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Jenny Horne
Jenny Anderson Horne is a former Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 94 from 2008 to 2016.
Horne did not seek re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives in 2016. Instead, Horne was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of South Carolina.[1] Horne was defeated by incumbent Mark Sanford in the Republican primary.
Biography
Horne earned her B.A. in English from the University of South Carolina in 1994. She went on to receive her J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1997. Horne was a Law Clerk for Margaret B. Seymour of the United States District Court from 1998 to 2000. After 2000, she worked as an attorney and small business owner.
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Horne served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Ethics |
| • Judiciary |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Horne served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Judiciary |
| • Ethics |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Horne served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Judiciary |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Horne served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Judiciary |
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
2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Mark Sanford (R) defeated Dimitri Cherny (D), Michael Grier Jr. (Libertarian), and Albert Travison (American) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Sanford defeated Jenny Horne in the Republican primary on June 14, 2016.[2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Mark Sanford Incumbent |
58.6% | 190,410 | |
| Democratic | Dimitri Cherny | 36.8% | 119,799 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Grier Jr. | 3.6% | 11,614 | |
| American | Albert Travison | 0.9% | 2,774 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.2% | 593 | |
| Total Votes | 325,190 | |||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Mark Sanford Incumbent |
55.6% | 21,299 | ||
| Jenny Horne | 44.4% | 17,001 | ||
| Total Votes | 38,300 | |||
| Source: South Carolina Secretary of State |
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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. Damian Daly ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Jenny Horne defeated Evan Guthrie and Franklin Smith in the Republican primary. Daly was defeated by Horne in the general election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Jenny Horne Incumbent |
70.6% | 6,383 | |
| Democratic | Damian Daly | 29.4% | 2,653 | |
| Total Votes | 9,036 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Jenny Horne Incumbent |
63.8% | 2,027 |
| Franklin Smith | 21.4% | 679 |
| Evan Guthrie | 14.9% | 472 |
| Total Votes | 3,178 | |
2012
Horne ran unopposed in the Republican primary on June 12, as well as the general election on November 6.[5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Jenny Horne Incumbent |
99% | 11,214 | |
| Other | Write-Ins | 1% | 111 | |
| Total Votes | 11,325 | |||
2010
Horne ran unopposed in the June 8 Republican primary for District 94 of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Horne won, after running unopposed, in the general election on November 2.[7]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 94 (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Jenny Horne (R)
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7,753 | 99.04% | ||
| Write-In | 75 | 0.96% | ||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Horne won, after running unopposed, election to the South Carolina House of Representatives with 11,856 votes, representing District 94.
Horne raised $108,693 for her campaign.[8]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 94 (2008) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Jenny Horne(R)
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11,856 | |||
Campaign themes
2016
The following issues were listed on Horne's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.
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| —Jenny Horne's campaign website, http://www.jennyhorne.com/#!issues/c1flq | ||
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2016
In 2016, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 12 through June 2.
- Conservation Voters of South Carolina - 2015-2016 scorecard
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental and conservation issues.
- South Carolina Chamber of Commerce - 2016 legislative scorecard & year in review
- Legislators are scored on business issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2015
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In 2015, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 13 through June 4.
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2014
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In 2014, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 14 through June 6.
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2013
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In 2013, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 8 to June 20.
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2012
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In 2012, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 through June 7.
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2011
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In 2011, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 through June 2. On June 2, 2011, Governor Nikki Haley (R) attempted to call the legislature into an "emergency" special session to begin on June 7 to create the new South Carolina Department of Administration. A lawsuit was filed by Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell (R), in which he contended that Haley's call for a special session was unconstitutional, and that it violated the state Constitution's requirement of separation of powers among the governor, legislature and courts.[10] On June 6, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled 3-2 against Governor Haley, stating that her order violated the Legislature's ability to set its calendar and agenda. The legislature met in a special redistricting session from June 14 - July 1.[11] The legislature re-convened July 26.[12]
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The Palmetto Liberty PAC Scorecard
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."[13]
2012
Jenny Horne received a score of 27% in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 35th out of all 124 South Carolina House of Representatives members.[14] Her score was followed by representatives John Richard C. King (27%), Chip Limehouse (27%), and Phillip Lowe (27%).[15]
Personal
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Horne and her husband, Marc, have two children.
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- South Carolina's 1st Congressional District election, 2016
- South Carolina's 1st Congressional District
- South Carolina State Legislature
- South Carolina House of Representatives
- South Carolina House of Representatives Committees
- South Carolina Joint Committees
- South Carolina state legislative districts
External links
- Official campaign website
- Profile from Open States
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Jenny Horne on Facebook
- Jenny Horne on Twitter
- Campaign Contributions via OpenSecrets
Footnotes
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Statement of candidacy," November 6, 2015
- ↑ South Carolina Election Commission, "Candidate Listing for the 11/8/2016 Statewide General Election," accessed March 31, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "South Carolina Primary Results," June 14, 2016
- ↑ 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 24, 2012
- ↑ www.enr-scvotes.org, "2010 General Election Results," accessed May 1, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 campaign contributions," accessed May 15, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ The State, "High court rules against Haley," June 6, 2011
- ↑ The Sun News, "S.C. House to have special session in June," May 6, 2011
- ↑ The Island Packet, "S.C. Senate OKs new congressional districted anchored in Beaufort County," June 29, 2011
- ↑ The Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "Voting Records," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "South Carolina Senate Score Card 2012," accessed April 11, 2014
- ↑ Palmetto Liberty Political Action Committee, "South Carolina Senate Score Card 2012," accessed May 15, 2014
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| Preceded by - |
South Carolina House of Representatives District 94 2008-2016 |
Succeeded by Katie Arrington (R) |
