Russell W. Fry
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.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, South Carolina District 7 (since 2023)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative; attorney
Background
- B.A., University of South Carolina; J.D., Charleston School of Law. source: en.wikipedia.org
- South Carolina House of Representatives, District 106, from a 2015 special election to 2022; appointed Majority Chief Whip in 2018. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Took office in the U.S. House on January 3, 2023, succeeding Tom Rice; member of the House Judiciary Committee. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Ran in the August 11, 2026 special Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Lindsey Graham's death and conceded that night; stayed on the District 7 ballot. source: abcnews4.com
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- "Fighting for families" source: abcnews4.com
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