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Sam McCown OppScore Rating: +4.06

Sam McCown is a Republican House representative for South Carolina district 1 and holds an OppScore of +4.06. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.

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Sam McCown is a Republican physician and mechanical engineer from South Carolina who ran for the U.S. House in the 1st District in 2026. A Clemson University graduate with a medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina, he campaigned as a conservative outsider emphasizing fiscal restraint and limited government.

Sam McCown rating summary

• Party: Republican
• Office: House
• State: South Carolina
• District: 1
• OppScore: +4.06 on a -5.00 to +5.00 scale
• Score basis: Record based, documented on 27 of 44 scored questions

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• Voting record and legislative history
• Campaign finance and donor disclosures
• Dirt Alerts and accountability reporting
• Score trend over time

Primary sources

• Ballotpedia profile

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