Dwight Loftis | |
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Member of the South Carolina Senate from the 6th district | |
Assumed office March 27, 2019 | |
Preceded by | William Timmons [1] |
Member of the South CarolinaHouseofRepresentatives from the 19th district | |
In office January 24,1996 –March 27,2019 | |
Preceded by | Mike Fair [2] |
Succeeded by | Patrick Haddon [3] |
Personal details | |
Born | Greenville County,South Carolina,U.S. | February 4,1943
Political party | Republican |
Dwight Loftis (born February 4,1943) is an American politician from South Carolina. A member of the South Carolina Senate since 2019,he previously represented district 19 in the South Carolina House of Representatives for 23 years from 1996 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican party. [4]
Loftis became the Republican nominee for South Carolina Senate district 6 on January 22,2019,by beating opponents Amy Ryberg Doyle and Jeffery Stringer. [5]
He won his state senate district 6 election with 56 percent of the votes against Democrat Tina Belge who received 44 percent of the votes in her first run for elected office. [1]
Loftis opposes to gay marriage and strongly supports marriage as defined between a man and woman. [6]
He voted to keep the Confederate Flag flying above the South Carolina Statehouse. [7]
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