxation, talks about: 20% (State House Republicans 8%)20%Taxation, legislates on: 10% (State House Republicans 11%)10%Crime and Law EnforcementCrime and Law Enforcement, talks about: 16% (State House Republicans 11%)16%Crime and Law Enforcement, legislates on: 8% (State House Republicans 11%)8%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 12% (State House Republicans 6%)12%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 12% (State House Republicans 4%)12%FamiliesFamilies, talks about: 12% (State House Republicans 4%)12%Families, legislates on: 3% (State House Republicans 2%)3%
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Long's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
Government Operations and Politics28%18%12%12%
Taxation20%8%10%11%
Crime and Law Enforcement16%11%8%11%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues12%6%12%4%
Families12%4%3%2%
0.52

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 275th of 504.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Long legislates on exactly the areas Long talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Long sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Long sits at +0.64 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 89% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.61 to +0.66, which understates the uncertainty; from 179 donors and 1,170 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

+0.64

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.61 to +0.66. From 179 donors and 1,170 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Long +0.6State House Republicans +0.4South Carolina House +0.3All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Long, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Long’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Long sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Long +0.6South Carolina Housemedian +0.3All State Housemedian +0.1
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Long's CSIP score of +0.64 placed against State House Republicans, South Carolina House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Long
State House Republicans2917+0.489%
South Carolina House124+0.385%
All State House5324+0.194%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Long in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Long.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Long reported $20.2K in the 2026 cycle, below the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 100% of itemized individual money came from South Carolina.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$20.2K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 33 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)Individuals (itemized): $7,900 (39.1%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)PACs and other committees: $12.3K (60.9%)
  • Individuals (itemized)39 squares$7,900
  • PACs and other committees61 squares$12.3K
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Sources of Long's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$7,90039.1%
PACs and other committees$12.3K60.9%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $17.5K$17.5K20202022 cycle: $23.9K$23.9K20222024 cycle: $30.4K$30.4K20242026 cycle: $20.2K$20.2K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Long's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$17.5K
2022 cycle$23.9K
2024 cycle$30.4K
2026 cycle$20.2K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 100% came from South Carolina.

  1. South Carolina$7,900

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: $7,900SCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Long's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
South Carolina$7,900
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
IllinoisNo data
WisconsinNo data
MichiganNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
MassachusettsNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
IndianaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
33

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

100%

from South Carolina

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is South Carolina. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. BUSINESS OWNER$4,500 5 donors
  2. ATTORNEY$850 3 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. TRUCKING INDUSTRY NON-PARTISAN PAC$1,500
  2. FRIENDS OF SPARTANBURG REGIONAL FOR A HEALTHY SC$1,000
  3. MCGUIREWOODS FEDERAL PAC$1,000
  4. SC BANKERS ASSOCIATION STATE PAC$1,000
  5. SCPMA PAC$1,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

Back to topNext: Votes

Votes

Long voted with the majority of South Carolina House Republicans on 97.4% of party-line votes and missed 1.3% of 1,346 roll calls. South Carolina House on average: 93.8% party unity, 88% attendance. Across all roll calls, Long voted against the majority of South Carolina House Republicans 41 times.

1,346 roll calls Long could vote on in the SC 2025–26 session, compared with South Carolina House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Long voted with the majority of South Carolina House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

41

votes against the majority of South Carolina House Republicans

Party unity 97.4%, South Carolina House average 93.8%, ranks 35th of 124. 1,346 roll calls in the SC 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Long, the thin grey bar the South Carolina House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Long
Peers
Rank
Attendance
98.6%
88%
2nd of 124
Party unity
97.4%
93.8%
35th of 124
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Long's attendance and party unity against South Carolina House.
RowLongPeers
Attendance98.6%88%
Party unity97.4%93.8%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the SC 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Aug 25, 2026
H 3305
Supplemental Appropriations
Concur in Senate Amendments
YeaWith majoritypassD 32–0 · R 64–15Democrats 32 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 64 yea, 15 naybecame law · party crossover
Aug 25, 2026
H 3305
Supplemental Appropriations
Table Motion to Waive Rule 4.8
NayWith majorityfailD 0–32 · R 15–64Democrats 0 yea, 32 nay; Republicans 15 yea, 64 naybecame law · party crossover
Aug 25, 2026
H 3305
Supplemental Appropriations
Table Amendment 1A
YeaWith majoritypassD 32–0 · R 63–17Democrats 32 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 63 yea, 17 naybecame law · party crossover
Aug 25, 2026
H 3305
Supplemental Appropriations
Table Amendment 2A
Did not vote—passD 27–3 · R 51–18Democrats 27 yea, 3 nay; Republicans 51 yea, 18 naybecame law · party crossover
Aug 25, 2026
H 3305
Supplemental Appropriations
Waive Rule 4.8
YeaWith majoritypassD 32–0 · R 63–15Democrats 32 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 63 yea, 15 naybecame law · party crossover
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Long most often

  1. Travis MooreR1,138 shared votes98%
  2. Jeff JohnsonR996 shared votes97%
  3. Bill WhitmireR1,302 shared votes97%
  4. Charlie HartzR1,204 shared votes97%
  5. Brian LawsonR1,303 shared votes97%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Long least often

  1. Leon HowardD494 shared votes59%
  2. J.A. MooreD875 shared votes68%
  3. Keishan ScottD726 shared votes69%
  4. Courtney WatersD874 shared votes69%
  5. Terry AlexanderD716 shared votes71%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

SC 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Long sponsored 1,058 bills in the SC 2025–26 session; 5 became law. Cosponsored 0 others. 95% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House average 96%; 106th of 124).

The bills Long sponsored and cosponsored in the SC 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the SC 2025–26 session

Sponsored1,058 billsSponsored, Introduced: 1,0581,058Sponsored, In committee: 1,0581,058Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 1,0041,004Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 8686Sponsored, Became law: 55Cosponsored0 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 00Cosponsored, In committee: 00Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Long sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored1,0581,0581,004865
Cosponsored00000
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Long sponsored, ochre blocks bills Long cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

95%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

South Carolina House average 96%. Ranks 106th of 124.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Long, by number of shared bills in the SC 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Sarita Edgerton17
  2. Josiah Magnuson17
  3. Mike Burns14
  4. Stephen Frank14
  5. Jay Kilmartin12
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Long’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
H 5810UNESCO Middle Passage MarkerSponsorAug 25, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedIntroduced and adopted Aug 25, 2026
H 5806Pastor Sammie D. Simmons Day in SCSponsorAug 25, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedIntroduced and adopted Aug 25, 2026
H 5800Friendship United Methodist Church 160th AnniversarySponsorAug 25, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedIntroduced and adopted Aug 25, 2026
H 5807Alica James obituary and memorial serviceSponsorAug 25, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedIntroduced and adopted Aug 25, 2026
H 5795Katherine Liles, sympathySponsorAug 25, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedIntroduced and adopted Aug 25, 2026

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Online

A site that changed 1 time in 90 days. Long’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Long’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Long posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Long posted

No images from Long’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

No transcribed state floor speeches are matched to this legislator yet.

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

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Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Long is most unusual among State House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
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Open States
ocd-person/72f330b5-9ae0-40e6-b1d2-0ab6725cccf2

Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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