# Justin Bamberg

Justin Bamberg is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 90.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 90
- Serving since: 2014-12-02
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/88861a7f-ca46-4ed7-a053-0d463cca48e0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/88861a7f-ca46-4ed7-a053-0d463cca48e0 (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

Bamberg missed 26% of 1,346 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the South Carolina House (average 88%).

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

351 classified statements: 351 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 | Bamberg | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.3% | 2.5% | 154 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 12.5% | 10.4% | 250 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 21.4% | 39.2% | 618 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 2.9% | 534 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 2.0% | 14.4% | 644 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 1.1% | 1.0% | 197 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 24% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 20% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Economics and Public Finance 11% (State House Democrats 11%); Taxation 11% (State House Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.57 (standard error 0.02), from 18 donors and 790 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 74% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 93.6% (93.8%). 25 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 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 1,007 bills: 1,007 reached committee, 991 passed one chamber, 80 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 98.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 10 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 $3,000 (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.

- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/JustinBamberg/status/2110034266650480660
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/JustinBamberg/status/2107599145045536841
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JustinBamberg/status/2102930482182697311
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/JustinBamberg/status/2102930602999566694
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/JustinBamberg/status/2103223822245912581
- 2026-08-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JustinBamberg/status/2093883463938060644
- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/JustinBamberg/status/2090136482161852577
- 2026-08-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/JustinBamberg/status/2084813248520405319
- 2026-08-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/JustinBamberg/status/2084814672654422404
- 2026-07-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JustinBamberg/status/2082241615226106297

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0102840897
- Campaign site: https://bamberg90.com/
- X: https://x.com/JustinBamberg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=12621569
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justinbambergesq/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbamberg/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/88861a7f-ca46-4ed7-a053-0d463cca48e0