Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Gilda Cobb-Hunter (Democratic Party) is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 95. She assumed office on November 14, 2022. Her current term ends on November 9, 2026.
Cobb-Hunter (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 95. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Gilda Cobb-Hunter was born in Gifford, Florida, and lives in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Cobb-Hunter earned a B.S. from Florida A&M University in 1973 and an M.A. from Florida State University in 1978. Her career experience includes working as a social work administrator. Cobb-Hunter has served as the president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.[1]
Committee assignments
2025-2026
Cobb-Hunter was assigned to the following committees:
2023-2024
Cobb-Hunter was assigned to the following committees:
- Ways and Means Committee, 1st Vice Chair
2021-2022
Cobb-Hunter was assigned to the following committees:
- Ways and Means Committee, 1st vice chairman
2019-2020
Cobb-Hunter was assigned to the following committees:
- Ways and Means Committee, 1st vice chairman
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Ways and Means, Vice chair |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Cobb-Hunter served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Ways and Means |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Cobb-Hunter served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Ways and Means |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Hunter served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Ways and Means |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Hunter served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Ways and Means |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 95
Incumbent Gilda Cobb-Hunter won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 95 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) | 98.3 | 12,568 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 221 | ||
| Total votes: 12,789 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Gilda Cobb-Hunter advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 95.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cobb-Hunter in this election.
2022
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 95
Incumbent Gilda Cobb-Hunter defeated Jeffrey Cila in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 95 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) | 59.1 | 8,033 | |
Jeffrey Cila (R) ![]() | 40.8 | 5,545 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 13,589 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Gilda Cobb-Hunter advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 95.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Jeffrey Cila advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 95.
2020
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 66
Incumbent Gilda Cobb-Hunter defeated Jeffrey Cila in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 66 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) | 70.0 | 11,795 | |
Jeffrey Cila (R) ![]() | 30.0 | 5,057 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 16,858 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Gilda Cobb-Hunter advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 66.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Jeffrey Cila advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 66.
2018
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 66
Incumbent Gilda Cobb-Hunter defeated Tom Connor in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 66 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) | 71.5 | 8,800 | |
| Tom Connor (R) | 28.4 | 3,497 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 12,303 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 66
Incumbent Gilda Cobb-Hunter advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 66 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 66
Tom Connor advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 66 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Tom Connor | |
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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 Gilda Cobb-Hunter ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 66 general election.[2][3]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 66 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | 100.00% | 12,626 | ||
| Total Votes | 12,626 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Incumbent Gilda Cobb-Hunter ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 66 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 66 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | ||
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 Gilda Cobb-Hunter ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8]
2012
Cobb-Hunter ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 12, as well as the general election on November 6.[9][10]
2010
Cobb-Hunter ran unopposed in the June 8 Democratic primary for District 66 of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Cobb-Hunter won, after running unopposed, in the general election on November 2.[11]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 66 (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| 8,823 | 99.05% | |||
| Write-In | 85 | 0.95% | ||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Cobb-Hunter won re-election to the 66th District seat in the South Carolina House of Representatives, defeating Tim Hawkins (R).
Cobb-Hunter raised $85,163 for her campaign, while Hawkins raised $0.[12]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 66 (2008) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| 10,986 | ||||
| Tim Hawkins (R) | 3,363 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Gilda Cobb-Hunter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Gilda Cobb-Hunter did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2025.
- Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
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Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2024.
- Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2023.
- Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
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- The Institute for Legislative Analysis — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
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Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2022.
- Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2021.
- Americans for Prosperity - South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2020.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2019.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2018.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- South Carolina Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on business issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2017.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- South Carolina Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on business issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2016.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- South Carolina Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on business issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2015.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- South Carolina Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on business issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2014.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- Greenville Tea Party — Legislators are scored by the Greenville Tea Party on their votes on bills "related to jobs, spending, and freedom."
- South Carolina Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2013.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- Greenville Tea Party — Legislators are scored by the Greenville Tea Party on their votes on bills "related to jobs, spending, and freedom."
- South Carolina Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2012.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- Palmetto Liberty — Legislators are scored by Palmetto Liberty on bills related to "limited government, the free market, and individual liberty and responsibility."
Below you can find the scorecards found for the South Carolina State Legislature in 2011.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- Palmetto Liberty — Legislators are scored by Palmetto Liberty on bills related to "limited government, the free market, and individual liberty and responsibility."
- South Carolina Business & Industry Political Education Committee — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business and industry issues.
- South Carolina Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce on their votes on bills "that directly impact the business climate and competitiveness of the state."
Notable endorsements
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2016 Democratic National Convention
Personal
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Hunter has a husband, Terry. She served on the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee in 2004.
Noteworthy events
Nonprofit earmark
In June 2013, Cobb-Hunter was involved in sponsoring a $200,000 earmark for a nonprofit organization called CASA Family Systems, of which Cobb-Hunter is an executive director, in South Carolina’s 2013-14 proposed state budget.[21] The earmark would constitute more than 25% of the organization’s average annual revenues over the past two fiscal years, if passed. Cobb-Hunter responded by email to The Nerve, which broke the story, and affirmed her sponsorship of the earmark but added, "I don’t see it as a conflict of interest and believe full disclosure of the funding puts it out there for all to see." Cobb-Hunter voted in favor of a budget amendment that contained the earmark, but she said that her June 5th vote for that measure "was in error" and that she "should’ve abstained."[21]
As reported by The Nerve, a project of the South Carolina Policy Council, Cobb-Hunter said that her abstaining from a March 2013 vote on the original version of the House budget was consistent with the rules, even though South Carolina state law permits legislators a vote on the whole budget even after prior recusals on individual budget sections, “which means that they, in effect, are approving appropriations for those agencies where conflicts of interest exist or potentially exist.”
No accusations of wrong-doing were leveled against Cobb-Hunter. Laws covering state ethics provide that no state lawmaker or public official is permitted to use their “official office, membership, or employment to obtain an economic interest for himself, a family member, an individual with whom he is associated, or a business with which he is associated."[21]
Governor Nikki Haley (R) vetoed this provision of the state budget, and at Cobb-Hunter's request, the legislature sustained the veto. Cobb-Hunter cited concerns about confusion surrounding the provision. Cobb-Hunter abstained from the vote.[21]
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina Legislature, "Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter," accessed January 16, 2023
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Candidate listing for the 11/8/2016 statewide general election," accessed August 26, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Statewide General Election," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2014 Election Information," accessed March 31, 2014
- ↑ AP.org, "South Carolina State Senate and State House Election Results," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ South Carolina State Election Commission, "2012 Candidates," accessed April 23, 2012
- ↑ www.enr-scvotes.org, "2010 General Election Results," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 campaign contributions," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ Ballotpedia's list of superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention is based on our own research and lists provided by the Democratic National Committee to Vox.com in February 2016 and May 2016. If you think we made an error in identifying superdelegates, please send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ To find out which candidate a superdelegate supported, Ballotpedia sought out public statements from the superdelegate in other media outlets and on social media. If we were unable to find a public statement that clearly articulated which candidate the superdelegate supported at the national convention, we listed that superdelegate as "unknown." If you believe we made an error in identifying which candidate a superdelegate supported, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ Congressional Research Service, "The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2016: Frequently Asked Questions," December 30, 2015
- ↑ [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/south-carolina-2016-democratic-primary-ledeall-219867 Politico, "Clinton rolls in South Carolina," February 27, 2016.
- ↑ CNN, "South Carolina Exit Polls," February 27, 2016
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Democratic National Committee, "2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate/Alternate Allocation," updated February 19, 2016
- ↑ The Green Papers, "2016 Democratic Convention," accessed May 7, 2021
- ↑ Democratic National Committee's Office of Party Affairs and Delegate Selection, "Unpledged Delegates -- By State," May 27, 2016
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 The Nerve, "Rep. Cobb-Hunter Sponsors $200,000 Earmark for Her Nonprofit," June 25, 2013
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jerry Govan Jr. (D) |
South Carolina House of Representatives District 95 2022-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
South Carolina House of Representatives District 66 1992-2022 |
Succeeded by David O'Neal (R) |
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