Republican Controlled House votes 38-8 for Removal of Republican SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis: How did your Senator Vote

South Carolina Republicans control the Senate by a majority of 43-9. It would seem highly unlikely for such a General Assembly to ever get a two-thirds vote for removal of one of the most popular republicans in the state that won his last election with nearly 80 percent of the vote, but that’s exactly what they did late Monday night.

22 Republicans joined all Democrats in a 38-8 vote to recommend the removal of State Treasurer Curtis Loftis from office in a never before used process (that is debatable if its even constitutional) to bypass the normal impeachment process that would begin in the House of Representatives before a formal trial in the Senate.

Instead, what we got was a process that didn’t allow witnesses, objections, the sharing of evidence with the defense or any of the testimony or allegations against Loftis was made under oath or subject to the penalty of perjury, but Loftis and his staff were made to be under oath and subjected to the penalty of perjury. That seems like due process, right? Give me a break!

And before someone tells my math isn’t mathing, five senators were on leave and did not vote. Here's how your Senator voted:  

AYES: 38

District 44, Brian Adams, R-Berkley
District 1, Thomas Alexander, R-Oconee
District 7, Karl B. Allen, D-Greenville
District 27, Allen Blackmon, R-Lancaster
District 43, George E. (Chip) Campsen III, R-Charleston
District 3, Richard Cash, R- Anderson
District 29, J.D. Chaplin, R-Darlington
District 18, Ronnie W. Cromer, R-Newberry
District 46, Tom Davis, R-Beaufort
District 19, Tameika Issac Devine, D-Richland
District 6, Jason Elliot, R-Greenville
District 10, Billy Garrett, R-Lexington
District 34, Stephen Goldfinch, R-Georgetown
District 35, Jeffrey Graham, D-Kershaw
District 37, Larry Grooms, R-Berkley
District 40, Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg
District 23, Carlisle Kennedy, R-Lexington
District 11, Josh Kimbrell, R-Spartanburg
District 41, Matt Leber, R-Charleston
District 45, Margie Bright Matthews, D-Colleton
District 12, Roger A. Nutt, R-Spartanburg
District 26, Russell Ott, D-Calhoun
District 14, Harvey Peeler, R-Cherokee
District 33, Luke Rankin, R-Horry
District 2, Rex Rice, R-Pickens
District 32, Ronnie Sabb, D-Williamsburg
District 17, Everett Stubbs, R-York
District 20, Ed Sutton, D-Charleston
District 42, Deon T. Tedder, D-Charleston
District 8, Ross Turner, R-Greenville
District 9, Danny Verdin, R-Laurens
District 22, Overture Walker, D-Richland
District 24, Tom Young, R-Aiken

NAYS: 8

District 38, Sean Bennett, R-Dorchester
District 15, Wes Climer, R-York
District 5, Tom Corbin, R-Greenville
District 28, Greg Hembree, R-Horry
District 13, Shane Martin, R-Spartanburg
District 25, Shane Massey, R-Edgefield
District 31, Mike Reichenbaugh, R-Florence
District 36, Jeff Zell, R-Sumter

ON LEAVE/NOT VOTING:

District 39, Tom Fernadez, R-Dorchester
District 4, Michael Gambrell, R-Anderson
District 21, Darell Jackson, D-Richland
District 16, Michael Johnson, R-York
District 30, Kent Williams, D-Marion  

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