From Our Chairman


Drew McKissick



Hello Fellow Republican! Welcome to the South Carolina Republican Party!

Our Party has grown tremendously in recent years, and that growth has translated into greater success at the ballot box. In 2024 we celebrated the greatest number of wins for South Carolina Republicans in over 150 years!

But while we have enjoyed tremendous victories, we can't allow ourselves to get complacent. The key to our future success is continuing to identify more people who share our conservative values and training more activists in how to be effective in the political arena.

Every day we continue to remain focused on our mission of promoting our platform and electing candidates who will support it. But in order to do that, we must focus on the political fundamentals:
1. Raise money
2. Communicate our conservative message
3. Identify, train, organize, and elect Republicans

We hope you’ll join us as we work to defend our principles and elect more Republicans up and down the ballot!

Thanks so much for all that you do for our Party!


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January 19, 2026

State Chairman Drew McKissick’s Op-Ed

Political Parties Have a Right to Freedom of Association   The most important thing that a political party can do is choose candidates to represent them on the ballot who are likely to support that party’s agenda once elected to office.  Why then, when carrying out that most important responsibility, should Republicans be forced to allow participation from those who oppose us? Unfortunately, that’s exactly the case here in South Carolina.  Voters are not allowed the freedom to choose a political party when they register to vote, and parties aren’t allowed to decide who picks their nominees or who qualifies
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February 10, 2025

State Supreme Court Justices to Hear Arguments on South Carolina Heartbeat Law

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 10, 2025 Media contact: Abby Zilch abbyz@scgop.com State Supreme Court Justices to Hear Arguments on South Carolina Heartbeat Law SCGOP: Planned Parenthood is “Using the Judicial System to Bypass the Democratic Process” (Columbia, S.C.) – In its third legal challenge against South Carolina’s heartbeat law, Planned Parenthood is reinterpreting the science of fetal development to sell abortions later in pregnancy. The state Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic v. South Carolina on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 10:30 ET. Today the South Carolina GOP sent out a letter to Republicans statewide affirming support for the heartbeat law and calling
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January 20, 2025

America’s New Chapter Begins with Trump-Vance Administration

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2025 Media contact: Abby Zilch abbyz@scgop.com America’s New Chapter Begins with Trump-Vance Administration (Washington, D.C.) – Today, Donald J. Trump and JD Vance were sworn into office as President and Vice President of the United States. SCGOP Chairman Drew McKissick released the following statement on this historic moment: “The mandate from November 5th is now forever sealed into history as President Trump and Vice President Vance are sworn into office. This moment stands as a powerful reminder of what Republicans can achieve when we rally together around our shared values and the strength of our Party,” SCGOP Chairman
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