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Bruce Bannister
Image of Bruce Bannister
South Carolina House of Representatives District 24
Tenure

2004 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

21

Compensation

Base salary

$10,400/year

Per diem

$231/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Davidson College, 1995

Graduate

University of South Carolina, 1998

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

Bruce Bannister (Republican Party) is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 24. He assumed office in 2004. His current term ends on November 9, 2026.

Bannister (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 24. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Bannister earned his B.A. from Davidson College in 1995. He went on to receive his J.D. from the University of South Carolina in 1998. Bannister is Managing Partner of Bannister and Wyatt, Limited Liability Company. He is an attorney.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Bannister was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Bannister was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Bannister was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

South Carolina committee assignments, 2017
Judiciary

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Bannister 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.

Elections

2024

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24

Incumbent Bruce Bannister defeated Shauna Johnson in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bruce Bannister
Bruce Bannister (R)
 
60.4
 
14,021
Shauna Johnson (D)
 
39.5
 
9,171
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
35

Total votes: 23,227
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Shauna Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24

Incumbent Bruce Bannister defeated Bill Coleman in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24 on June 11, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bruce Bannister
Bruce Bannister
 
82.5
 
3,480
Bill Coleman
 
17.5
 
736

Total votes: 4,216
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Bannister received the following endorsements.

2022

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24

Incumbent Bruce Bannister won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bruce Bannister
Bruce Bannister (R)
 
96.8
 
12,049
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.2
 
402

Total votes: 12,451
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Bruce Bannister advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24.

2020

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24

Incumbent Bruce Bannister won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bruce Bannister
Bruce Bannister (R)
 
96.5
 
18,515
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.5
 
679

Total votes: 19,194
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Bruce Bannister advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24.

2018

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24

Incumbent Bruce Bannister won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bruce Bannister
Bruce Bannister (R)
 
97.0
 
12,992
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.0
 
398

Total votes: 13,390
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24

Incumbent Bruce Bannister advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 24 on June 12, 2018.

Candidate
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Bruce Bannister

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2016

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the South Carolina House of Representatives 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 Bruce Bannister ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 24 general election.[1][2]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 24 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Bannister Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 16,200
Total Votes 16,200
Source: South Carolina State Election Commission



Incumbent Bruce Bannister ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 24 Republican primary.[3][4]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 24 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Bannister Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for all 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 30, 2014. Incumbent Bruce Bannister defeated Bang Hall and Gary Titcomb in the Republican primary. Bannister was unchallenged in the general election.[5][6][7]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 24 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Bannister Incumbent 89.7% 3,350
Gary Titcomb 6.7% 250
Bang N. Hall 3.6% 134
Total Votes 3,734

2012

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2012

Bannister was unopposed in the Republican primary on June 12 and won in the general election on November 6, 2012.[8][9]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 24, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Bannister Incumbent 83.9% 13,191
     Green Joseph Martin 15.6% 2,459
     Other Write-Ins 0.4% 66
Total Votes 15,716

2010

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2010

Bannister ran unopposed in the June 8 Republican primary for District 24 of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Bannister defeated D.C. Swinton (D, G) in the general election on November 2.[10]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 24 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Bannister (R) 10,396 75.35%
D.C. Swinton (D, G) 3390 24.57%
Write-In 11 0.08%

2008

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Bannister won re-election, after running unopposed, to the South Carolina House of Representatives with 15,064 votes, representing District 24. 

Bannister raised $49,611 for his campaign.[11]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 24 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Bannister (R) 15,064

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Bruce Bannister did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Bruce Bannister did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Bruce Bannister campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* South Carolina House of Representatives District 24Won general$385,033 $241,218
2022South Carolina House of Representatives District 24Won general$175,884 $33,787
2020South Carolina House of Representatives District 24Won general$95,561 N/A**
2018South Carolina House of Representatives District 24Won general$47,799 N/A**
2016South Carolina House of Representatives, District 24Won $106,844 N/A**
2014South Carolina State House, District 24Won $88,333 N/A**
2012South Carolina State House, District 24Won $37,124 N/A**
2010South Carolina State House, District 24Won $85,313 N/A**
2008South Carolina State House, District 24Won $49,439 N/A**
2006South Carolina State House, District 24Won $209,860 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in South Carolina

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2012


2011

The Palmetto Liberty PAC Scorecard

See also: Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee's Legislative Scorecard (2012)

The Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, a conservative, pro-limited government think tank in South Carolina, releases its scorecard for South Carolina representatives and senators once a year. The scorecard gives each legislator a score based on how he or she voted in the two-year legislative term prior to the election on specific issues that the Palametto Liberty PAC thinks are anti-limited government. "Most of the votes shown on the score card are votes that we lost. Now we can identify the Legislators that caused us to lose these votes. These Legislators are the ones who need to be replaced if we are to achieve the vision of having the most free state in the nation."[15]

2012

Bruce Bannister received a score of 27% in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 24th out of all 124 South Carolina House of Representatives members.[16] His score was followed by representatives Liston Barfield (27%), Boyd Brown (27%), and Derham Cole Jr. (27%).[17]

Personal

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Bannister and his wife, Mary Margaret, have three children.

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. South Carolina State Election Commission, "Candidate listing for the 11/8/2016 statewide general election," accessed August 26, 2016
  2. South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Statewide General Election," accessed November 28, 2016
  3. South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
  4. South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
  5. South Carolina State Election Commission, "Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
  6. South Carolina State Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
  7. South Carolina State Election Commission, "2014 Election Information," accessed March 31, 2014
  8. AP.org, "South Carolina State Senate and State House Election Results," accessed November 7, 2012
  9. South Carolina State Election Commission, "2012 Candidates," accessed April 19, 2012
  10. www.enr-scvotes.org, "2010 General Election Results," accessed May 1, 2014
  11. Follow the Money, "2008 campaign contributions," accessed May 15, 2014
  12. The State, "High court rules against Haley," June 6, 2011
  13. The Sun News, "S.C. House to have special session in June," May 6, 2011
  14. The Island Packet, "S.C. Senate OKs new congressional districted anchored in Beaufort County," June 29, 2011
  15. The Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "Voting Records," accessed April 11, 2014
  16. Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "South Carolina Senate Score Card 2012," accessed April 11, 2014
  17. Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "South Carolina Senate Score Card 2012," accessed May 15, 2014

Political offices
Preceded by
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South Carolina House of Representatives District 24
2004-Present
Succeeded by
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