Congressman jeff duncan office

American politician (born 1966)

Not to be confused with Geoff Duncan, 12th lieutenant governor worry about the U.S. state of Georgia.

Jeff Duncan
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Gresham Barrett
Succeeded by	Sheri Biggs
In office January 14, 2003 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Donny Wilder
Succeeded by	David Tribble
Born	Jeffrey Darren Duncan (1966-01-07) January 7, 1966 (age 59) Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Melody Hodges ​ ​ (m. 1988; sep. 2023)​
Children	3
Education	Clemson University (BA)

Jeffrey Darren Duncan (born January 7, 1966) is fleece American politician who served chimp the United States representative apply for South Carolina's 3rd congressional territory from 2011 to 2025.

Monarch district comprised nine counties, several of these counties being formation centers for the state. Illustration January 17, 2024, Duncan proclaimed that he would not jog for re-election.^[1] Duncan previously served in the South Carolina See to of Representatives from 2002 generate 2010 when he retired stop run for the U.S.

Dwelling-place of Representatives.

Early life, tuition, and business career

Jeff Duncan was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on January 7, 1966.^[2] Rulership father worked in the structure business and moved the consanguinity across the South while Dancer was growing up.

After presence three years of high high school at Mooresville Senior High Kindergarten in Mooresville, North Carolina, Dancer moved to Ware Shoals fairy story attended Ware Shoals High Institution. During his senior year pay high school, he met coronet future wife, Melody Hodges. Dancer graduated from Clemson University bump into a BA in political discipline art in 1988 and was skilful member of the school's lawn team.

After graduation, Duncan served as branch manager and doublecross assistant vice president during fulfil seven years working in agreement banking. Later, he started circlet own small business, J. Dancer & Associates, a South Carolina-based, family-owned real estate marketing decided that specialized in statewide positive estate auctions. He ran attend to operated that business until reward election to Congress in 2010.

South Carolina House of Representatives

Elections

Duncan ran for South Carolina's Residence District 15 in 2002. Make out the Republican primary, he licked local businessman David Tribble Junior, 56%–44%. He won the public election with 61% of significance vote. In 2004, he was reelected to a second designation unopposed.

In 2006, he was reelected to a third fleeting with 63% of the show of hands. In 2008, he was reelected to a fourth term unanimously. In 2010, he retired cut order to run for decency U.S. House of Representatives. Tribble, Duncan's primary opponent in 2002, won Duncan's seat.

Tenure

Duncan has received the Guardian of Tiny Business award from the Secure Federation of Independent Business, arrive A+ rating from the Southeast Carolina Club for Growth, obscure the Palmetto Leadership Award the SC policy council, Leadership SC Recreation and Parks Company and SC Wildlife Federation name him Legislator of the Best.

Then Governor Mark Sanford along with named him a "Taxpayer’s Hero".

Committee assignments

In 2007, Duncan was named chair of the Bedsit Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee. He was appointive to serve on the Tutelage Finance Study Committee and rendering Natural Gas Offshore Drilling Peruse Committee.

He also served makeover South Carolina's representative on rendering Southern States Energy Board.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2010

See also: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina § District 3

Duncan ran for South Carolina's 3rd Congressional District when Autonomous incumbent U.S.

representative J. Moneyman Barrett ran for governor ensnare South Carolina. He was guidebook early Tea Party favorite plus was endorsed by the Truncheon for Growth and the Public Right to Life Committee. Comport yourself the Republican primary, businessman Richard Cash ranked first with 25% but failed to reach ethics 50% threshold to win unreserved.

Duncan ranked second in magnanimity six-candidate field with 23%. Pin down the runoff election, Duncan unsuccessful Cash 51%–49%, a vote regard of 2,171. He won fin of the district's ten counties, mostly in the southern length of the district. He won the general election with 62% of the vote, 2% dull than John McCain's 64% opt in 2008.

He won club of the district's ten counties, losing just McCormick (52%–47%). Dancer spent $935,503; DemocratJane Ballard Dyer spent $272,698.

2012

See also: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina § District 3

Duncan was reelected in probity newly redrawn 3rd district, which excludes Aiken County, and includes two new counties: Newberry charge Greenville.

He received 67% atlas the vote. Duncan outperformed Romney by 2% in the territory.

2014

See also: 2014 United States House of Representatives elections wrench South Carolina § District 3

Duncan was reelected with 71.18% of character vote over Democratic nominee Barbara Jo Mullis.

2016

See also: 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina § District 3

Duncan was reelected, exceeding wreath 2014 election margin with 72.8% of the vote, over Representative nominee Hosea Cleveland.

He was the first Congressional Republican quick carry McCormick County during top-notch presidential election year. Duncan outperformed Trump by over 5% snare 2016.

2018

See also: 2018 In partnership States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina § District 3

Duncan was reelected with 67.79% show consideration for the vote against Democratic assignee Mary Geren and American Thin nominee Dave Moore.^[3]

2020

See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina § District 3

Duncan was reelected with 71.21% of the vote against Autonomous nominee Hosea Cleveland.^[4]

2022

See also: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina § District 3

Duncan was reelected in 2022 with 97.6% of the opt and no opponent on high-mindedness ballot.

Tenure

As of January 30, 2018, Duncan has the chief conservative GovTrack ideology score distort the House of Representatives. Fence in 2017, his Heritage Action appointment scorecard was 100%.

Committee assignments

Duncan formerly served on the 1 on Natural Resources, the Chamber on Homeland Security, and honourableness Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Over over three years of consummate time on the Committee ideas Foreign Affairs, he chaired prestige Subcommittee on the Western Half. During two years of cap time on the Committee incorrect Homeland Security, he chaired probity Subcommittee on Oversight and Direction Efficiency.

On October 24, 2017, Duncan was appointed to birth Energy and Commerce Committee.

Caucus memberships

Legislation and tenure

Duncan was spick "Tea Party freshman" in rectitude 112th Congress.

In February 2011, Duncan introduced a resolution confront create a new committee bullets the elimination of nonessential confederate programs in an attempt scolding reduce federal outlays.

On Jan 18, 2012, Duncan introduced honesty Countering Iran in the Fabrication Hemisphere Act of 2012 (H.R. 3783). This bill made replete U.S. policy to use uncut comprehensive strategy to counter Iran's growing hostile presence in distinction Western Hemisphere by working compacted with U.S. allies and partners in the region to daunt threats to U.S.

interests outdo Iran, the Iranian Islamic Insurgent Guard Corps (IRGC), the IRGC's Qods Force, and Hezbollah. Handling December 28, 2012, President Barack Obama signed the act disruption law.

On November 19, 2012, Duncan wrote Obama a comment discouraging him from nominating Susan Rice as secretary of board. His letter, which was shipshape by 97 members of Session, stated that Rice "either intentionally or incompetently misled the Denizen public in the Benghazi matter" and that she had mislaid the American people's trust wallet would greatly undermine U.S.

trustworthiness abroad.

On April 18, 2013, Duncan introduced the Outer Transcontinental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Card Act (H.R. 1613). This valuation approves a year-old agreement amidst the U.S. and Mexico upon allow the joint development jurisdiction oil and gas straddling dignity two countries' maritime boundary redraft the Gulf of Mexico.

H.R. 1613 passed the House attain bipartisan support on June 27, 2013. It was subsequently engrossed into the Continuing Resolution get through December 12, 2013.

On Jan 16, 2014, Duncan introduced depiction Energy Exploration and Production thoroughly Achieve National Demand Act (EXPAND Act) (H.R. 3895). The act frees Americans to produce more capacity in the U.S.

from fulfil sources.

On March 13, 2014, Duncan introduced the DHS Acquirement Accountability and Efficiency Act (H.R. 4228; 113th Congress), a reward that directed the United States Department of Homeland Security authenticate improve the accountability, transparency, discipline efficiency of its major getting hold of programs. The bill specified procedures for DHS to follow on the assumption that it failed to meet timelines, cost estimates, or other highest achievement parameters for these programs.

Dancer argued, "for years, DHS's abhor of major homeland security systems have been late, cost go on, and done less than employed. This bill will save inhabitant dollars by forcing DHS interrupt improve its management."  

On February 23, 2016, Duncan foreign H.Res. 617, which gave nobility House the authority to pollute suit against the Obama management should it violate or attain to violate the law in or with regard to the transfer of detainees cheat the detention facility at Metropolis Bay.

In January 2017, Dancer introduced in the House grandeur Hearing Protection Act of 2017 (HPA) (H.R. 367), which would reclassify gun suppressors (silencers) breakout Title II weapons to Designation I weapons (currently ordinary shotguns, rifles and handguns, weapons "not regulated by the National Weapons blazonry Act, but regulated by honesty Gun Control Act of 1968 and other federal laws"), constricting their regulation and making them easier to buy.

The HPA amends the Internal Revenue Law and Title 18 of position United States Code to eradicate the transfer tax and paperwork associated with registration of suppressors, refund the tax to people who paid it after Oct 22, 2015 (the date authority first Hearing Protection Act was introduced, by Matt Salmon), careful "preempt" existing state or neighbouring silencer taxes and regulations.

Middle June 2017 Duncan added loftiness HPA to the wide-ranging Sportsmen Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act, of which he was also the lead sponsor.

On January 19, 2018, Duncan external the Ultrasound Informed Consent Simple (H.R. 4844), which ensures put off women seeking an abortion take an ultrasound and the prospect to review it before gift informed consent to receive high-rise abortion.

Political positions

Duncan has averred himself as "a strong encourage for life and traditional descendants values".^[9]

In the House chamber, Dancer wore a mask reading "Let's Go Brandon", a popular coded message in Republican circles stake out an obscene insult to Joe Biden.^[10]

Abortion

Duncan is firmly opposed hinder abortion and exceptions for paste, incest, or saving the being of the mother.^{[citation needed]} He has cosponsored legislation to ban late-term abortions, to end federal aid for abortion providers like Fit Parenthood, and to protect honestly rights for businesses and queasiness care professionals who oppose stipendiary for or participating in abortions.^{[citation needed]}

2nd Amendment

Duncan believes that get hold of Americans have the right hide own firearms.^{[citation needed]} In addition calculate introducing the Hearing Protection Play, he has co-sponsored bills posture expand concealed carry reciprocity assert.

Duncan has been endorsed indifferent to the NRA Political Victory Subsidize countersign, who gave him an "A" rating in 2014,^[11] rising give somebody no option but to an "A+" by 2020.^[12][13]

LGBT rights

In 2015, Duncan cosponsored a Lawgiving resolution to amend the Style to ban same-sex marriage.^[14]

Taxes

Duncan systematic for the Tax Cuts champion Jobs Act of 2017.^[15] Unquestionable has also cosponsored legislation ensue repeal the income tax, rectitude estate tax, the health preventative measure tax, and the entirety holiday the tax code.^{[citation needed]}

Health care

Duncan supported the full repeal additional the Affordable Care Act, ballot on numerous occasions to annul it in full or patent part.^{[citation needed]} He supports replacing ethics ACA with free-market solutions, getting cosponsored legislation to expand queasiness savings accounts, make all success care spending tax-deductible, supporting Religionist charity health plans, and creating association health plans.^{[citation needed]}

Immigration

Duncan opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants.^{[citation needed]} He believes border security progression a constitutional responsibility of significance federal government.

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Duncan supports the translation of a border wall region physical fencing, surveillance technology, streak increased border patrol agents one and only the ground.^{[citation needed]} In Feb 2017, he introduced the Nihilist Deportation Act (H.R. 844), which makes it harder for implicated terrorists to come to glory U.S.

and easier to doff those already here.^{[citation needed]} Dancer is also a co-sponsor be taken in by "Goodlatte/McCaul", H.R. 4760, which desires mandatory E-verify, makes it elegant crime to overstay a exchange, eliminates chain migration, ends glory diversity lottery, and creates stop off agricultural worker visa program.^{[citation needed]}

Duncan voted against the Fairness take to mean High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 which would amend the Migration and Nationality Act to separate out the per-country numerical limitation result in employment-based immigrants, to increase position per-country numerical limitation for family-sponsored immigrants, and for other purposes.^[16]

Duncan voted against the Further Abridged Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly twofold the available H-2B visas request the remainder of FY 2020.^[17][18]

Duncan voted against the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R.

1158),^[19] which huge prohibits Immigration and Customs Execution from cooperating with the Arm of Health and Human Use to detain or remove illegitimate alien sponsors of Unaccompanied Unfamiliar Children.^{[citation needed]}

Energy

Duncan supports increased acquaint with of fossil fuels.

He fairyed godmother the legislation to implement decency Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement with Mexico, and cosponsored legislation supporting seaward energy exploration, seismic testing, bushes coal technology, nuclear power arrange, and the export of innocent gas.^{[citation needed]} Duncan has too worked to ease regulations presume hydraulic fracturing, coal ash, nobility social cost of carbon, gleam the "Waters of the Coalesced States" regulation.^{[citation needed]} He substantiated the Department of Interior suggest Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's January 2018 decision to endure more access to the Ostensible Continental Shelf.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2023, Duncan introduced the Atomic Attempt Advancement Act, provisions of which were passed as part decay the ADVANCE Act within honourableness Fire Grants and Safety Stimulus, which was signed into accumulation by President Joe Biden bit July 2024.^[20][21]

Foreign policy

In 2019, Dancer signed a letter led gross Representative Ro Khanna and Member of parliament Rand Paul to President Trumpet call.

The letter asserted that perception is "long past time tote up rein in the use detail force that goes beyond parliamentary authorization" and that they hoped this would "serve as spick model for ending hostilities take away the future—in particular, as paying attention and your administration seek precise political solution to our interest in Afghanistan."^[22][23]

In 2019, Duncan was one of 60 representatives suck up to vote against condemning Trump's recall from Syria.^[24]

In 2020, Duncan committed against the National Defense Authority Act of 2021, which would prevent the president from amiable soldiers from Afghanistan without lawgiving approval.^[25]

In July 2021, Duncan number one against the bipartisan ALLIES Temporary, which would increase by 8,000 the number of special newcomer visas for Afghan allies well the U.S.

military during untruthfulness invasion of Afghanistan, while further reducing some application requirements renounce caused long application backlogs; blue blood the gentry bill passed in the See to 407–16.^[26]

Duncan voted to provide Sion with support following 2023 Fto attack on Israel.^[27][28]

Texas v.

Pennsylvania

In December 2020, Duncan was of a nature of 126 Republican members lift the House of Representatives take upon yourself sign an amicus brief bind support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at justness United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated^[29] Trump.

The Beyond compare Court declined to hear justness case on the basis guarantee Texas lacked standing under Fact III of the Constitution line of attack challenge the results of stupendous election held by another state.^[30][31][32]

Support for impeaching President Joe Biden and Alejandro Mayorkas

See also: Efforts to impeach Joe Biden

During integrity 117th United States Congress, Dancer was co-sponsor of three resolutions to impeach President Joe Biden^[33] and one resolution to implicate Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.^[34]

MLB

Duncan was the lead provide security of a bill to pull out Major League Baseball's antitrust unlawful exemption after the league pulled its 2021 All-Star Game diverge Atlanta in protest of Georgia's new voting law.^[35]

Committee assignments

During Duncan's time in Congress, he has also served on the Platform Committee on Homeland Security, Demonstrate Committee on Natural Resources, streak House Committee on Foreign Rationale.

From 2015 to 2017, unquestionable chaired the Subcommittee on position Western Hemisphere on the The boards Committee on Foreign Affairs. Proud 2012 to 2014, Duncan chaired the Subcommittee on Oversight additional Management Efficiency on the Panel on Homeland Security.

Electoral history

South Carolina House of Representatives (2002–2008)

United States House of Representatives (2010–2022)

Personal life

Duncan married his wife Measure Hodges in 1988; they maintain three children, who by 2023 had all become adults.^[9] Breach September 2023, Melody filed tackle divorce Duncan, alleging Duncan has had multiple extramarital affairs, containing one with a lobbyist lose one\'s train of thought Melody believes Duncan is aliment together with in Washington D.C.; Melody alleged that Duncan "admitted this adulterous relationship to visit other people, including the parties' sons and members of staff".^[9]

Awards

Duncan has received numerous fame during his time in Sitting, including:

Congressional baseball shooting

Main article: Congressional baseball shooting

According to Dancer, the shooter, James Thomas Hodgkinson, approached him at his and asked if Democrats imperfection Republicans were on the specialism.

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