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Wendell Gilliard
2008 - Present
2026
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Wendell Gilliard (Democratic Party) is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 111. He assumed office in 2008. His current term ends on November 9, 2026.
Gilliard (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 111. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Gilliard attended Devry School of Technology for three years and acquired political science training courses through United Steel Workers Union classes. He expanded his political science education through the National League of Cities for five years and was awarded the bronze certificate in political science.[1]
Gilliard is a former president of the United Steel Workers Local Union and a former chemical plant operator for Albright and Wilson Chemical Plant. He also served as a city council member from 1999 to 2010. He went on to become the owner of WGG Consulting Company.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Gilliard was assigned to the following committees:
- Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee
- Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee
2021-2022
Gilliard was assigned to the following committees:
- Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee, 3rd vice chairman
- Regulations and Administrative Procedures Committee
2019-2020
Gilliard was assigned to the following committees:
- Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee, 3rd 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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| • Medical, Military, Public, and Municipal Affairs, Vice chair |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Gilliard served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs, Third Vice Chair |
| • Regulations and Administrative Procedures |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Gilliard served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Gilliard served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Gilliard served on the following committees:
| South Carolina committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs |
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 111
Incumbent Wendell Gilliard defeated Joe Jernigan in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wendell Gilliard (D) | 82.9 | 12,457 |
 | Joe Jernigan (L)  | 16.7 | 2,510 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 58 | ||
| Total votes: 15,025 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111
Incumbent Wendell Gilliard defeated Dwayne Green and Regina Duggins in the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111 on June 11, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendell Gilliard | 77.4 | 1,496 |
 | Dwayne Green | 17.2 | 332 | |
 | Regina Duggins | 5.5 | 106 | |
| Total votes: 1,934 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111
Joe Jernigan advanced from the Libertarian convention for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111 on May 4, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Jernigan (L) |
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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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 Gilliard in this election.
2022
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111
Incumbent Wendell Gilliard won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendell Gilliard (D) | 98.2 | 9,541 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.8 | 174 | ||
| Total votes: 9,715 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Wendell Gilliard advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111.
2020
See also: South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111
Incumbent Wendell Gilliard defeated Ted Vining in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendell Gilliard (D) | 79.1 | 13,088 |
| Ted Vining (R) | 20.7 | 3,431 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 26 | ||
| Total votes: 16,545 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111
Incumbent Wendell Gilliard defeated Regina Duggins in the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendell Gilliard | 77.7 | 3,526 |
| Regina Duggins | 22.3 | 1,012 | |
| Total votes: 4,538 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Ted Vining advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111.
2018
General election
General election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111
Incumbent Wendell Gilliard won election in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wendell Gilliard (D) | 98.4 | 10,011 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 160 | ||
| Total votes: 10,171 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111
Incumbent Wendell Gilliard advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 111 on June 12, 2018.
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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 Wendell Gilliard ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 111 general election.[2][3]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 111 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Wendell Gilliard Incumbent (unopposed) |
100.00% | 11,978 | |
| Total Votes | 11,978 | |||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Incumbent Wendell Gilliard ran unopposed in the South Carolina House of Representatives District 111 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 111 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Wendell Gilliard Incumbent (unopposed) | |
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 Wendell Gilliard ran unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8]
2012
Gilliard ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on June 12 and in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9][10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Wendell Gilliard |
99.2% | 12,343 | |
| Other | Write-Ins | 0.8% | 104 | |
| Total Votes | 12,447 | |||
2010
Gilliard ran unopposed in the June 8 Democratic primary for District 111 of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Gilliard won, after running unopposed, in the general election on November 2.[11]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 111 (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Wendell Gilliard (D)
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6,691 | 98.79% | ||
| Write-In | 82 | 1.21% | ||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Gilliard won, after running unopposed, election to the South Carolina House of Representatives with 10,783 votes, representing District 111.
Gilliard raised $57,455 for his campaign.[12]
| South Carolina House of Representatives, District 111 (2008) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Wendell Gilliard (D)
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10,783 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2023
Wendell Gilliard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Wendell Gilliard did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Wendell Gilliard 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?
Hope to have been a part of improving in the areas of Education,Jobs, Infastructure, Prison reform, Better wages, and building on Race relations in South Carolina. I choose to run because I believe in the betterment of all mankind. Is there anything you would like to add? Yes! I believe that the "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few and the one.🦅 and we are all stronger together[13] |
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| —Wendell Gilliard[1] | ||
2015
Gilliard indicated that his political philosophy was "To be a public servant for all mankind. To help make change for the betterment of all."[14]
Campaign finance summary
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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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2018
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In 2018, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 9 through May 10.
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2017
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In 2017, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 10 through May 11.
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2016
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In 2016, the South Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 12 through June 2.
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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.[15] 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.[16] The legislature re-convened July 26.[17]
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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."[18]
2012
Wendell Gilliard received a score of 7% in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 113th out of all 124 South Carolina House of Representatives members.[19] His score was followed by representatives Christopher Hart (7%), Joseph Jefferson Jr. (7%), and Patsy Knight (7%).[20]
Personal
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Gilliard has three children.
See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on February 20, 2012 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 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 25, 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.
- ↑ Information submitted through Ballotpedia's biographical submission form on September 2, 2015
- ↑ 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
| Political offices | ||
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South Carolina House of Representatives District 111 2008-Present |
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| Preceded by - |
Charleston City Council 1998-2008 |
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