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Ashley Painter is running for SC House District 117 in Berkeley County — challenging incumbent Jordan Pace and the SC Freedom Caucus he chairs. Donate or learn more: https://www.ashleypainter.com
A former foster youth who aged out at 18, Ashley spent her career in human services — family-based therapy, foster care and adoptions, and substance use counseling. She's now a small business owner and mother of two who never planned to run for office. When her county Democratic Party asked if she'd take on a seat no Democrat contested in 2024, her answer was: "how could I not?"
In this conversation, Ashley walks through the issues she's hearing at every door in District 117:
— The cost-of-living crisis: groceries, electricity (Dominion rate hikes), property taxes, HOA dues, and a state-flat-tax that shifts the burden onto working families
— South Carolina's childcare collapse: the ABC voucher pause, overflowing centers, parents quitting jobs because there's no infant or overnight care for railroad and shift workers
— Medicaid expansion and why under-insured kids in SC are her top legislative priority
— One of the most extreme abortion bans in the country — a bill her opponent co-sponsored that would ban abortion from conception with no exceptions for rape or incest
— Accountability: the RJ May CSAM scandal, the SC Freedom Caucus's silence, and why she says Jordan Pace has refused to answer to his district
— What the "Big Beautiful Bill" cuts have done to methadone and addiction treatment grants serving 400+ patients at her former clinic
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By Mike WinsonAshley Painter is running for SC House District 117 in Berkeley County — challenging incumbent Jordan Pace and the SC Freedom Caucus he chairs. Donate or learn more: https://www.ashleypainter.com
A former foster youth who aged out at 18, Ashley spent her career in human services — family-based therapy, foster care and adoptions, and substance use counseling. She's now a small business owner and mother of two who never planned to run for office. When her county Democratic Party asked if she'd take on a seat no Democrat contested in 2024, her answer was: "how could I not?"
In this conversation, Ashley walks through the issues she's hearing at every door in District 117:
— The cost-of-living crisis: groceries, electricity (Dominion rate hikes), property taxes, HOA dues, and a state-flat-tax that shifts the burden onto working families
— South Carolina's childcare collapse: the ABC voucher pause, overflowing centers, parents quitting jobs because there's no infant or overnight care for railroad and shift workers
— Medicaid expansion and why under-insured kids in SC are her top legislative priority
— One of the most extreme abortion bans in the country — a bill her opponent co-sponsored that would ban abortion from conception with no exceptions for rape or incest
— Accountability: the RJ May CSAM scandal, the SC Freedom Caucus's silence, and why she says Jordan Pace has refused to answer to his district
— What the "Big Beautiful Bill" cuts have done to methadone and addiction treatment grants serving 400+ patients at her former clinic