# Gary Brewer

Gary Brewer is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 114.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 114
- Serving since: 2022-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/774393b0-877d-4c4b-81cf-daf0494328f9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/774393b0-877d-4c4b-81cf-daf0494328f9 (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

94% of the 1,084 bills Brewer sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the South Carolina House.

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

3 classified statements: 3 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 | Brewer | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 66.7% | 31.9% | 28 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 33.3% | 12.7% | 47 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 50% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 50% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 50% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.03), from 170 donors and 511 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 83% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 93.0% (93.8%). 18 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 1,084 bills: 1,084 reached committee, 1,023 passed one chamber, 102 passed both, 20 became law. Cosponsored 0. 94.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 109 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 5811: DNR (passed one chamber, 2026-08-25) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5811/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 85% 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.

- 2025-04-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBrewerSC114/status/1915129503510155697
- 2025-04-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBrewerSC114/status/1914800394896617858
- 2025-02-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepBrewerSC114/status/1887566839837753530

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0192045432
- Campaign site: https://www.garybrewerforschouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepBrewerSC114
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GaryBrewerforSCHouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gary.brewer.35
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/garybrewerforschouse/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gbrewer04/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-brewer-8bb17a7a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/774393b0-877d-4c4b-81cf-daf0494328f9