South Carolina House · District 9

Blake Sanders

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 93% On 424 contested votes where both voted · 97% on all votes Votes with own party 96% Partisan rank: 53 of 124 in the House (tied with 16 others) Didn't vote at roll call 8% 109 of 1,372 roll calls · 26 of them excused

Bills passed 0 5 sponsored · 0 became law · Rank 56 of 124 in the House (tied with 68 others) Bills that became law 0 of 0 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Blake Sanders's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

South Carolina House72ndpercentile

More conservative than 72% of the South Carolina House.

Most liberalMost conservative

35th most conservative of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 9.

Also on the ballot: Johnny Estrich (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

93%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Blake Sanders.

On 424 contested votes where both voted97% on all 1,035 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

96%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Blake Sanders.

On 292 party-line votesPartisan rank: 53 of 124 in the House (tied with 16 others)52 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

The bills Blake Sanders sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Blake Sanders
	Bills
Sponsored	5
Passed both chambers	0
Became law	0
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 56 of 124 in the House (tied with 68 others) · 47 of 89 Republicans (tied with 42 others)

A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor, the first name on it; co-sponsors aren't counted.

Bills that passed both chambers

None of the bills Blake Sanders sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

The South Carolina pages don't credit legislators with budget items.

Contested votes where they split

29 against the Speaker; 31 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Blake Sanders
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
Aug. 11, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
June 25, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
June 25, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
June 25, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 14, 2026	S 1048: Blue Ridge Community Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 13, 2026	S 933: Legislative compensation Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 13, 2026	S 933: Legislative compensation Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 13, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 12, 2026	S 1005: Judicial Salaries Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
April 23, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 3556: Political parties and primaries Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	S 454: Charter School Accountability Motion to Waive a Rule	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 26, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Passage	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Amendment	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
March 25, 2026	H 4767: Physician Noncompete Contract Prohibition Motion to Recommit	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
April 23, 2025	S 74: Electronic Records Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	—
April 9, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Feb. 18, 2025	H 3510: County Veterans' Affairs officers Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Blake Sanders voted on each of the 1,372 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Blake Sanders
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Speaker	Yeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact, committees and caucuses

Contact

Official page: www.scstatehouse.gov
Email: blakesanders@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 436A, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29211
803-212-6889

Committees

Legislative Oversight
Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the South Carolina General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.

Source: the South Carolina General Assembly's roll-call records, Dec. 3, 2024 to Aug. 25, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections