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Tommy Pope

Speaker pro tempore of the South Carolina House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office December 2, 2014
Preceded by	Jay Lucas
Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 47th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 2010
Preceded by	Herb Kirsh

Personal details
Born	(1962-07-24) July 24, 1962 (age 62) Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	University of South Carolina (BS, JD)

Thomas E. Pope (born July 24, 1962) is an American politician. He currently serves as Pro Tempore within the South Carolina House of Representatives^[1] and has served as a South Carolina House Member, from the 47th District, since 2010. As a member of the Republican Party. Pope previously served as Solicitor (district attorney) of the 16th Judicial Circuit in South Carolina, representing the people of Union and York counties from 1993 to 2006. Pope is best known nationally for his prosecution of Susan Smith in 1995 for the drowning death of her two children. He is currently a managing partner of Elrod Pope Law Firm in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

On February 6, 2017, Pope announced his intention to seek South Carolina's 5th congressional district seat in the upcoming special election, due to the resignation of Mick Mulvaney to become the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

On May 2, 2017, Pope narrowly won the Republican Primary for the U.S. congressional seat, leading by only .3%. ^[2] On May 16, 2017, Pope lost the runoff against Ralph Norman by 200 votes, or 0.6%. ^[3] ^[4]

References

^ "South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "South Carolina Election Results: Two Republicans Advance, Democrat Wins in U.S. House Primaries". nytimes.com. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Live Election Results: South Carolina's Fifth Congressional District". nytimes.com. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
^ "Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope - Elrod Pope Law Firm". Elrod Pope Law Firm.

South Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by Jay Lucas	Speaker pro tempore of the South Carolina House of Representatives 2014–present	Incumbent

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Speaker of the House Jay Lucas (R) Speaker pro tempore Tommy Pope (R) Majority Leader Gary Simrill (R) Minority Leader Todd Rutherford (D)
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Senate	Thomas C. Alexander, President A. Shane Massey, Majority Leader Brad Hutto, Minority Leader
House	Murrell Smith Jr., Speaker Tommy Pope, Speaker pro tempore Davey Hiott, Majority Leader Todd Rutherford, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	John W. Kittredge, Chief Justice John Cannon Few George C. James D. Garrison Hill Letitia H. Verdin, Justices

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-'''Thomas E. Pope''' (born July 24, 1962) is an [[American people|American]] politician. He is a member of the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]] from the 47th District, serving since 2010. As a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. Pope previously served as Solicitor (district attorney) of the 16th Judicial Circuit in South Carolina, representing the people of [[Union County, South Carolina|Union]] and [[York County, South Carolina|York]] counties from 1993 to 2006. Pope is best known nationally for his prosecution of [[Susan Smith]] in 1995 for the drowning death of her two children. He is currently a managing partner of [https://elrodpope.com/ Elrod Pope Law Firm] in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
+'''Thomas E. Pope''' (born July 24, 1962) is an [[American people|American]] politician. He currently serves as ''Pro Tempore'' within the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1484090731|title=South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> and has served as a South Carolina House Member, from the 47th District, since 2010. As a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. Pope previously served as Solicitor (district attorney) of the 16th Judicial Circuit in South Carolina, representing the people of [[Union County, South Carolina|Union]] and [[York County, South Carolina|York]] counties from 1993 to 2006. Pope is best known nationally for his prosecution of [[Susan Smith]] in 1995 for the drowning death of her two children. He is currently a managing partner of [https://elrodpope.com/ Elrod Pope Law Firm] in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
 On February 6, 2017, Pope announced his intention to seek [[South Carolina's 5th congressional district]] seat in the upcoming [[South Carolina's 5th congressional district special election, 2017|special election]], due to the resignation of [[Mick Mulvaney]] to become the Director of the [[Office of Management and Budget]].