# Terry Alexander Terry Alexander is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 59. - Party: Democrat - Seat: South Carolina House, district 59 - Serving since: 2006-12-05 - Current term: SC 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/ae65876e-c27c-49ff-a49f-d58bcbbd4bd5 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ae65876e-c27c-49ff-a49f-d58bcbbd4bd5 (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 Alexander missed 46% of 1,346 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the South Carolina House (average 88%). ## What Alexander says (SC 2025–26 session) 5 classified statements: 5 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 | Alexander | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 | | Policy criticism | 20.0% | 10.4% | 124 of 765 | | Policy discussion | 40.0% | 39.2% | 384 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 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%); Education 50% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 50% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 50% (State House Democrats 15%); Immigration 50% (State House Democrats 4.3%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.60 (standard error 0.03), from 1 donors and 690 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 53% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (SC 2025–26 session) 1,346 roll calls. Attendance 54% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 96.3% (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 not voting · Adopt Conference Report · H 3924 Hemp-derived ingestible · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3924/ ## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session) Sponsored 1,007 bills: 1,007 reached committee, 989 passed one chamber, 80 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 98.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 16 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 $1,250 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-02-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/_terryalexander/status/2017950958576185775 - 2026-01-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/_terryalexander/status/2016102777072582926 - 2026-01-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/_terryalexander/status/2016107184807956919 - 2025-11-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/_terryalexander/status/1990877074962223261 - 2025-01-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/_terryalexander/status/1882303429563040170 ## Links - Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0011363635 - Campaign site: https://alexanderforsc.com/ - X: https://x.com/_terryalexander - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexanderforsc/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terry.alexander.167 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_terryalexander/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@terryalexander9201 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terry-alexander-6182325/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ae65876e-c27c-49ff-a49f-d58bcbbd4bd5