{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Brandon Michael Newton | image = | state_house = South Carolina | district = 45th | term_start = November 14, 2016 | term_end = | predecessor = Deborah Long | successor = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|07|29}} | birth_place = Lancaster, South Carolina, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | profession = | alma_mater = University of South Carolina Lancaster (A.A., A.S.)<br>University of South Carolina (B.A.)<br>Winthrop University (M.B.A.) }} '''Brandon Michael Newton''' (born July 29, 1994) is an American politician. He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 45th District, serving since 2016. He is a member of the Republican party.<ref name="statehouse">{{cite web |title=South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1418607785 |website=www.scstatehouse.gov |access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="openstates">{{cite web |title=Brandon Michael Newton - South Carolina Representative - Open States |url=https://openstates.org/person/brandon-michael-newton-5AwXmyZkNoTKdGDzofxZ47/ |website=openstates.org |access-date=April 10, 2020}}</ref>
Upon his election in 2016, Newton became the youngest member serving in the South Carolina House of Representatives. He was 22 years, 3 months, and 16 days old at the time he took office.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harrison |first1=Michael |title=Newton wins District 45, will be youngest S.C. House member |url=https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article113506798.html |website=heraldonline.com |access-date=April 10, 2020 |date=November 8, 2016}}</ref>
Newton Co-Chairs the South Carolina chapter of Future Caucus for Gen-Z and millennial cross-partisan lawmakers alongside state Senator Deon Tedder.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Carolina |url=https://futurecaucus.org/future-caucus/state-future-caucus-network/south-carolina/ |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=Future Caucus |language=en-US}}</ref>
Newton was named as an elector for the 2020 presidential election, but was replaced by Theresa "Charm" Altman.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 January 2021|title=2020 Electoral College Results; South Carolina Certificate of Vote 2020|url=https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/2020|access-date=5 January 2021|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|language=en|page=[https://www.archives.gov/files/electoral-college/2020/vote-south-carolina.pdf#page=4 4]|last1=Hammond|first1=Mark|author-link1=Mark Hammond (American politician)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Bustos|first1=Joseph|last2=Monk|first2=John|date=14 December 2020|title=A nation watched, and SC cast nine electoral votes for President Trump. What's next?|work=The State|location=Columbia, South Carolina|url=https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article247828670.html|access-date=5 January 2021|quote=“I’ve tried to teach my people in Newberry how important this is because so many people out there don’t realize that this is more important than anything that we do, because this is how the president gets elected and we have done our job in South Carolina,” said Teresa “Charm” Altman, chairwoman of the Newberry County Republicans.}}</ref>
In June 2023, Newton endorsed Tim Scott in the 2024 United States presidential election.<ref>Sen. Tim Scott in Spartanburg to announce campaign endorsements". ''FOX Carolina''. June 12, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.</ref>
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