{"id":61,"date":"2026-05-18T20:36:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=61"},"modified":"2026-05-18T20:36:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T20:36:35","slug":"scs-evette-is-asked-how-many-members-are-in-state-house-she-gives-wrong-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=61","title":{"rendered":"SC\u2019s Evette is asked how many members are in state House. She gives wrong number"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, who is running for governor, slipped up Tuesday while testifying in favor of middecade redistricting by not correctly saying how many members are in the state House.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=59\">5 things SC consumers should know about the possible Dominion Energy merger<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>After reading her prepared remarks, Evette agreed to take questions from members of a House Judiciary Committee panel.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Justin Bamberg, D-Bamberg, pointed out that Evette didn\u2019t testify during the last redistricting process after the 2020 census. He then pointed out that Republicans hold a supermajority.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>After asking how many Democrats were in the state House, he asked Evette how many total members are in the House.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Evette, who is in her eighth year as lieutenant governor, appeared not to know the answer.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cUmm, 140,\u201d Evette said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Bamberg responded, \u201cNo, 124.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Her response was quickly criticized on social media.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatching this hearing and the person who wants to be the next Governor doesn\u2019t even know how many members there are in the SC House of Representatives,\u201d state Sen. Tameika Isaac Devine, D-Richland, posted on X. \u201cMaybe we should require candidates get a civics lesson before running for office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Evette has prided herself with forming relationships with legislators and her campaign brushed off the flub.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=58\">\u2018Too much southern blood in me to surrender,\u2019 SC Senate opts against redistricting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus is on driving home the message of we have got to take any means necessary to get this done. I\u2019m not worried about that,\u201d Evette spokesman Matt Goins said. \u201cShe knows how many members are in the House and Senate, because she\u2019s been calling them and working the phone lines to see that we get this bill passed and get this done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Evette also was supposed to appear at a news conference with SC GOP Chairman Drew McKissick almost immediately after her testimony.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Evette didn\u2019t attend, but two other candidates for governor, U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman and Attorney General Alan Wilson, did. Wilson also was at the redistricting hearing, and spoke after Evette\u2019s testimony. State Sen. Josh Kimbrell also was scheduled to attend the news conference, but he did not attend.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Evette\u2019s campaign said she met with a state senator after her testimony to discuss the redistricting vote. However, the campaign would not say who. As the Senate came into session Thursday, Evette was in the chamber speaking to a state senator.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The state Senate was taking up a resolution on whether to take up redistricting after the formal end of this year\u2019s session Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTime is of the essence, and right now, our focus is on getting the maps redrawn and getting redistricting done in South Carolina,\u201d Goins said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=56\">Man charged with impersonating police officer at a Lexington middle school<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lt. Gov. 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