Sarita Edgerton

Republican | South Carolina

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Candidate Profile*

Conservative

*Additional information appears below for educational purposes; however, only data received prior to the candidate deadline was considered during Panel Evaluation.

BIOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, 1992-1996

WORK & MILITARY

Chesterfield/Darlington County Schools, Teacher, 1996-1999

Roadway Express/Overnight, Dispatcher/Sales Rep, 1999-2004

Restaurants, Server, 2005-2020

MESSIAH Academy, Educator, 2007-2026

Ponce Realty Group, Realtor, 2020-2026

SC House of Representatives, Representative, 2024-2026

AFFILIATIONS

Various churches, Sunday School Teacher, 2006-2026

Spartanburg Association of Realtors, Community Service Committee Chair, 2022-2024

Carolina Pregnancy Center, Volunteer, 2021-2026

Mountain Area Pregnancy Services, Volunteer, 2002-2019

National Association of Christian Lawmakers, House Chair, 2025-2026

SC Family Caucus, House Chair, 2025-2026

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

State Representative, 2025-

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

State Representative, 2026-

SCORECARDS

CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

2025-2026

44%, 44%†

2025-2026

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44%, 44%†

ENDORSEMENTS*

*These endorsements were received after the deadline and were not considered in the Panel Evaluations and are for additional educational purposes only.
CONSERVATIVE (3)

National Rifle Association NRA-PVF

Vote Pro-Life South Carolina

*Palmetto Family Alliance

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

Stand for Health Freedom

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)

Local, County, District Republican Organizations (2026)

Republican Womens Organizations (2026)

Sarita Edgerton (2026)

State Republican Party Organizations (2026)

Young Republican National Federation (2026)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (4)

Joe White (2026)

Sarita Edgerton (2026)

D Ryan McCabe Jr. (2025)

Ralph Norman (2025)


OTHER INFORMATION

Representative Sarita Edgerton is a member of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus.   

Candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024.

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).

Strongly Agree

Taxpayer dollars should never be allocated to the murder of innocent human life.

Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?

It should never be allowed.

Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.

Strongly Agree

We must outlaw abortions and personhood bills are a good start.

The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.

Strongly Agree

More babies are killed every year through this than any other method.

The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.

Strongly Agree

These pills kill babies and the harm they do to women is horrific!


ECONOMY

What is your position on the minimum wage?

Anytime the government meddles in private business, those businesses pay the price. The free market should determine the wages according to their locations and needs.

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

Private property is essential to freedom in our country. Property taxes are egregious and keeps people from ever owning anything outright. Over regulation on businesses and properties ruins free enterprise and should be scaled back.

List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.

We need to audit all state agencies especially Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, etc to find where we are duplicating things and people who are getting benefits who shouldn’t are removed from those roles. We need to deport those who came to our country illegally and put a moratorium on immigration until we get it sorted out.


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?

Congress shall make no law. Government should stay out of the church. The church should not stay out of the government.

Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.

Strongly Disagree

No one should be compelled to violate their morals, values, and beliefs. The government should never compel speech as it violates the 1st amendment. If you don’t want to bake a cake for a certain group of people because their views violate your beliefs, then no one should force you to do so.


HEALTHCARE

What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.

C) An audit must be performed on a yearly basis making sure we aren’t providing for those who are not in need. The abuse of this system has cost us hundreds of billions. We must root it out.

The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.

Strongly Disagree

The government should not keep “lists” of people especially to categorize them in order to figure out how much or how little that doctors should treat them.


NATIONAL SECURITY

The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.

Strongly Agree

The CCP should be removed from all public institutions like our colleges. We must seek to keep them at bay in our country as they are spy on us and steal our intellectual property.

Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?

They are our ally in the Middle East. They are the only democracy over there. We should take a measured approach when helping them.


IMMIGRATION

I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.

Strongly Disagree

Call them illegal immigrants.


EDUCATION

I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.

Strongly Agree

Returning the government back to the local and state government is best for the people.

Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.

Strongly Agree


VALUES

Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.

Strongly Agree

Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.

Strongly Agree

Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Strongly Agree

I support the expansion of gambling in my state.

Strongly Disagree

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a born again, Bible believing Christian. Jesus came into my life and changed me when I was 24. He healed my wounds and gave me a testimony I share with others whenever possible


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

This is a popular idea for both Democrats and Reppublicans.


EQUALITY

Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.

Strongly Disagree

Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.

Strongly Agree

We will be trying to expand our ban on that in SC for sorority houses, women’s shelters, prisons.


ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.

Strongly Disagree

What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?

Nuclear


ABOUT YOU

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?

Very Conservative

Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.

No

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.

No


CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY

What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?

To deter crime

Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.

Disagree

This is a parental responsibility.

Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.

Strongly Agree

Islam is not compatible with western society. We must not become Europe. I filed the anti-Sharia in SC this past term and I will do it again.


2ND AMENDMENT

What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?

There are no restrictions in the 2nd amendment. The only caveat I would give is for violent felons.

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