South Carolina State House District 10
South Carolina State House of Representatives -- The legislative power of the State of South Carolina is vested in a general assembly comprised of two chambers - the senate and the house of representatives. The SC House of Representatives consists of 124 part-time members elected every two years to represent the state's 124 single member districts. As part of the general assembly, the House of Representatives creates and amends laws that govern our state and must create and pass the state budget annually. The general assembly draws district lines for the SC House, SC Senate and US House every 10 years after each census. Representatives must be citizens of the United States and the state of South Carolina, at least twenty-one years old at the time of their election, and residents of the district in which they are elected. All representatives are up for election during the same even year election cycle.NOTE: If a candidate's answers are not visible, the candidate may not have completed the survey prior to our publication date. Updated response will be posted as they are received. Voters are welcome to encourage the candidate to share their views.
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Thomas Beach
(Rep)
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Thomas Stewart
(Dem)
What measures would you support for regulating data centers in South Carolina?
What role should the state play in addressing major transportation and infrastructure needs in your district, and what specific state-level actions would you pursue?
What, if anything, should the state legislature do to ensure access to quality healthcare in SC at an affordable cost for all?
What should the state government do to provide an equitable, quality public education for all children pre-K through grade 12?
What other concerns would you, as a legislator, address?
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I personally believe AI Data Centers have no place in South Carolina, and if I win, I will take every measure available to me to prevent the construction of AI Data Centers in our State. These companies believe that obtaining resources for them is more important than ensuring our residents have adequate power and water, and that goes against everything I personally believe.
The State makes a surplus every year. I've envisioned a plan where some of that excess money goes to in-need counties for infrastructure redevelopment. Many of our municipalities and counties don't make enough revenue to properly maintain our roads, and South Carolinians should not have to be punished for this lack of funding. The State can, and should, step in and foot the bill when we already make billions in surplus.
Our healthcare access is a joke in South Carolina. While I hope one day every American can have access to free healthcare, I know that's a long way off. In the meantime, like with our infrastructure, our massive surpluses can be put toward ensuring that South Carolinians' lives are not needlessly lost or worsened by preventable diseases or healable injuries. We have the money, all it takes is allocating it.
The SCGOP has worked tirelessly to cut funding to our schools, and combating this is one of my top priorities. We need to put more research into which groups of South Carolinians require more help in schooling and why, to both ensure everyone gets the education they need and, hopefully, one day eliminate the inherent inequality at the root of it all.
Homelessness and needless struggling are very close to my heart. It breaks my heart to see my home state allow South Carolinians to live on the streets and then claim to be one of the best and proudest places in America. We can not be proud of our home so long as we turn our backs on those who need our help the most, like our veterans and marginalized communities. It is not a moral failing to need help, it is not a moral failing to struggle, and it is not a moral failing to be on the streets, it is a self-reinforcing cycle that the state needs to put to an end by ensuring everyone gets the help they need.
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