# Leon Howard

Leon Howard is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 76.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 76
- Serving since: 1994-12-06
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a7665bc0-b03c-419e-976c-b3a25ebf358e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a7665bc0-b03c-419e-976c-b3a25ebf358e (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

Howard missed 63% of 1,346 roll calls, the lowest attendance of 124 in the South Carolina House (average 88%).

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

7 classified statements: 7 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 | Howard | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 14.3% | 10.4% | 222 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 28.6% | 39.2% | 544 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 14.3% | 14.4% | 329 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 50% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Transportation and Public Works 50% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Commerce 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.04), from 24 donors and 680 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 37% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 99.4% (93.8%). 12 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 not voting · 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 997 bills: 997 reached committee, 985 passed one chamber, 79 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 98.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 4 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 $3,224 (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.

- 2026-08-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonhowardsc76/status/2089525510950830468
- 2026-07-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonhowardsc76/status/2072349134166589696
- 2025-06-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonhowardsc76/status/1934415401871409287
- 2025-05-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonhowardsc76/status/1917743916083995128
- 2025-04-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/leonhowardsc76/status/1914821967603003742
- 2025-04-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/leonhowardsc76/status/1910849220514292013
- 2025-03-26 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/leonhowardsc76/status/1905005521561870736

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0879545349
- Campaign site: http://reelectleonhoward.com/
- X: https://x.com/leonhowardsc76
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leonhowardschouse76
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leonhowardsc76/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a7665bc0-b03c-419e-976c-b3a25ebf358e