# Melissa Oremus

Melissa Oremus is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 84.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 84
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b3dcafed-7f7a-4b8b-8a5e-a517d768ed42

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b3dcafed-7f7a-4b8b-8a5e-a517d768ed42 (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

93% of the 1,102 bills Oremus sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the South Carolina House.

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

30 classified statements: 30 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 | Oremus | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.7% | 2.9% | 107 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 6.7% | 9.3% | 387 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 10.0% | 31.9% | 699 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.7% | 12.7% | 498 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 33% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Government Operations and Politics 33% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 33% (State House Republicans 10%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.64 (standard error 0.01), from 91 donors and 937 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 95.6% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 94.1% (93.8%). 78 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 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 1,102 bills: 1,102 reached committee, 1,025 passed one chamber, 97 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 0. 93.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 118 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 $25.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/MelissaOremus/status/2108423771422097869
- 2026-06-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/MelissaOremus/status/2068559358888235048
- 2026-06-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/MelissaOremus/status/2066902118951235921
- 2026-06-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/MelissaOremus/status/2062225176276967683
- 2026-06-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/MelissaOremus/status/2062233399537090598
- 2026-05-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/MelissaOremus/status/2056453777268339038
- 2026-05-18 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/MelissaOremus/status/2056454153652551843
- 2026-05-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/MelissaOremus/status/2055318254076260422
- 2026-05-14 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/MelissaOremus/status/2054979247148605635
- 2026-05-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/MelissaOremus/status/2050353183520698803

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1432386192
- Campaign site: https://melissaoremus.com/
- X: https://x.com/MelissaOremus
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelissaOremus/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissa.lackeyoremus
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissaoremus/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-oremus-0577a55/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b3dcafed-7f7a-4b8b-8a5e-a517d768ed42