# Brandon Newton

Brandon Newton is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 45.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 45
- Serving since: 2016-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aa158d61-1373-4c4a-9ad3-ea74bf422cc3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aa158d61-1373-4c4a-9ad3-ea74bf422cc3 (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

84% of Newton’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from South Carolina, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

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

60 classified statements: 60 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 | Newton | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.3% | 2.9% | 218 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.7% | 9.3% | 613 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 21.7% | 31.9% | 530 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 23.3% | 12.7% | 129 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 46% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Economics and Public Finance 23% (State House Republicans 12%); Commerce 15% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State House Republicans 18%); Crime and Law Enforcement 7.7% (State House Republicans 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 285 donors and 1,148 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 97.7% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 97.3% (93.8%). 13 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 yea · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1,070 bills: 1,070 reached committee, 1,023 passed one chamber, 97 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 0. 95.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 92 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 $64.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 84% 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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/BrandonNewton7/status/2113439466253627898
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BrandonNewton7/status/2112220667936636937
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BrandonNewton7/status/2111149381848375358
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/BrandonNewton7/status/2111150296869339444
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/BrandonNewton7/status/2110856241169748021
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BrandonNewton7/status/2110165478047912107
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BrandonNewton7/status/2110494206561333265
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/BrandonNewton7/status/2106535506133819800
- 2026-09-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/BrandonNewton7/status/2103990430664945995
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/BrandonNewton7/status/2101019610250174539

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1418607785
- Campaign site: https://www.newtonforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/BrandonNewton7
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067092180779
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandon.newton.90
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandonnewtonforstatehouse
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-newton-85744026/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aa158d61-1373-4c4a-9ad3-ea74bf422cc3