South Carolina House · District 45

Brandon Newton

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 99% On 460 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 97% Partisan rank: 33 of 124 in the House (tied with 19 others) Didn't vote at roll call 2% 23 of 1,372 roll calls · 2 of them excused

Bills passed 8 28 sponsored · 8 became law · Rank 2 of 124 in the House (tied with 1 other) Bills that became law 8 of 8 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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Brandon Newton'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

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More conservative than 50% of the South Carolina House.

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62nd most conservative of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 45.

Also on the ballot: Nicole Ventour (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

99%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Brandon Newton.

On 460 contested votes where both voted99% on all 1,134 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

97%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Brandon Newton.

On 310 party-line votesPartisan rank: 33 of 124 in the House (tied with 19 others)32 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Brandon Newton
	Bills
Sponsored	28
Passed both chambers	8
Became law	8
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 2 of 124 in the House (tied with 1 other) · 2 of 89 Republicans (tied with 1 other)

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

Bills that passed both chambers

Bills that passed both chambers: Brandon Newton
Bill	Result	Final action
H 4635 Physical Fitness Services	Became law	July 1, 2026
H 5208 Sales Tax Exemption	Became law	June 5, 2026
H 5122 Internet and Communications Service Providers Equipment	Became law	June 5, 2026
H 3556 Political parties and primaries	Became law	June 5, 2026
H 3551 Poll Worker Pay	Became law	June 2, 2026
H 3557 Candidate filing	Became law	May 26, 2026
H 4307 Lancaster County voting precincts	Became law	May 19, 2025
H 3430 Tort Reform and Liquor Liability	Became law	May 19, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

5 against the Speaker; 13 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Brandon Newton
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
Aug. 11, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 25, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Recommit	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 25, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Conference Committee Report	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
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	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Abstained	Nay (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)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
May 7, 2025	S 287: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation Motion to Table / Motion to Adjourn Debate	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
May 6, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 9, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Brandon Newton
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: brandonnewton@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 518B, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6874

Committees

Rules
Ways and Means

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