# Josh Kimbrell Josh Kimbrell is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 11. - Party: Republican - Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 11 - Serving since: 2020-11-09 - Current term: SC 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/abab175f-5281-4f94-9550-09131ee156ad Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/abab175f-5281-4f94-9550-09131ee156ad (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 Kimbrell reported $3,000 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K). ## What Kimbrell says (SC 2025–26 session) 47 classified statements: 47 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Kimbrell | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 17.0% | 9.5% | 72 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 59.6% | 37.3% | 44 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 2.1% | 2.3% | 139 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 46.8% | 15.4% | 6 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 43% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Taxation 21% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 18% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Education 18% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Housing and Community Development 14% (State Senate Republicans 3.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.56 (standard error 0.02), from 241 donors and 704 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (SC 2025–26 session) 683 roll calls. Attendance 90% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 85% (84%). 27 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4709 US produced iron and steel · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4709/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4635 Physical Fitness Services · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4635/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 3387 Unlawful occupants of property · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3387/ - 2026-06-25 · voted nay · to grant free conference powers · S 52 Driving under the influence · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S52/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4069 Patient-Friendly Billing · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4069/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 3021 Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3021/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to override the veto · S 238 Sine Die · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S238/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to grant free conference powers · H 4763 Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4763/ - 2026-06-25 · voted nay · to adopt the conference report · H 4248 Food labeling · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4248/ - 2026-06-25 · voted yea · 2nd Reading · H 4300 Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4300/ ## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session) Sponsored 111 bills: 111 reached committee, 68 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 0. 61.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 42 of 46). Recent sponsored bills: - S 1190: Lung Cancer Awareness Month (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1190/ - S 1187: EMS Week in SC (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1187/ - S 1180: 2026 Elections (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1180/ - S 1133: Lonnie Hosey Purple Heart Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1133/ - S 1130: Apply Ethics Laws to Political Party Chairmen (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1130/ - S 1121: Colonel Claude Davis (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1121/ - S 1094: Media Bias Monitoring (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1094/ - S 1085: Columbia Garden Club (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1085/ - S 1088: Pineview 6U rookie ball All-Star champs (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1088/ - S 1087: Multicultural Business Alliance Day in South Carolina (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1087/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $3,000 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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. - 2026-06-17 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/JoshKimbrellSC/status/2067361540630532210 - 2026-06-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoshKimbrellSC/status/2062588315946160235 - 2026-06-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JoshKimbrellSC/status/2061614517134467257 - 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoshKimbrellSC/status/2058921514984984968 - 2026-05-24 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/JoshKimbrellSC/status/2058597985701732566 - 2026-05-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoshKimbrellSC/status/2055358120470225082 - 2026-05-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JoshKimbrellSC/status/2055040421491786224 - 2026-05-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JoshKimbrellSC/status/2054205179788918915 - 2026-05-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoshKimbrellSC/status/2053351482561298914 - 2026-05-10 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/JoshKimbrellSC/status/2053612909427622045 ## Links - Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0993465790 - Campaign site: https://joshkimbrell.com/ - X: https://x.com/JoshKimbrellSC - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josh.kimbrell.3 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoshKimbrellSC - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshkimbrellsc/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JoshKimbrellSC - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-kimbrell-8216a824/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/abab175f-5281-4f94-9550-09131ee156ad