In making endorsements, CVSC’s Board of Directors considers a candidate’s record, experience, leadership, viability and interest in conservation. We do not expect candidates to be experts on our current issues, so we do not ask for commitments on specific positions. We look forward to a conversation with candidates about their legislative priorities.
Look up your legislative district and find out who’s running at this link.
CVSC released early endorsements on March 9, 2020. These early endorsements are outlined below and represent those candidates who CVSC wanted to endorse regardless of if challenged or who their opponent may be. These early endorsements were chosen because of each of these candidates’ strong support for conservation, their commitment to protecting the natural resources of our state, and the history of leadership on conservation and clean energy issues.
Additional endorsements were released on May 19 and in mid September. Please see this page with questions about CVSC’s 2020 endorsement process and timeline.
District | Endorsed Candidate | Endorsement Letter | Primary Result | General Result | |
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Senate District 7 | Karl Allen (D) | Letter | Won | Won | |
Senate District 10 | Floyd Nicholson (D) | Letter | N/A | Lost | |
Senate District 11 | Glenn Reese (D) | Letter | N/A | Lost | |
Senate District 12 | Scott Talley (R) | Letter | Won | Won | |
Senate District 16 (open) | Michael Johnson (R) | Letter | Runoff-Won | Won | |
Senate District 17 | Mike Fanning (D) | Letter | Won | Won | |
Senate District 18 | Ronnie Cromer (R) | Letter | Won | Won | |
Senate District 20 | Dick Harpootlian (D) | Letter | N/A | Won | |
Senate District 22 | Mia McLeod (D) | Letter | N/A | Won | |
Senate District 23 | Katrina Shealy (R) | Letter | N/A | Won | |
Senate District 24 | Tom Young (R) | Letter | N/A | Won | |
Senate District 26 | Nikki Setzler (D) | Letter | N/A | Won | |
Senate District 27 | Vincent Sheheen (D) | Letter | N/A | Lost | |
Senate District 29 | Gerald Malloy (D) | Letter | N/A | Won | |
Senate District 32 | Ronnie Sabb (D) | Letter | Won | Won | |
Senate District 36 | Kevin Johnson (D) | Letter | Won | Won | |
Senate District 37 | Larry Grooms (R) | Letter | N/A | Won | |
Senate District 39 (open) | Vernon Stephens (D) | Letter | Runoff-Won | Won | |
Senate District 40 | Brad Hutto (D) | Letter | Won | Won | |
Senate District 41 | Sandy Senn (R) | Letter | N/A | ||
Senate District 43 | Chip Campsen (R) | Letter | N/A | Won | |
Senate District 45 | Margie Bright-Matthews (D) | Letter | N/A | Won | |
Senate District 46 | Tom Davis (R) | Letter | N/A | Won |
District | Endorsed Candidate | Endorsement Letter | Primary Result | General Result |
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House District 3 (open) | Jerry Carter (R) | Letter | Runoff-Won | Won |
House District 5 | Neal Collins (R) | Letter | Runoff-Won | Won |
House District 8 | Vaughn Parfitt (R) | Letter | Lost | |
House District 10 | West Cox (R) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 15 | JA Moore (D) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 25 | Leola Robinson-Simpson (D) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 28 | Ashley Trantham (R) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 33 (open) | Travis Moore (R) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 35 | Chris Bennett (R) | Letter | Runoff-Lost | |
House District 43 | Randy Ligon (R) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 44 | Mandy Powers Norrell (D) | Letter | N/A | Lost |
House District 47 | Tommy Pope (R) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 49 | John King (D) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 52 | Laurie Funderburk (D) | Letter | N/A | Lost |
House District 54 | Pat Henegan (D) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 64 (open) | Kimberly Johnson (D) | Letter | Won | |
House District 66 | Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 71 | Nathan Ballentine (R) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 78 | Beth Bernstein (D) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 79 | Ivory Thigpen (D) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 80 | Jermaine Johnson (D) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 94 (open) | Gil Gatch (R) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 95 | Jerry Govan (D) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 97 | Mandy Kimmons (R) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 100 | Sylleste Davis (R) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 109 (open) | Deon Tedder (D) | Letter | Runoff-Won | Won |
House District 110 | William Cogswell (R) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 113 | Marvin Pendarvis (D) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 115 (open) | Spencer Wetmore (D) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 118 | Bill Herbkersman (R) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 117 | Krystle Matthews (D) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 119 | Leon Stavrinakis (D) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 122 | Shedron Williams (D) | Letter | N/A | Won |
House District 123 | Jeff Bradley (R) | Letter | Won | Won |
House District 124 | Shannon Erickson (R) | Letter | Won | Won |
District | Endorsed Candidate | Endorsement Letter |
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Senate District 35 | Thomas McElveen (D) | Letter |
Senate District 42 | Marlon Kimpson (D) | Letter |
House District 21 | Bobby Cox (R) | Letter |
House District 23 | Chandra Dillard (D) | Letter |
House District 31 | Rosalyn Henderson Myers (D) | Letter |
House District 50 | Will Wheeler (D) | Letter |
House District 61 | Roger Kirby (D) | Letter |
House District 69 | Chris Wooten (R) | Letter |
House District 70 | Wendy Brawley (D) | Letter |
House District 72 | Seth Rose (D) | Letter |
House District 89 | Micah Caskey (R) | Letter |
House District 93 | Rusell Ott (D) | Letter |
House District 120 | Weston Newton (R) | Letter |