# Brandon Guffey

Brandon Guffey is a Republican member of the South Carolina House for district 48.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Carolina House, district 48
- Serving since: 2022-11-14
- Current term: SC 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f89d05de-1f18-466c-bd51-f718a208407b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f89d05de-1f18-466c-bd51-f718a208407b (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

9.8% of Guffey’s statements contain a personal attack, 3.4 times the State House Republican average of 2.9%.

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

1,536 classified statements: 1,536 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 | Guffey | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 9.8% | 2.9% | 57 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 10.1% | 9.3% | 273 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 17.1% | 31.9% | 615 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.5% | 1.8% | 324 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 3.7% | 12.7% | 597 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.4% | 386 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 29% (State House Republicans 18%); Science, Technology, Communications 25% (State House Republicans 2.4%); Commerce 11% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Crime and Law Enforcement 11% (State House Republicans 11%); Taxation 9.5% (State House Republicans 8.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.29 (standard error 0.02), from 141 donors and 496 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 39% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SC 2025–26 session)

1,346 roll calls. Attendance 75% (South Carolina House 88%). Party unity 93.6% (93.8%). 27 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-25 · voted not voting · Concur in Senate Amendments · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted not voting · Table Motion to Waive Rule 4.8 · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · fail · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted not voting · Table Amendment 1A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted not voting · Table Amendment 2A · H 3305 Supplemental Appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/sc/bills/2025-2026/H3305/
- 2026-08-25 · voted not voting · 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 yea · 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 1,067 bills: 1,067 reached committee, 1,022 passed one chamber, 99 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 0. 95.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Carolina House 96.3%; rank 89 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 $24.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 84% 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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/brandonguffeysc BrandonGuffey16/status/2113436584163082428
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/brandonguffeysc BrandonGuffey16/status/2113671533789077656
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/brandonguffeysc BrandonGuffey16/status/2113339334531428719
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/brandonguffeysc BrandonGuffey16/status/2112188662402461766
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/brandonguffeysc BrandonGuffey16/status/2111293732477714854
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/brandonguffeysc BrandonGuffey16/status/2111220897839280423
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/brandonguffeysc BrandonGuffey16/status/2110327263287705656
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/brandonguffeysc BrandonGuffey16/status/2109632673102934159
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/brandonguffeysc BrandonGuffey16/status/2109098514836054273
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/brandonguffeysc BrandonGuffey16/status/2109099593472553003

## Links

- Official site: https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0730681731
- Campaign site: https://voteguffey.com/
- X: https://x.com/brandonguffeysc
- X: https://x.com/BrandonGuffey16
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandonguffey48
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandonguff
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandonguff/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/voteguffey/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@brandonguffey
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guffey/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f89d05de-1f18-466c-bd51-f718a208407b