# Roger Kirby

Roger Kirby is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 101.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 101
- Serving since: 2022-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9aa18702-15a2-4281-926b-4e980f2e8aa0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9aa18702-15a2-4281-926b-4e980f2e8aa0 (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

6.6% of Kirby’s statements use bipartisan language, 2.3 times the State House Democrat average of 2.9%.

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

213 classified statements: 213 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 | Kirby | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 13.6% | 10.4% | 237 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 42.7% | 39.2% | 333 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.6% | 2.9% | 87 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 10.8% | 14.4% | 414 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.9% | 1.0% | 211 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 13% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 12% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Transportation and Public Works 12% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.9% (State House Democrats 9.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.01), from 160 donors and 1,016 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 77% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 94.7% (93.8%). 16 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 1,033 bills: 1,033 reached committee, 1,001 passed one chamber, 88 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 96.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 53 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 $56.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 83% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RKirbySC/status/2112728236517888041
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RKirbySC/status/2109469562878193721
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/RKirbySC/status/2108006231386296383
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/RKirbySC/status/2105488171236761973
- 2026-09-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/RKirbySC/status/2104045888742039623
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RKirbySC/status/2103341117215215688
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/RKirbySC/status/2098236841908408607
- 2026-08-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RKirbySC/status/2094055156849479695
- 2026-08-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RKirbySC/status/2091849799507017896
- 2026-08-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RKirbySC/status/2092029227797286979

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1006818061
- Campaign site: https://www.rogerthatsc.com/
- X: https://x.com/RKirbySC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007084394893
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rogerkirbyschouse101
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rogerkirby61/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rogerthatsc8291

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9aa18702-15a2-4281-926b-4e980f2e8aa0