Kevin L. Bryant

Kevin L. Bryant

Kevin L. Bryant (born February 19, 1967 in Anderson , South Carolina ) is an American politician . From 2017 to 2019 he was lieutenant governor of the state of South Carolina.

Career

Kevin Bryant studied pharmacy at the University of Georgia until 1989 . He then founded the company Bryant Pharmacy and Supply , of which he is still director today. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . Between 1997 and 2001 he was its chairman in Anderson County . In 2000 he took part as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , where George W. Bush was nominated as a candidate for president. He served in the South Carolina Senate from 2004 to 2017 . There he was a member of several committees. He is considered conservative. Among other things, he is of the opinion that there is no human-made global warming. He also campaigned for the arming of teachers in schools.

In 2017 South Carolina saw some changes in governance. Governor Nikki Haley was the new US president Donald Trump for ambassador to the United Nations appointed. So she had to give up her office as governor, which now fell to her previous lieutenant governor Henry McMaster . According to the state constitution, the President would have had to take over the vacated post of Vice Governor pro tempore of the State Senate. Hugh Leatherman , born in 1931, held this position. He did not want to take over the role of Vice Governor and resigned on January 24, 2017. It was the same day that Haley was sworn in as the UN ambassador. The Senate then appointed Kevin Bryant as its new president pro tempore. In this capacity he then took up the post of lieutenant governor on January 25th. At the same time, the post of President pro tempore in the State Senate became vacant again. Leatherman was re-elected to office on January 25th. Formal Chairman of the Senate of South Carolina is the lieutenant governor, and since January 25, 2017 Kevin Bryant.

Web links

• Bryant on Project Vote Smart
• Bryant at Ballotpedia