# Hamilton Grant

Hamilton Grant is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House for district 79.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 79
- Serving since: 2024-11-11
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c7b115f3-0fa8-4a8b-b01f-9b222f44018f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c7b115f3-0fa8-4a8b-b01f-9b222f44018f (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

The policy areas Grant talks about and legislates on agree at 0.43 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

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

652 classified statements: 652 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 | Grant | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.4% | 2.5% | 194 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 11.7% | 10.4% | 269 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 24.4% | 39.2% | 594 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.7% | 2.9% | 410 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 5.4% | 14.4% | 551 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 1.1% | 1.0% | 204 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 28% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 19% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Economics and Public Finance 14% (State House Democrats 11%); Crime and Law Enforcement 11% (State House Democrats 8.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.76 (standard error 0.04), from 349 donors and 286 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 95.2% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 100% (93.8%). 10 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 1,024 bills: 1,024 reached committee, 992 passed one chamber, 83 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 96.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 54 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 $46.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 81% 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.

- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/GrantForSC/status/2107473014174756942
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/GrantForSC/status/2099585997876900004
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/GrantForSC/status/2098388486059401402
- 2026-09-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/GrantForSC/status/2096594832021979357
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/GrantForSC/status/2095184272730538465
- 2026-08-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/GrantForSC/status/2094119817477329000
- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/GrantForSC/status/2092622783326933346
- 2026-08-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/GrantForSC/status/2090522753304605113
- 2026-08-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/GrantForSC/status/2090531381507944727
- 2026-08-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/GrantForSC/status/2087346749069299734

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=705681734
- Campaign site: https://www.grantforsc.com/
- X: https://x.com/GrantForSC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grantforsc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hamilton.grant.5/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hamilton_r._grant
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grantforsc/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c7b115f3-0fa8-4a8b-b01f-9b222f44018f