# Todd Rutherford

Todd Rutherford is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 74.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 74
- Serving since: 1998-12-01
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ad25d5ef-8d4f-425f-9dbd-0b018f1771cc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ad25d5ef-8d4f-425f-9dbd-0b018f1771cc (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

Rutherford missed 24% of 1,346 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the South Carolina House (average 88%).

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

35 classified statements: 35 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 | Rutherford | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 17.1% | 10.4% | 168 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 54.3% | 39.2% | 163 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 8.6% | 14.4% | 474 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 26% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Commerce 21% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Economics and Public Finance 21% (State House Democrats 11%); Education 21% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 11% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.65 (standard error 0.03), from 92 donors and 925 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 76% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 95.5% (93.8%). 23 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 1,021 bills: 1,021 reached committee, 1,003 passed one chamber, 84 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 98.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 13 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 $22.7K (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.

- 2026-08-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepRutherford/status/2093904897670337016
- 2026-03-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRutherford/status/2029364052162400334
- 2026-03-04 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRutherford/status/2029281300608098421
- 2026-03-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepRutherford/status/2028605675677315193
- 2026-02-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepRutherford/status/2024220600613367818
- 2026-02-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepRutherford/status/2021030658311848374
- 2026-02-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepRutherford/status/2021271262929010840
- 2026-01-31 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepRutherford/status/2017414434025542110
- 2026-01-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepRutherford/status/2017748440831214079
- 2025-11-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepRutherford/status/1988624680702345579

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1614772534
- Campaign site: https://rutherford74.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepRutherford
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepRutherford/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100015267510698
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reptoddrutherford/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@toddrutherford9686

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ad25d5ef-8d4f-425f-9dbd-0b018f1771cc