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Joe Wilson
U.S. Representative, SC-2
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Representative, SC-2 current
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2023 | Jan 3, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 3, 2023 | Jan 3, 2025 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2023 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2023 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2021 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2021 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 3, 2019 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 3, 2019 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2017 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2017 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 3, 2013 | Jan 3, 2015 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2013 | Jan 3, 2015 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Jan 5, 2011 | Jan 3, 2013 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 5, 2011 | Jan 3, 2013 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 6, 2009 | Jan 3, 2011 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Jan 6, 2009 | Jan 3, 2011 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 4, 2007 | Jan 3, 2009 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Jan 4, 2007 | Jan 3, 2009 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 4, 2005 | Jan 3, 2007 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Jan 4, 2005 | Jan 3, 2007 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Jan 7, 2003 | Jan 3, 2005 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Jan 7, 2003 | Jan 3, 2005 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District SC-2
United States |
Republican | Dec 18, 2001 | Jan 3, 2003 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, SC-2
South Carolina |
Republican | Dec 18, 2001 | Jan 3, 2003 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Armed Services unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Armed Services — Readiness unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Armed Services — Strategic Forces unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Education and Workforce unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Education and Workforce — Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Education and Workforce — Higher Education and Workforce Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Europe unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Middle East and North Africa unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.529, social dim. 0.160. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (583 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Sep 3, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Sep 3, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Sep 3, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Nay | Sep 3, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Sep 3, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Nay | Sep 3, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Sep 3, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Sep 3, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 105 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… | Yea | Sep 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 106 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… | Yea | Sep 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 104 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… | Yea | Sep 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 539 — Censuring Representative LaMonica McIver and removing her from the Committee on Homeland Security. | Nay | Sep 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 672 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4553) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the… | Yea | Sep 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 672 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4553) making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the… | Yea | Sep 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 747 — Stop Chinese Fentanyl Act of 2025 | Yea | Sep 2, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4216 — Made-in-America Defense Act | Yea | Sep 2, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4275 — Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 | Yea | Jul 23, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3357 — Enhancing Multi-Class Share Disclosures Act | Yea | Jul 23, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1917 — Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025 | Yea | Jul 22, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3937 — Wabeno Economic Development Act | Yea | Jul 22, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3351 — Improving Access to Small Business Information Act | Yea | Jul 21, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3095 — To direct the United States Postal Service to designate single, unique ZIP Codes for certain communities, and for other purposes. | Yea | Jul 21, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Jul 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 | Nay | Jul 18, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 | Nay | Jul 18, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
801 recorded contributions totalling $1,052,374. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 136 of 801 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big donor | 73 | $219,850 | 21% |
| Corporate PAC | 11 | $85,260 | 8% |
| Small-dollar | 52 | $-3,350 | -0% |
| Unclassified | 665 | $750,614 | 71% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,600 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC CONDUIT | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Aug 5, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $11,000 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC CONDUIT | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Mar 28, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $9,150 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC CONDUIT | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Oct 13, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $9,000 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC CONDUIT | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Mar 27, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,600 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC CONDUIT | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Jan 3, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,600 | LEVKOWITZ, HOWARD | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Nov 28, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $6,600 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC CONDUIT | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Jan 7, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,600 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC CONDUIT | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Mar 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,600 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC CONDUIT | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Nov 28, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,300 | WINRED - CONDUIT | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Jan 23, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,200 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC CONDUIT | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Feb 29, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $5,610 | WILSON FOR SOUTH CAROLINA | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Oct 21, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $5,000 | SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | unclassified | Nov 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC CONDUIT | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | unclassified | Mar 29, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
| $5,000 | AMERICAN HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMM | JOE WILSON FOR CONGRESS | unclassified | Jun 22, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Social media
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