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Kevin Bryant
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Republican Party

Prior offices
South Carolina State Senate District 3
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina
Elections and appointments
Last election

June 12, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

University of Georgia, 1989

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Kevin L. Bryant (b. February 19, 1967) was the lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 2017 to 2019. He succeeded Henry McMaster (R) on January 25, 2017.[1]

Bryant previously served as a Republican member of the South Carolina State Senate, representing District 3 from 2005 to 2017. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for governor in 2018.

Biography

Bryant earned his B.S. in pharmacy from the University of Georgia in 1989. While serving in the state government, he was also the president of Bryant Pharmacy and Supply. Bryant was a delegate at the Republican National Convention in 2000, and he was the chairman of the Anderson County Republican Party from 1997 to 2001.[1]

Elections

2018

See also: South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of South Carolina

Incumbent Henry McMaster defeated James Smith Jr. in the general election for Governor of South Carolina on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Henry McMaster
Henry McMaster (R)
 
54.0
 
921,342
Image of James Smith Jr.
James Smith Jr. (D)
 
45.9
 
784,182
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2,045

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,707,569
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Governor of South Carolina

Incumbent Henry McMaster defeated John Warren in the Republican primary runoff for Governor of South Carolina on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Henry McMaster
Henry McMaster
 
53.6
 
184,286
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John Warren
 
46.4
 
159,349

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 343,635
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of South Carolina

James Smith Jr. defeated Marguerite Willis and Phil Noble in the Democratic primary for Governor of South Carolina on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of James Smith Jr.
James Smith Jr.
 
61.8
 
148,633
Image of Marguerite Willis
Marguerite Willis
 
27.5
 
66,248
Image of Phil Noble
Phil Noble
 
10.6
 
25,587

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 240,468
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of South Carolina

Incumbent Henry McMaster and John Warren advanced to a runoff. They defeated Catherine Templeton, Kevin Bryant, and John McGill in the Republican primary for Governor of South Carolina on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Henry McMaster
Henry McMaster
 
42.3
 
155,723
✔
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John Warren
 
27.8
 
102,390
Image of Catherine Templeton
Catherine Templeton
 
21.4
 
78,705
Image of Kevin Bryant
Kevin Bryant
 
6.7
 
24,790
Image of John McGill
John McGill
 
1.7
 
6,375

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 367,983
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Polls

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South Carolina Governor Republican primary, 2018
Poll Kevin Bryant Yancey McGillHenry McMasterCatherine TempletonJohn WarrenUndecided/OtherMargin of errorSample size
Target Insyght
(May 29-31, 2018)		 5%3%37%25%20%11%+/-5.0400
Trafalgar Group
(November 29 - December 30, 2017)		 11.05%3.01%39.92%7.92%0%38.02%+/-2.12,223
Mason-Dixon Polling and Strategy
(December 6-10, 2017)		 8%1%51%21%0%19%+/-5.0400
South Carolina Public Affairs
(October 10-11, 2017)		 5.2%5.0%32.6%7.3%0%49.9%+/-4.0633
AVERAGES 7.31% 3% 40.13% 15.31% 5% 29.48% +/-4.03 914
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.
South Carolina Governor Republican primary, 2018 (no margin of error information)
Poll Henry McMaster Catherine TempletonKevin BryantYancey McGillJohn WarrenUndecided/OtherSample Size
TargetPoint Consulting and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner for Save the Children Action Network
(March 10-17, 2018)		 41%10%5%3%2%35%397
Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

Campaign finance

Following are campaign finance figures obtained from the South Carolina State Ethics Commission covering all contributions and expenditures made before March 31, 2018.[2]

Major contributions

Republican Party John Warren

May 3, 2018

On May 3, 2018, John Warren (R) announced that he would make a $2.5 million contribution to his gubernatorial campaign, bringing his total self-funding in the cycle to date to $3 million.[3]

2016

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the South Carolina State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 14, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The primary runoff election was held on June 28, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 30, 2016.

Incumbent Kevin Bryant ran unopposed in the South Carolina State Senate District 3 general election.[4][5]

South Carolina State Senate, District 3 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Kevin Bryant Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 40,287
Total Votes 40,287
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission



Incumbent Kevin Bryant defeated Carol Burdette in the South Carolina State Senate District 3 Republican primary.[6][7]

South Carolina State Senate, District 3 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Kevin Bryant Incumbent 51.20% 7,874
     Republican Carol Burdette 48.80% 7,504
Total Votes 15,378
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission

2012

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2012

Bryant won election in the 2012 election for South Carolina State Senate District 3. Bryant defeated Don C. Bowen Jr. in the June 12 Republican primary and ran unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8][9][10][11]

South Carolina State Senate, District 3, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Bryant Incumbent 98.4% 34,954
     Other Write-Ins 1.6% 553
Total Votes 35,507
South Carolina State Senate District 3 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Bryant Incumbent 75.9% 4,777
Don C. Bowen Jr. 24.1% 1,514
Total Votes 6,291

2008

See also: South Carolina State Senate elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Bryant won re-election for District 3 of the South Carolina State Senate with 25,544 votes, ahead of Democrat Marshall Meadors (20,295) and write-ins (32).[12]

Bryant raised $141,119 for his campaign, against $246,797 by Meadors.[13]

South Carolina State Senate, District 3
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Kevin Bryant (R) 25,544
Marshall Meadors 20,295
Write-ins 32

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Kevin Bryant endorsed Ron Paul in the 2012 presidential election.[14]

Campaign themes

2018

Campaign website

Bryant’s campaign website stated the following:

“

Economic Development
As Governor, I will protect your wallet by reducing the regulatory burden on businesses. I am a small business owner, and I know first-hand that a special-interest driven tax code, including special breaks for large businesses, but not for small ones, coupled with a massive and counterproductive regulatory burden, are the two greatest impediments to economic development in SC.

A recent study from George Mason University shows that the cumulative effect of regulation in the US has cost about .8% of GDP or about $4 TRILLION since 1980. That also means about $13,000 per year straight out of the pockets of American workers – the regulatory burden is killing businesses and jobs in South Carolina and across America. We must turn the tide to ensure that free enterprise and the free market survive.

I believe the grip of excessive regulation on S.C. businesses is leaving free enterprise in jeopardy and believe this current trend must be corrected to preserve prosperity.

I will push for Government to take a new approach to how we regulate business. Instead of the cumbersome micromanagement of our businesses with paper work, I would rather focus on the investigation and prosecution of fraud, abuse, and corruption.

Limited Government
As Governor, I will promote your liberty by defending conservatism. To me, conservatism reflects the very idea of limited government that pervades the entire Constitution and the idea that legitimate political power must derive from the consent of the governed. That consent is given very sparingly as a tool of last resort; a tool which cannot replace God, family, and common sense; and a tool that must be used as close to the local level as possible in order to keep it accountable to the people.

Reducing your Taxes
As Governor, I will protect your wallet by reducing your taxes because your taxes are too high. They are too high, in part, because government spends too much of your money doing things it shouldn’t be doing. The gas tax we paid prior to the recent increase, for instance, would go much further if it were directed to the real priorities – like actually fixing the roads we use and need – not to build bike paths and green spaces and five-lane roads with hardly any traffic.

In addition, the tax code is far too complicated and that is why I support a fair tax which would eliminate special-interest exemptions and eliminate income tax in favor of a pure consumption tax. It also would eliminate the IRS (and SCDOR). It really goes back to the role of government, and that role does not include picking winners and losers in the free market by manipulating the cost of goods.

You know how to spend your own money, and I favor letting you do it instead of government.

Seniors and Our Aging Population
As Governor, I will promote the liberty of our seniors by being a strong advocate for your needs. In Columbia, it seems that the needs of our seniors are continually pushed to the back burner – that must change.

Most of the funding for senior care comes from the federal government. But, whether it is cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, the spiraling costs of health care and long term care, the shortage of medicare beds or addressing our seniors desire for increased access to at home care – we MUST defend our ever growing senior population against cuts to essential services and advocate for creative solutions to the challenges facing our aging population, such as driving an initiative to partner with our technical and community colleges to address the severe shortage of trained care providers in order to deliver skilled professionals to administer care to our seniors.

I will ensure that senior care gets the attention it deserves.

College Education and Its Challenges
As Governor, I will protect your wallet with initiatives to give college graduates a chance to succeed. South Carolinians seeking higher education often pay too much on the front end for a degree that earns them too little on the back end. Many of our colleges are too focused on their US News and World Report rankings and not on preparing students for the reality of the South Carolina job market–and all the while charging them (and the taxpayer) to live in the equivalent of a five-star resort. Each year sees more and more South Carolina college graduates drowning in a river of debt while tens of thousands of jobs in our state remain unfilled due to lack of properly skilled workers. We must refocus our approach to higher education so that graduates leave with less debt and more skills. It’s not about new buildings and exotic majors. It’s about young people getting good jobs–and those paying the bill–students, parents and taxpayers–getting something of value for their money.

Education
As Governor, I will promote your liberty by empowering parents to have more control of their child’s education. I firmly believe that parents are the primary educators of their children, and government should help, not hinder, parents from fulfilling their role.

Parents are aware of the educational needs of their children more than anyone else, and I am committed to working to give parents more education options, including the ability to decide whether their child attends a public, public charter, private or home school.

Giving parents a full range of school options will not only help their children, it will also create greater competition in the education marketplace, thus improving all the schools in the area.

I am also committed to release teachers from overly burdensome regulations in our education system. Teachers also deserve the freedom to teach in a disciplined classroom.

Good Tort Reform will allow teachers & principals to enforce discipline in our school.

Reducing regulation and administration costs will free up funds and get them where they are needed—the classroom.

Pro-Life
As Governor, I will promote the liberty of every human life as I truly believe that life begins at conception. I believe that life is a fundamental and irrevocable gift from God and that it is incumbent upon us to protect the most vulnerable among us, the unborn, with the full protection of the law.

While no woman should ever be forced to choose between her life and that of her child, ending a child’s life under any other circumstances is an unacceptable taking of human life.

The Second Amendment
As Governor, I will promote your liberty by defending your right to keep and bear arms. I believe that the Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The fundamental right of all law-abiding Americans to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed upon. Period.

The Constitution doesn’t create that right – it ensures that the government can’t take it away. I will always defend your right to protect yourself and your family from those who wish to do harm.

Health Care
As Governor, I will protect your wallet by advocating for the reduction in obstacles preventing real health care reform. Health care delivery in SC suffers from many hurdles, most imposed by government, but the solutions really are fairly simple.

We must open our borders to competition among insurers. We must eliminate government as the decider of who builds health care facilities and where We must move toward a 100% managed-care model for Medicaid (but the managers must be managed). We must continue to grow our economy to reduce the Medicaid rolls and improve the lives and lifestyles of all South Carolinians. As a Registered Pharmacist, I witness waste in healthcare—particularly Medicaid—every single day.[15]

”
—Bryant for Governor[16]

Campaign finance summary

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Kevin Bryant campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016South Carolina State Senate, District 3Won $148,498 N/A**
2012South Carolina State Senate, District 3Won $82,147 N/A**
2008South Carolina State Senate, District 3Won $141,119 N/A**
2004South Carolina State Senate, District 3Won $292,977 N/A**
Grand total$664,741 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2017

In 2017, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 10 through May 11.

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2016


2015


2014


2013


2012


2011

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Bryant served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Bryant served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Bryant served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Bryant served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The State, "Who is Kevin Bryant, SC’s next lieutenant governor?" January 24, 2017
  2. ↑ South Carolina State Ethics Commission, "Individual Reports Search," accessed April 17, 2018
  3. ↑ The State, "John Warren to donate $2.5 million to his campaign for South Carolina governor," May 4, 2018
  4. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Candidate listing for the 11/8/2016 statewide general election," accessed August 26, 2016
  5. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Statewide General Election," accessed November 28, 2016
  6. ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
  7. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
  8. ↑ WYFF4.com, "South Carolina - Summary Vote Results ," accessed November 12, 2012
  9. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2012 Candidates," accessed May 13, 2012
  10. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Official Primary Results," June 29, 2012
  11. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, “2012 General Election – Official Results,” November 19, 2012
  12. ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, Official election results for 2008," accessed May 15, 2014
  13. ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 campaign contributions," accessed May 15, 2014
  14. ↑ MSNBC, "Paul: This is a 'two-man race,'" January 17, 2012
  15. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  16. ↑ Bryant for Governor, "Promoting Your Liberty and Protecting Your Wallet," accessed March 18, 2018
  17. ↑ The State, "High court rules against Haley," June 6, 2011
  18. ↑ The Sun News, "S.C. House to have special session in June," May 6, 2011
  19. ↑ The Island Packet, "S.C. Senate OKs new congressional districted anchored in Beaufort County," June 29, 2011
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