Courtney Deanna McClain
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Political organizer
- Lives in
- Spartanburg
Background
- B.A. in journalism and communications, University of South Carolina (2023); M.A. in political science, Howard University (2025). source: southcarolinapublicradio.org
- Former president of the South Carolina NAACP Youth and College Division. source: southcarolinapublicradio.org
- Fannie Lou Hamer Government Relations Fellow with the Congressional Black Caucus Institute; congressional intern through the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. source: southcarolinapublicradio.org
- Spartanburg native; age 25 at filing in March 2026. source: postandcourier.com
In their own words
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- Affordability: expand health care access and make housing more affordable source: postandcourier.com
- Invest in public schools and strengthen infrastructure source: postandcourier.com
- Protect voting rights source: postandcourier.com
- Bar large institutional investors from buying single-family homes source: newsfromthestates.com
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