top of page
Tom Bates

ISSUES

110923 TB-091pp.jpg
110923 TB-231pp.jpg
Tom Bates
110923 TB-195pp.jpg
102723 TB-419pp.jpg
Place_Marker_MAIN_ED6A756E-C84D-4D65-98E605CFF817A5B6_9a769ae1-e369-4da8-8ca34c67c73822ea.
PROTECT LIFE

I am a man of faith and believe life is a gift from God and begins at conception. I will work to end late-term abortions, enhance adoption, and expand access to healthcare for women, especially in rural areas. 
 

PROTECT FAMILIES

The American family is the backbone of this country and its economy. I will fight to cut taxes, improve our schools, and uphold the traditional family values that make our state and country great.

STOP ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Keep illegal immigrants, gangs, drug cartel groups, and human trafficking out of our community. Catch and deport, NOT catch and release. 

SUPPORT VETERANS

Our veterans exemplify the best of America. We must support them and give them the benefits and care they deserve. I will work to ensure veterans have a voice by cutting taxes, enhancing their benefits, and expanding their healthcare options. 

 

CUT TAXES

Whether it’s middle-class families, senior citizens, or small business owners, we must cut taxes to allow people to keep their hard-earned money.

 

REFORM STATE GOVERNMENT

You don’t have to search hard to find the corruption that fills our statehouse and state government. I will support term limits and will work to ensure ethics reform and transparency within all branches of our state’s government.

 

IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTURE

It’s no secret that we need to enhance the infrastructure in our state, whether it’s roads, bridges, highways, water, or broadband access. I will work to ensure funds are adequately allocated to projects across our state rather than to communities with special interests and political power.

 

STAND BY PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL

We must ensure our firefighters, first responders, EMS personnel, and law enforcement have the funding, resources, and support they need and deserve to keep our communities safe.

 

IMPROVE EDUCATION 

For too long, parents have been pushed out of classrooms, schools are underfunded, teachers are underpaid, and students aren’t learning the skills they need to know. I will work to enhance school choice, give parents a say in what their children are being taught, provide the necessary funding schools need, give teachers the pay they deserve, and ensure our students are learning the skills they need to meet the demands of our economy.

SUPPORT BUSINESSES

From the aftermath of COVID-19 to the heavy taxes and senseless regulations of the Biden Administration, businesses are struggling. As a businessman, I understand this struggle and will work to ensure South Carolina is a place where companies can thrive no matter the size by cutting taxes and red tape.  

 

SUPPORT SENIOR CITIZENS

We must ensure our senior citizens receive the care and support they deserve by lowering taxes, enhancing benefits, expanding access to healthcare, and protecting them from fraud. The best way to do this is to cut senseless regulations, allocate necessary funding, and allow free market options.

 

ENHANCE RURAL COMMUNITIES

Much of our state is home to rural communities like Travelers Rest. For far too long, Columbia has forgotten about the people in these communities, whether it be the roads they drive on, the schools their children attend, the water they drink, the lack of high-speed internet, and the challenges farmers face. As a member of the SC House, I won’t forget my roots and will work to ensure the people in rural South Carolina thrive.

 

PROTECT SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS

As a gun owner, I will fight any effort that will take guns away from law-abiding citizens and will work to ensure we keep guns out of the hands of career felons and mentally ill individuals.

bottom of page