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JA Moore
JA Moore (Democratic Party) is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 15. He assumed office on November 12, 2018. His current term ends on November 9, 2026.
Moore (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 15. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Moore graduated from Johnson & Wales University with a degree in culinary arts. His professional experience includes working as a chef, restaurant general manager, cafe manager, food and beverage manager, and catering director.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Moore was assigned to the following committees:
- Interstate Cooperation Committee, 1st Vice Chair
- Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee
2021-2022
Moore was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Moore was assigned to the following committees:
- Interstate Cooperation Committee, 1st vice chairman
- Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee
Sponsored legislation
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 15
Incumbent JA Moore defeated Carlton Walker in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | JA Moore (D) | 55.7 | 6,667 |
| Carlton Walker (R) | 44.1 | 5,284 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 20 | ||
| Total votes: 11,971 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent JA Moore defeated Damian Daly in the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | JA Moore | 87.0 | 680 |
| Damian Daly | 13.0 | 102 | ||
| Total votes: 782 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Carlton Walker advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Moore in this election.
2023
See also: South Carolina state legislative special elections, 2023
General election
Special general election for South Carolina State Senate District 42
Deon Tedder defeated Rosa Kay in the special general election for South Carolina State Senate District 42 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Deon Tedder (D) | 81.7 | 10,565 |
| Rosa Kay (R) | 18.0 | 2,322 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 46 | ||
| Total votes: 12,933 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Special Democratic primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 42
Deon Tedder defeated Wendell Gilliard in the special Democratic primary runoff for South Carolina State Senate District 42 on September 19, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deon Tedder | 50.1 | 2,093 |
 | Wendell Gilliard | 49.9 | 2,082 | |
| Total votes: 4,175 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 42
Wendell Gilliard and Deon Tedder advanced to a runoff. They defeated JA Moore in the special Democratic primary for South Carolina State Senate District 42 on September 5, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendell Gilliard | 46.6 | 1,856 |
| ✔ | | Deon Tedder | 38.6 | 1,536 |
| JA Moore | 14.8 | 588 | |
| Total votes: 3,980 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Rosa Kay advanced from the special Republican primary for South Carolina State Senate District 42.
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Moore in this election.
2022
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent JA Moore defeated Latrecia Pond in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | JA Moore (D) | 56.8 | 4,326 |
 | Latrecia Pond (R) | 43.0 | 3,276 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 7,612 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent JA Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Latrecia Pond advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15.
2020
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent JA Moore defeated Samuel Rivers Jr. in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | JA Moore (D) | 51.8 | 7,573 |
 | Samuel Rivers Jr. (R) | 48.1 | 7,027 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 17 | ||
| Total votes: 14,617 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent JA Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Samuel Rivers Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15.
2018
In addition to running as a Democratic Party candidate, Moore cross-filed to also run with the Working Families Party in 2018.[2]
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15
JA Moore defeated incumbent Samuel Rivers Jr. in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | JA Moore (D) | 52.4 | 4,818 |
| Samuel Rivers Jr. (R) | 47.5 | 4,372 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 9,199 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15
JA Moore advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15 on June 12, 2018.
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15
Incumbent Samuel Rivers Jr. defeated Steven Smith in the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 15 on June 12, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Samuel Rivers Jr. | 72.3 | 1,359 |
| Steven Smith | 27.7 | 521 | ||
| Total votes: 1,880 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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JA Moore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
JA Moore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
JA Moore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
JA Moore did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia biographical submission form
The candidate completed Ballotpedia's biographical information submission form:
| “ | What is your political philosophy?
While serving in office I would like to: increase public school teachers & state employees compensation, help pass legislation more appropriately fund public transportation, address the affordable housing crisis and assist in creating more opportunities for women and minority owned businesses. The catalyst that lead to the decision to run for office was personal tragedies and crisis in my life. Those events taught me the value of how fragile life is and if you have a purpose in life, do it now.[3] |
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| —JA Moore[1] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 9 to May 9.
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2023
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In 2023, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 10 to May 11.
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2022
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In 2022, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 to May 12.
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2021
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In 2021, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 12 to May 13.
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2020
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In 2020, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 14 to June 25. The state Senate reconvened September to September 3. Both chambers reconvened September 15 to September 24.
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2019
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In 2019, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 21.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate South Carolina House of Representatives District 15 |
Officeholder South Carolina House of Representatives District 15 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on November 15, 2018
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "2018 List of Candidates," accessed October 29, 2018
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Preceded by Samuel Rivers Jr. (R) |
South Carolina House of Representatives District 15 2018-Present |
Succeeded by - |
