South Carolina Senate · District 4

Mike Gambrell

Republican

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Votes with the Senate President 87% On 120 contested votes where both voted · 98% on all votes Votes with own party 79% Partisan rank: 34 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 2 others) Didn't vote at roll call 15% 137 of 910 roll calls · 77 of them excused

Bills passed 7 15 sponsored · 7 became law · Rank 5 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 2 others) Bills that became law 7 of 7 passed · 0 vetoed

Where they sit

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

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Mike Gambrell'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 51% of the South Carolina Senate.

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23rd most liberal of 46

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Votes with the Senate President

87%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Mike Gambrell.

On 120 contested votes where both voted98% on all 761 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

79%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Mike Gambrell.

On 77 party-line votesPartisan rank: 34 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 2 others)33 senators vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Mike Gambrell
	Bills
Sponsored	15
Passed both chambers	7
Became law	7
Vetoed by the Governor	0

Rank by bills passed: Rank 5 of 46 in the Senate (tied with 2 others) · 5 of 34 Republicans (tied with 2 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: Mike Gambrell
Bill	Result	Final action
S 1162 Anderson County School District No. 2	Became law	Aug. 19, 2026
S 787 Bridge Loans	Became law	May 27, 2026
S 780 Consumer Home Loans	Became law	May 27, 2026
S 619 Insurer liquidation	Became law	May 27, 2026
S 697 211 Network	Became law	May 26, 2026
S 171 Regrooved and Regroovable Tires	Became law	May 19, 2025
S 101 Firefighter registration requirements	Became law	May 19, 2025

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

16 against the Senate President; 20 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Mike Gambrell
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Senate President	Most of their party
May 14, 2026	H 3021: Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act Concurrence in House Amendments	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
May 13, 2026	H 5538: Guarantee Banking Act Motion to Table	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Concurrence in House Amendments	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 13, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
May 12, 2026	S 883: Sine Die 2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 23, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 22, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 22, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Yea
April 21, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 16, 2026	S 222: Utility terrain vehicle Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 15, 2026	S 508: Monuments Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 17, 2026	H 4902: Intercollegiate Athletes' Compensation for Name, Image, or Likeness Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 3, 2026	S 26: Watercraft Liability Insurance Second Reading	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
Jan. 20, 2026	S 256: Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs (C-PACE) Second Reading	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 23, 2025	H 4025: Appropriations Bill, 2025-2026 Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
April 3, 2025	S 12: Santee Cooper Joint Project Authorization Second Reading	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
April 1, 2025	H 3309: Electrical Utilities Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 18, 2025	Adjourn: to adjourn Motion to Adjourn	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 18, 2025	S 244: Tort Reform Motion to Recess	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
March 6, 2025	S 244: Tort Reform Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

How Mike Gambrell voted on each of the 910 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

Every roll call: Mike Gambrell
Date	Vote	Their vote	Most of their party	Senate President	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: mwgambrell@bellsouth.net
Capitol office: Room 504, Gressette Building P.O. Box 142, Columbia, SC 29202
803-212-6032

Committees

Agriculture and Natural Resources
Banking and Insurance
Family and Veterans' Services
Finance
Medical 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