South Carolina House · District 8

Don Chapman

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 95% On 428 contested votes where both voted · 98% 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 4% 56 of 1,372 roll calls

Bills passed 0 6 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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Don Chapman'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 House76thpercentile

More conservative than 76% of the South Carolina House.

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30th most conservative of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 8.

Also on the ballot: Demetrius Carson (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

95%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Don Chapman.

On 428 contested votes where both voted98% on all 1,106 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

97%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Don Chapman.

On 301 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 Don Chapman sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.

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Bills: Don Chapman
	Bills
Sponsored	6
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 Don Chapman sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

23 against the Speaker; 27 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Don Chapman
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
Aug. 25, 2026	H 3305: Supplemental Appropriations Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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	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	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 30, 2026	S 1108: Cornelia Brigham Motion to Adjourn	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (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 22, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 1, 2026	H 4817: Insurance Rate Reduction and Policy Holder Protection Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 31, 2026	H 4761: Public university and college faculty annual performance evaluations Motion to Table / 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. 18, 2026	H 4757: Parental Rights Amendment	Nay	Not voting	Yea (split)
May 8, 2025	H 3876: Accommodations Passage	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)
April 9, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Don Chapman
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: donchapman@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 436D, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29201
803-212-6919

Committees

Labor, Commerce and Industry
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