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Gilda Cobb-Hunter
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South Carolina House of Representatives District 95
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor
Prior offices
South Carolina House of Representatives District 66
Successor: David O'Neal

Compensation

Base salary

$10,400/year

Per diem

$231/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Florida A&M University, 1973

Graduate

Florida State University, 1978

Personal
Birthplace
Gifford, Fla.
Profession
Social worker
Contact

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

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2023-2024

Cobb-Hunter was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Cobb-Hunter was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Cobb-Hunter 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
Ways and Means, Vice chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Cobb-Hunter served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Cobb-Hunter served on the following committees:

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Hunter 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 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
Image of Gilda Cobb-Hunter
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
Image of Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D)
 
59.1
 
8,033
Image of Jeffrey Cila
Jeffrey Cila (R) Candidate Connection
 
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
Image of Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D)
 
70.0
 
11,795
Image of Jeffrey Cila
Jeffrey Cila (R) Candidate Connection
 
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

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 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
Image of Gilda Cobb-Hunter
Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D)
 
71.5
 
8,800
Image of Tom Connor
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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Gilda Cobb-Hunter

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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
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Tom Connor

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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 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 Green check mark transparent.png Gilda Cobb-Hunter Incumbent (unopposed) 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 Green check mark transparent.png Gilda Cobb-Hunter 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 Gilda Cobb-Hunter ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8]

2012

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2012

Cobb-Hunter ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 12, as well as the general election on November 6.[9][10]

South Carolina House of Representatives, District 66, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngGilda Cobb-Hunter Incumbent 99.4% 14,236
     Other Write-Ins 0.6% 81
Total Votes 14,317

2010

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 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
Green check mark transparent.png Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) 8,823 99.05%
Write-In 85 0.95%

2008

See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 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
Green check mark transparent.png Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D) 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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Gilda Cobb-Hunter campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* South Carolina House of Representatives District 95Won general$43,800 $42,362
2022South Carolina House of Representatives District 95Won general$225,101 $205,017
2020South Carolina House of Representatives District 66Won general$65,429 N/A**
2018South Carolina House of Representatives District 66Won general$43,546 N/A**
2016South Carolina House of Representatives, District 66Won $41,576 N/A**
2014South Carolina State House, District 66Won $46,924 N/A**
2012South Carolina State House, District 66Won $34,383 N/A**
2010South Carolina State House, District 66Won $29,125 N/A**
2008South Carolina State House, District 66Won $85,163 N/A**
2006South Carolina State House, District 66Won $68,980 N/A**
2004South Carolina State House, District 66Won $40,997 N/A**
2002South Carolina State House, District 66Won $73,774 N/A**
2000South Carolina State House, District 66Won $47,300 N/A**
1998South Carolina State House, District 66Won $7,765 N/A**
1996South Carolina State House, District 66Won $24,551 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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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."[16]

2012

Gilda Cobb-Hunter received a score of 13% in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 87th out of all 124 South Carolina House of Representatives members.[17] Her score was followed by representatives Kristopher Crawford (13%), Laurie Funderburk (13%), and Jerry Govan Jr. (13%).[18]

Notable endorsements

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Notable candidate endorsements by Gilda Cobb-Hunter
EndorseeElectionStageOutcome
Thomas Steyer  source President of the United States (2020) PrimaryWithdrew in Convention

2016 Democratic National Convention

Personal

Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.

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.[27] 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."[27]

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."[27]

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.[27]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. South Carolina Legislature, "Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter," accessed January 16, 2023
  2. South Carolina State Election Commission, "Candidate listing for the 11/8/2016 statewide general election," accessed August 26, 2016
  3. South Carolina State Election Commission, "2016 Statewide General Election," accessed November 28, 2016
  4. South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Tracking," accessed March 31, 2016
  5. South Carolina State Election Commission, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed June 14, 2016
  6. South Carolina State Election Commission, "Election Results," accessed June 10, 2014
  7. South Carolina State Election Commission, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
  8. South Carolina State Election Commission, "2014 Election Information," accessed March 31, 2014
  9. AP.org, "South Carolina State Senate and State House Election Results," accessed November 7, 2012
  10. South Carolina State Election Commission, "2012 Candidates," accessed April 23, 2012
  11. www.enr-scvotes.org, "2010 General Election Results," accessed May 1, 2014
  12. Follow the Money, "2008 campaign contributions," accessed May 15, 2014
  13. The State, "High court rules against Haley," June 6, 2011
  14. The Sun News, "S.C. House to have special session in June," May 6, 2011
  15. The Island Packet, "S.C. Senate OKs new congressional districted anchored in Beaufort County," June 29, 2011
  16. The Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "Voting Records," accessed April 11, 2014
  17. Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "South Carolina Senate Score Card 2012," accessed April 11, 2014
  18. Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "South Carolina Senate Score Card 2012," accessed May 15, 2014
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. Congressional Research Service, "The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2016: Frequently Asked Questions," December 30, 2015
  22. [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/south-carolina-2016-democratic-primary-ledeall-219867 Politico, "Clinton rolls in South Carolina," February 27, 2016.
  23. CNN, "South Carolina Exit Polls," February 27, 2016
  24. 24.0 24.1 Democratic National Committee, "2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate/Alternate Allocation," updated February 19, 2016
  25. The Green Papers, "2016 Democratic Convention," accessed May 7, 2021
  26. Democratic National Committee's Office of Party Affairs and Delegate Selection, "Unpledged Delegates -- By State," May 27, 2016
  27. 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 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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