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RepublicanRalph Norman
U.S. Representative · South Carolina
South Carolina's 5th district
U.S. Representative from South Carolina
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How they won their seat
Ralph Norman won the 2024 U.S. House election in South Carolina (District 5) with 63.5% of the vote (228,260 votes).
- Ralph Norman · Republican63.5%228,260
- Evangeline Hundley · Democrat36.3%130,592
- 1 Other Candidate0.2%557
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Ralph Norman's record includes sponsoring bills aimed at eliminating earmarks (e.g., HR 7041, HR 8051), actions related to the Congressional Budget Office (e.g., HR 6101, HR 9714), and recognizing the contributions of veterans (e.g., HR 4463, HR 7501). He has also proposed constitutional amendments regarding congressional compensation during government shutdowns (HJRES 128) and term limits (HJRES 12). Focus areas (from the record): fiscal responsibility · government accountability · veteran support · election integrity · constitutional amendments Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against Norman's legislative activity, making it impossible to assess alignment. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; There is no information on the politician's stated goals or positions; The record does not indicate the impact of campaign finance on legislative behavior. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Ralph Norman has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2018. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Ralph Norman has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$8621%
- Large individual (itemized)$12K15%
- PAC / committee$64K83%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Financial ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on RulesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on the BudgetOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Financial Services — Financial InstitutionsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Rules — Legislative and Budget ProcessOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Financial Services — Housing and InsuranceOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
127 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $83,264, spent $587,585, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9361: Worst of the Worst Act ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9103: Merit Restoration Act ↗Jun 2, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8118: Election Infrastructure Integrity Act ↗Mar 26, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8018: ISLET Act ↗Mar 19, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7628: To repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress. ↗Feb 20, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7041: Earmark Elimination Act of 2026 ↗Jan 13, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6536: Rural Depositories Revitalization Study Act ↗Dec 9, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 888: Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct that reflects discreditably on the House of Representatives for colluding with convicted felony sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing. ↗Nov 18, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6101: CBO Oversight Act ↗Nov 18, 2025
- Sponsored HJRES 128: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit Members of Congress from receiving compensation for any period during which a Government shutdown is in effect. ↗Sep 30, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5219: Camden National Battlefield Park Study Act ↗Sep 9, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 589: Providing for the public release of certain documents, records, and communications related to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. ↗Jul 17, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 127 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 420
- Nay
- 159
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 76
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Yea
- HR1501Yea
- HJRES1Yea
- HRES1498Nay
- HR9436Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HRES1490Yea
- HRES1499Nay
- HRES1499Yea
- HR6500Nay
- S32Nay
- S307Yea
- HR8884Yea
- HCONRES89Nay
- HCONRES113Yea
- HR7008Yea
- HR7008Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
1 position on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting AYE on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
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