Jermaine Johnson
Liberal
Democrat
N/A
South Carolina
Current Position: State House Representative SC-52
Running For: Governor
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For slashing income tax for working families by increasing the percentage of families not paying income tax from 40% to 70%
- For lowering property taxes for working families
- For creating a grant program to convert existing structures into affordable housing to compete with private equity firms
- For requiring the state to achieve at least 25% in-state production of food, energy, and water resources
Business & Labor
- For establishing a labor advisory council to recommend state minimum wage and fight corporate wage theft
- For incentivizing employers to offer paid family leave for fathers
Civil Rights
- For protecting women's reproductive rights and keeping medical decisions between families and doctors
- For centering female legislators on women's reproductive rights legislation before male input
- Against the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade
- Against anti-DEI legislation
Public Safety
- For raising law enforcement salaries and hiring additional officers while adding mental health response teams for crisis de-escalation
- For legalizing and regulating medicinal marijuana and putting recreational cannabis to statewide referendum
- For commuting sentences of all prisoners with non-violent marijuana-related charges
- For passing hate crimes legislation in South Carolina