# Stephen Frank

Stephen Frank is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 20
- Serving since: 2024-11-11
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c706a635-007e-45fa-90c1-0961d0e4cd2f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c706a635-007e-45fa-90c1-0961d0e4cd2f (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

Frank voted against the majority of South Carolina House Republicans 250 times; party unity 82%, in the bottom 5% of the South Carolina House (average 93.8%).

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

335 classified statements: 335 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 | Frank | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 12.8% | 2.9% | 33 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 21.2% | 9.3% | 95 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 33.4% | 31.9% | 349 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 1.8% | 421 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 5.1% | 12.7% | 554 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.8% | 1.4% | 213 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 41% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 21% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 13% (State House Republicans 15%); Agriculture and Food 13% (State House Republicans 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.88 (standard error 0.03), from 40 donors and 264 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 88% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 82% (93.8%). 250 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · Concur in Senate Amendments · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted yea · Table Motion to Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · Table Amendment 1A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · Table Amendment 2A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted nay · Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-11 · voted nay · Table Motion to Reconsider · H 4042 Ivermectin · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4042/
- 2026-08-11 · voted nay · Adopt Conference Report · H 5126 Budget · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H5126/
- 2026-08-11 · voted nay · 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 1,047 bills: 1,047 reached committee, 988 passed one chamber, 81 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 94.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 110 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 $2,949 (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.

- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/stephen_frank/status/2107669216048623645
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/stephen_frank/status/2107563052149383659
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/stephen_frank/status/2092050852332622027
- 2026-08-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/stephen_frank/status/2090814073982120266
- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/stephen_frank/status/2089888158288617912
- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/stephen_frank/status/2090177604967968945
- 2026-08-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/stephen_frank/status/2089495851974422961
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/stephen_frank/status/2087236246946894061
- 2026-07-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/stephen_frank/status/2078508141633765393
- 2026-07-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/stephen_frank/status/2078184112418906113

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0614772654
- Campaign site: https://votestephenfrank.com/
- X: https://x.com/stephen_frank
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votestephenfrank
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carolinaboy87

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c706a635-007e-45fa-90c1-0961d0e4cd2f