South Carolina House · District 71

Nathan Ballentine

Republican

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Votes with the Speaker 96% On 404 contested votes where both voted · 98% on all votes Votes with own party 93% Partisan rank: 87 of 124 in the House (tied with 5 others) Didn't vote at roll call 14% 195 of 1,372 roll calls · 64 of them excused

Bills passed 0 5 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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Nathan Ballentine'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 56% of the South Carolina House.

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54th most liberal of 124

On the November 3 ballot

Running for South Carolina House District 71.

Also on the ballot: Julie Zimmerman (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the Speaker

96%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Nathan Ballentine.

On 404 contested votes where both voted98% on all 985 votes where both voted

Votes with own party

93%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Nathan Ballentine.

On 278 party-line votesPartisan rank: 87 of 124 in the House (tied with 5 others)86 House members vote with their party more often

Bills

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

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Bills: Nathan Ballentine
	Bills
Sponsored	5
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 Nathan Ballentine sponsored passed both chambers.

Budget projects

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

Contested votes where they split

18 against the Speaker; 25 against most of their party.

Contested votes where they split: Nathan Ballentine
Date	Bill and motion	Their vote	Speaker	Most of their party
June 25, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Conference Committee Report	Nay	Yea (split)	Nay
May 20, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 20, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Passage	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 19, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 19, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
May 18, 2026	H 5683: Redistricting, Congressional Districts Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
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	H 4270: Evictions Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
May 6, 2026	H 5126: Budget Amendment	Yea	Abstained	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 Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
April 21, 2026	H 3924: Hemp-derived ingestible Motion to Continue	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
March 10, 2026	H 5126: Budget Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Abstained	Yea (split)
Feb. 25, 2026	H 4762: School volunteer chaplains and historical displays Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Motion to Recommit	Yea	Nay (split)	Nay (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Motion to Table / Motion to Reconsider	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Motion to Table / Motion to Recommit	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 4, 2026	H 4759: Intoxicating Hemp Beverages Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	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	Nay	Nay	Yea (split)
April 9, 2025	H 3276: SC Hands-Free Act Motion to Table / Amendment	Yea	Yea	Nay (split)
April 2, 2025	H 3927: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)
Feb. 26, 2025	S 62: Education Scholarship Trust Fund Motion to Table / Amendment	Nay	Yea (split)	Yea (split)

Every roll call

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

Every roll call: Nathan Ballentine
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: nathanballentine@schouse.gov
Capitol office: Room 320B, Blatt Building P.O. Box 11867, Columbia, SC 29201
803-734-2969

Committees

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