# Steven Long

Steven Long is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 37.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 37
- Serving since: 2016-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/72f330b5-9ae0-40e6-b1d2-0ab6725cccf2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/72f330b5-9ae0-40e6-b1d2-0ab6725cccf2 (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

Long sits at +0.64 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 89% of State House Republicans.

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

52 classified statements: 52 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Long | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.8% | 2.9% | 138 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 7.7% | 9.3% | 350 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 48.1% | 31.9% | 156 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 21.1% | 12.7% | 159 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 28% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 20% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (State House Republicans 11%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Families 12% (State House Republicans 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.64 (standard error 0.01), from 179 donors and 1,170 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 97.4% (93.8%). 41 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 not voting · 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 nay · 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 1,058 bills: 1,058 reached committee, 1,004 passed one chamber, 86 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 94.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 106 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 $20.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/StevenLongSC/status/2113365606841901389
- 2026-08-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/StevenLongSC/status/2090843100776124868
- 2026-08-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/StevenLongSC/status/2090843307102335392
- 2026-08-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/StevenLongSC/status/2090843506910593398
- 2026-08-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/StevenLongSC/status/2090843754756198854
- 2026-08-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/StevenLongSC/status/2090844015549681958
- 2026-08-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/StevenLongSC/status/2090844314272182586
- 2026-08-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/StevenLongSC/status/2090845457446543575
- 2026-07-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/StevenLongSC/status/2079285350183182843
- 2026-07-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/StevenLongSC/status/2079285425605169208

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1120454411
- Campaign site: https://www.stevenlongsc.com/
- X: https://x.com/StevenLongSC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StevenLongSC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1008418161
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenlongsc/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@stevenlong3689
- Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@stevenlongsc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenwlong/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/72f330b5-9ae0-40e6-b1d2-0ab6725cccf2