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South Carolina House, District 114

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    Gary Brewer
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    Kelly Hough
    (Dem)

Biographical Information

What issues would you prioritize for your own work in the statehouse and related to that, what committees are you most interested in and qualified to serve on?

What is your opinion on how the state should approach income and property tax policy while ensuring sustainable funding for statewide and local services for residents and families? How do you think that balance should be achieved?

When considering legislation that affects personal freedoms or social policy, how do you ensure your decisions reflect the diverse views and needs of the people you represent?

Please share your position on South Carolina’s school voucher program. What steps would you take to ensure that public tax dollars directed to private education providers are used transparently and produce measurable benefits for students?

South Carolina’s growing energy demand has led to proposals for new natural gas plants and increased load from data centers. How would you work to keep energy rates affordable for residents while ensuring that new energy development is environmentally responsible?

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Campaign Mailing Address 251 Tuscan Sun St
Summerville, SC 29485
Campaign Phone 8032604590
Website and/or You-Tube Video http://www.kellysc114.com
Education USCA Bachelor in Science; Nursing
Experience Business, Communications, Film, Psychology, Nursing,
Campaign Email kellyhoughsc114@gmail.com
I would prioritize: Transparent government spending and incentives given to large corporations. Implementing legislation that places more of that money back into the pockets of the people in the state and funding our public schools and healthcare systems. I would prioritize healthcare access, and nurse patient ratios. Increasing nurse and teacher pay. Increase the amount of taxes that teachers can write off on their taxes each year from school supplies they personally pay for. Re-visit ACT 388. Reestablish medicaid and continue to discuss the healthcare disparities as well as hammering down legislation to decrease healthcare monopolies that perpetrate our people every day. Implement a more structured law enforcement protocols, as in lengthier training, quarterly psych evaluations, and potentially a research program to re-establish law endorsement officers ability to self maintain self care over time and instill their humanity while protecting our communities. Responsible growth and development. Economic recovery, affordable housing and hammering down on college tuition costs.
I think we need to reevaluate ACT 388 and discuss a new initiative for how schools in the area can get better funding while protecting fixed income families. At this point, the amount of development that has occurred has already strained the communities it intended to originally protect. Therefore, it needs to be revisited.
I think personal freedoms and social policies are unfortunately something that South Carolina continues to fall short in. I would ensure DEI, Womens rights, trans rights, immigration rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and human rights remain established, and consistently voted on and accounted for.
I would ensure a fiscal impact analysis before any expansion, and then I would reinstate independent review panels, public reporting dashboards, legislative oversight hearings tied to program expansion. I would make sure to disclose how funds are spent, undergo regular independent audits, report administrative vs. instructional spending, student performance reporting (growth, not just raw scores), participation in standardized or equivalent assessments, public reporting of outcomes. I would make to sure to check whether students improve academically, whether outcomes are better than public school alternatives, and discuss long-term impacts (graduation, workforce readiness).
I've already advocated for lower energy rates and data centers, as well as testifying, and I've been doing concurrent reproach and openly requesting better data center environmental regulations and responsibilities as well as asking for transparency from the massive tax incentive received and where our schools' $6 million deficit is in comparison.
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