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Joe Wilson

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U.S. Representative · South Carolina-2 · 107th-119th, 24 years 9 months
Overview of the Representative's office, activities, and communications.

About

Wilson, Addison Graves a Representative from South Carolina; born in Charleston, S.C., July 31, 1947; graduated from the High School of Charleston, Charleston, S.C.; B.A., Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 1969; J.D., University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., 1972; United States Army Reserve, 1972-1975; South Carolina Army National Guard, 1975-2003; lawyer, private practice; deputy general counsel, United States Department of Energy, 1981-1982; staff, United States Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina; staff, United States Representative Floyd Spence of South Carolina; member of the South Carolina state senate, 1984-2001; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Floyd Spence, and reelected to the twelve succeeding Congresses (December 18, 2001-present); reprimanded by the U.S. House of Representatives, on September 15, 2009, for interrupting President's remarks before a Joint Session which was a "breach of decorum and degraded the proceedings" of the Joint Session.

Official Biography · U.S. Congress.
Years served
24
Bills introduced
31
Enacted
0
Cosponsored
306
Committees
10

Performance & Participation

Votes CastBottom 25%
94% — Voted in 609 of 645 roll call votes this congress.
Avg 97% · Most: 100% · Least: 18%
Vote IndependenceMiddle 50%
1.2% — Voted against their own party majority 7 of 574 times.
Avg 2.1% · Most independent: 23.7% · Most party-line: 0.0%
Cosponsors AttractedTop 25%
491 — Attracted 491 cosponsors across 31 bills.
Avg 299 · Most: 1,868 · Least: 0
Cosponsors Attracted Cross-AisleTop 25%
207 — Attracted 207 cosponsors across the aisle.
Avg 59 · Most: 1,291 · Least: 0
Cosponsorships GivenMiddle 50%
306 — 306 bills cosponsored.
Avg 304 · Most: 1,768 · Least: 3
Cosponsorships Given Cross-AisleTop 25%
84 — 84 bills cosponsored across the aisle.
Avg 59 · Most: 803 · Least: 0
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South Carolina's 2nd U.S. House District
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2026 Campaign Finance
$861K
Raised
43%
Individual
30%
PAC
—
Small $
441
Donors
Individual 43%PAC 30%Other 26%
Top PAC Donors
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10K
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS$10K
BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$10K
DOMINION ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - DOMINION PAC$10K
NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE$10K
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Data sourced from official congressional records, CRS, and FEC filings. AllCiv Score methodology available at allciv.com/methodology.