South Carolina House · District 27

David Vaughan

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 98% On 443 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 98% Partisan rank: 11 of 124 in the House (tied with 21 others) Didn't vote at roll call 5% 72 of 1,372 roll calls · 38 of them excused

Bills passed 1 1 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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David Vaughan'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 71% of the South Carolina House.

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36th most conservative of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 27.

Also on the ballot: John MacCarthy (Democratic)

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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 David Vaughan.

On 443 contested votes where both voted99% on all 1,089 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

98%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is David Vaughan.

On 307 party-line votesPartisan rank: 11 of 124 in the House (tied with 21 others)10 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: David Vaughan
	Bills
Sponsored	1
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: David Vaughan
Bill	Result	Final action
H 4003 Greater Greenville Sanitation District	Became law	June 5, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

11 against the Speaker; 17 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: David Vaughan
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
May 14, 2026	S 1048: Blue Ridge Community Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 933: Legislative compensation Passage	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 832: University Campus Events Zoning Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 13, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Not voting	Nay (split)
April 23, 2026	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Motion to Adjourn Debate	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 3556: Political parties and primaries 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. 18, 2026	H 4757: Parental Rights Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4760: Abortion-Inducing Drugs Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Jan. 21, 2026	S 287: Electronic Nicotine Delivery System Regulation Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (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	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 Amendment	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: David Vaughan
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: davidvaughan@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 326B, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6779

Committees

Education and Public Works
Operations and Management

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