# Annie McDaniel

Annie McDaniel is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 41.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 41
- Serving since: 2018-11-12
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/86e53967-3383-4df1-b3b6-49aa2b327110

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86e53967-3383-4df1-b3b6-49aa2b327110 (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

McDaniel reported $7,015 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K).

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

40 classified statements: 40 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 | McDaniel | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.5% | 2.5% | 81 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 10.0% | 10.4% | 316 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 17.5% | 39.2% | 655 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 43% (State House Democrats 15%); Taxation 29% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Energy 14% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Health 14% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.03), from 120 donors and 1,033 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 90.4% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 97.5% (93.8%). 29 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 nay · 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 not voting · 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 1,052 bills: 1,052 reached committee, 1,017 passed one chamber, 83 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 96.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 63 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 $7,015 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2026-08-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/mcdanielae/status/2088218092811780188
- 2026-08-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mcdanielae/status/2088218981563809991
- 2026-08-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/mcdanielae/status/2088219573250052305
- 2026-07-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/mcdanielae/status/2074296763800846827
- 2026-05-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/mcdanielae/status/2057520674915180782
- 2026-03-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mcdanielae/status/2030597284887437605
- 2025-12-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mcdanielae/status/2005941911979192505
- 2025-12-04 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/mcdanielae/status/1996537631518372095
- 2025-11-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/mcdanielae/status/1994226953121857770
- 2025-11-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/mcdanielae/status/1990099588825424053

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1221590763
- X: https://x.com/mcdanielae
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/schousedistrict41
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rep.annie.e.mcdaniel
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcdanielae9/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-mcdaniel-429a55/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86e53967-3383-4df1-b3b6-49aa2b327110