SC Legislators Guilty of Smoking Ban Legislation


Senate – Guilty of Smoking Ban Legislation


Dick Elliott, [D], district 28 – Dillon, Horry, Marion and Marlboro Co.


Michael L. Fair, [R], district 6 – Greenville County


Robert Ford, [D], district 42 – Charleston County


Chauncey K. Gregory, [R], district 16 – Lancaster and York Counties


Darrell Jackson, [D], district 21 – Richland County


John M. “Jake” Knotts, Jr. [R], district 23 – Lexington County


Joel Lourie, [D], district 22 – Kershaw and Richland Counties


Larry A. Martin, [R], district 2 – Pickens County (vocal support)



House – Guilty of Smoking Ban Legislation


Joan B. Brady, [R], district 78 – Richland County


Gilda Cobb-Hunter (Mrs. Terry), [D], district 66 – Orangeburg Co.


William F. “Bill” Cotty, [R], district 79 – Kershaw and Richland Co.


Ben A. Hagood, [R], district 112 – Charleston Co. (vocal support)


Gloria Arias Haskins, [R], district 22 – Greenville County


Harry B. “Chip” Limehouse, [R], district 110 – Berkeley & Charleston Co. (vocal support)


James H. Merrill, [R], district 99 – Berkeley and Charleston Counties


Edward H. “Ted” Pitts, [R], district 69 – Lexington County


J. Todd Rutherford, [D], district 74 – Richland County


Bakari T. Sellers, [D], district 90 – Bamburg, Barnwell and Orangeburg Co.


B. R. Skelton, [R], district 3 – Pickens County


A side note regarding this list:

Notice that approximately half of those guilty are Republicans. As a Republican-Libertarian, this really turns my stomach. And the party wonders why it is slowly losing favor with Freedom lovers!


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