{{short description|American politician (born 1991)}} {{Infobox officeholder | state_house = South Carolina | district = 38th | term_start = {{Start date|2016|11|14}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|17}} | birth_place = Greenville, South Carolina, US | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | party = Republican }}
'''Josiah Magnuson''' (born August 17, 1991) is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 38th district, serving since 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Josiah Magnuson|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Josiah_Magnuson|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=February 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Josiah Magnuson|url=http://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1130965774|publisher=SC State House website|access-date=February 28, 2017}}</ref>
== Politics == === 2023 SC Abortion Ban Bill H 3537 === Magnuson sponsored the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act of 2023<ref>{{cite news |work=Fast Democracy |title=H 3537 South Carolina House Bill |url=https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/sc/2025-2026/bills/SCB00021834/#sponsors|date=December 5, 2024}}</ref>, which would make women who had abortions eligible for the death penalty. The bill attracted 21 Republican co-sponsors.<ref name="rs-stuart-23">{{cite news |last1=Stuart |first1=Tessa |title=21 South Carolina GOP Lawmakers Propose Death Penalty for Women Who Have Abortions |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/south-carolina-death-penalty-abortion-1234695566/ |work=Rolling Stone |date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>
In 2019, during debate on a heartbeat bill, Nancy Mace, one of Magnuson's Republican colleagues in the South Carolina House, argued in favor of adding a rape and incest exception to the bill, and related her own experience of having been raped at age 16. Magnuson later distributed a series of postcards to each desk in the House that stated in part, “It is a twisted logic that would kill the unborn child for the misdeed of the parent.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/south-carolina/article230258089.html|title=GOP lawmaker shared story of her rape. Now she says she's under attack in abortion debate|last=Melendez|first=Gerry|website=charlotteobserver|language=en|access-date=2019-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/opinion/commentary/magnuson-op-ed-abortion-controversy-is-much-bigger-than-a-postcard/article_4d35f670-7b1e-11e9-b74e-9f1ff5ef8c37.html|title=Magnuson Op-Ed: Abortion controversy is much bigger than a postcard|last=Magnuson|first=Josiah|website=charlestonpostandcourier|language=en|access-date=2020-08-28}}</ref>
In 2021 Magnuson was elected as the Secretary of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus.<ref>"South Carolina House Conservatives Form Own Freedom Caucus". Charlotte Observer. Retrieved December 18, 2022.</ref> He also serves as 2nd Vice Chair of the House Agriculture, Natural Resources & Environmental Affairs Committee, and is a member of the House Legislative Oversight Committee.<ref>"House Standing Committees". ''South Carolina Legislature''. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.</ref>
==Electoral history== {{Election box begin no change | title = South Carolina House of Representatives, District 38 General Election, 2022 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Josiah_Magnuson |title=Josiah Magnuson - Ballotpedia |access-date=May 15, 2024}}</ref> }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Josiah Magnuson (incumbent) | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 12,875 | percentage = 98.40% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Other/Write-in votes | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 215 | percentage = 1.60% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 13,090 | percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title = South Carolina House of Representatives, District 38 General Election, 2020 }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Josiah Magnuson (incumbent) | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 18,526 | percentage = 97.60% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Other/Write-in votes | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 461 | percentage = 2.40% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 18,987 | percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title = South Carolina House of Representatives, District 38 General Election, 2018 }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Josiah Magnuson (incumbent) | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 11,106 | percentage = 98.00% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Other/Write-in votes | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 222 | percentage = 2.00% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 11,328 | percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = South Carolina House of Representatives District 38 Republican primary, 2018 }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Josiah Magnuson (incumbent) | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 3,078 | percentage = 69.00% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Joan Clyborne | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 1,381 | percentage = 31.00% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 4,459 | percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change | title = South Carolina House of Representatives, District 38 General Election, 2016 }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Josiah Magnuson (unopposed) | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 13,956 | percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 13,956 | percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin no change | title = South Carolina House of Representatives District 38 Republican primary, 2016 }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Josiah Magnuson | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 2,034 | percentage = 57.67% }} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Doug Brannon (incumbent) | party = Republican Party (US) | votes = 1,493 | percentage = 42.33% }} {{Election box total no change | votes = 3,527 | percentage = 100.00% }} {{Election box end}}
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