South Carolina House · District 61

Carla Schuessler

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 98% On 445 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 95% Partisan rank: 70 of 124 in the House (tied with 8 others) Didn't vote at roll call 5% 65 of 1,372 roll calls · 38 of them excused

Bills passed 1 6 sponsored · 1 became law · Rank 34 of 124 in the House (tied with 21 others) Bills that became law 1 of 1 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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Carla Schuessler'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 liberal than 57% of the South Carolina House.

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53rd most liberal of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 61.

Also on the ballot: Carol Goodman (Democratic), David Herndon (Libertarian)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

98%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Carla Schuessler.

On 445 contested votes where both voted99% on all 1,096 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

95%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Carla Schuessler.

On 298 party-line votesPartisan rank: 70 of 124 in the House (tied with 8 others)69 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Carla Schuessler
	Bills
Sponsored	6
Passed both chambers	1
Became law	1
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 34 of 124 in the House (tied with 21 others) · 31 of 89 Republicans (tied with 15 others)

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: Carla Schuessler
Bill	Result	Final action
H 4270 Evictions	Became law	June 5, 2026

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

9 against the Speaker; 18 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Carla Schuessler
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
June 25, 2026	H 4042: Ivermectin Motion to Recommit	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
June 25, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 13, 2026	S 933: Legislative compensation Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Not voting	Nay (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)
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)
April 23, 2025	S 74: Electronic Records Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	—
April 2, 2025	H 3927: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Carla Schuessler
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: carlaschuessler@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 422A, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6926

Committees

Labor, Commerce and Industry

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