# Wes Climer

Wes Climer is a Republican member of the South Carolina Senate for district 15.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina Senate, district 15
- Serving since: 2016-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cccdb27c-0ed3-4d26-b2e1-5dd7c94e79ab

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cccdb27c-0ed3-4d26-b2e1-5dd7c94e79ab (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

50% of Climer’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from South Carolina, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans.

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

139 classified statements: 139 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Climer | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.6% | 2.3% | 83 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 23.0% | 9.5% | 39 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 46.0% | 37.3% | 117 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 2.3% | 226 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 14.4% | 15.4% | 164 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 5.0% | 1.3% | 22 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 31% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Economics and Public Finance 27% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 11% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Armed Forces and National Security 9.4% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Law 9.4% (State Senate Republicans 3.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.56 (standard error 0.02), from 491 donors and 985 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

695 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (South Carolina Senate 92.7%). Party unity 92.4% (84%). 43 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4709 US produced iron and steel · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4709/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4635 Physical Fitness Services · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4635/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 3387 Unlawful occupants of property · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3387/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to grant free conference powers · S 52 Driving under the influence · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S52/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4069 Patient-Friendly Billing · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4069/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 3021 Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3021/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to override the veto · S 238 Sine Die · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S238/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to concur · S 1043 Civil Air Patrol Leave Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1043/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to grant free conference powers · H 4763 Helping Alleviate Lawful Obstruction (HALO) Act · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4763/
- 2026-06-25 · voted yea · to adopt the conference report · H 4248 Food labeling · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H4248/

## Legislation (SC 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 101 bills: 101 reached committee, 64 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 0. 63.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina Senate 73.4%; rank 41 of 46).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 1196: Camp Thunderbird (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1196/
- S 1190: Lung Cancer Awareness Month (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1190/
- S 1187: EMS Week in SC (passed both chambers, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1187/
- S 1161: Clemson Livestock-Poultry Health (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1161/
- S 1133: Lonnie Hosey Purple Heart Highway (passed both chambers, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1133/
- S 1130: Apply Ethics Laws to Political Party Chairmen (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1130/
- S 1121: Colonel Claude Davis (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1121/
- S 1113: York Comprehensive High strength teams (passed one chamber, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1113/
- S 1085: Columbia Garden Club (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1085/
- S 1088: Pineview 6U rookie ball All-Star champs (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/S1088/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,000 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 50% 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.

- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WesClimer/status/2095502154840555676
- 2026-08-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WesClimer/status/2094039994939621877
- 2026-08-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WesClimer/status/2091584256594055273
- 2026-06-09 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/WesClimer/status/2064447676406513888
- 2026-06-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/WesClimer/status/2064448251244282279
- 2026-06-09 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/WesClimer/status/2064463594649952483
- 2026-05-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/WesClimer/status/2054248065020596371
- 2026-04-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/WesClimer/status/2044405522414084318
- 2026-04-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WesClimer/status/2041143890540109923
- 2026-04-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/WesClimer/status/2040146722538541227

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0356818139
- Campaign site: https://www.wesclimer.com/home
- X: https://x.com/WesClimer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wesclimersc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wes.climer.9
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wesclimer/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cccdb27c-0ed3-4d26-b2e1-5dd7c94e79ab