Brandon Michael Newton (born July 29, 1994) is an
American
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politician. He is a member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives
The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. It consists of 124 representatives elected to two-year terms at the same time as U.S. congressional elections.
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from the 45th District, serving since 2016. He is a member of the Republican party.
Upon his election in 2016, Newton became the youngest member serving in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He was 22 years, 3 months, and 16 days old at the time he took office.
Newton Co-Chairs the South Carolina chapter of Future Caucus for Gen-Z and millennial cross-partisan lawmakers alongside state Senator
Deon Tedder.
Newton was named as an elector for the
2020 presidential election, but was replaced by Theresa "Charm" Altman.
In June 2023, Newton endorsed
Tim Scott
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in the
2024 United States presidential election
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.
[Sen. Tim Scott in Spartanburg to announce campaign endorsements". ''FOX Carolina''. June 12, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.]
References
Living people
1994 births
Republican Party members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
University of South Carolina Lancaster alumni
University of South Carolina alumni
Winthrop University alumni
2020 United States presidential electors
21st-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly
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