Representative, South Carolina State House of Representatives, District 5, 2014-present

Candidate, South Carolina State House of Representatives, District 5, 2024

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 3, 2010

Member, Budget Subcommittee on Public Education

Member, Committee to Investigate Candidates for the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce

Member, Ethics Committee

Member, Special Joint Committee to Study Childcare

Chair, Subcommittee on Property Tax

Member, Ways and Means Committee

Former Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Competency Based Education and Education Reform, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Economic Development, Transportation, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Subcommittee, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Education and Public Works Committee, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Educational and Cultural Subcommittee, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Legislative Oversight Committee, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on K-12, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Motor Vehicles, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Special Laws, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation Subcommittee, South Carolina State House of Representatives

Chair, South Carolina House Freshmen Caucus, 2014

Attorney, The Hendricks Firm, 2014-present

Attorney, Willson, Jones, Carter & Baxley

Member, Blue Ridge Council, Boy Scouts of America

Member, Easley Chamber of Commerce

Member, Easley First Baptist Church

Member, Easley Rotary Club

Official, National Collegiate Athletic Association Wrestling

Member, North Carolina Bar Association

Member, South Carolina Bar Association

Awards:

Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Public Health Association, 2016

Father's Name:

William C. Clardy

Favorite Quote:

"… leadership requires hard work, enthusiasm for the job, and sensitivity to what's going on around you. You must set your standards high, be involved, listen, know what the problems are, remove the weak, promote the strong -- and to do this well you've got to be tough." It's mission first and people always.

Be the first to the field and the last to the couch.

"Life is a one fast-moving train, and you have to jump aboard and hold on to your hat and relish the sweep of the wind as it rushes by. You have to enjoy the journey; it's unthankful not to." Reagan on JFK

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. --Sir Claus Moser

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. --Maya Angelou

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. --Erma Bombeck

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. --Aristotle

Life is about making an impact, not making an income. --Kevin Kruse

At the end of the day it comes down to our elected representatives working in a cooperative spirit bringing about the greatest good for the greatest number - Lt Gov Nick Theodore

Your own responsibility as members of Congress is to enable this country, by your legislative activity, to grow as a nation. You are the face of its people, their representatives. You are called to defend and preserve the dignity of your fellow citizens in the tireless and demanding pursuit of the common good, for this is the chief aim of all politics. A political society endures when it seeks, as a vocation, to satisfy common needs by stimulating the growth of all its members, especially those in situations of greater vulnerability or risk. Legislative activity is always best based on care for the people. To this you have been invited, called and convened by those who elected you ... you are asked to protect, by means of the law, the image and likeness fashioned by God on every human face. - Pope Francis' remarks to Congress, Sept 24, 2015

Our reality is a lot of people's fantasy.

Fight on, my men, says Sir Andrew Bartton,
I am hurt but I am not slaine;
Ile lay mee downe and bleed a-while
And then Ile rise and ffight againe.

Ignorance is the parent of fear. Herman Melville Moby Dick

Better (to) sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian. Herman Melville Moby Dick

The only new thing in the world is the history you don't know. Harry Truman

Fear is natural. Fear is human. But it's my belief that unity, collaboration, and love is even more natural or human. - Me

The urgency of now: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, but the second best time is now."

Mother's Occupation:

Mary R. Clardy