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Rom Reddy

Rom Reddy

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Overview

Current roleBusinessman

PartyRepublican

Political ideologyConservative Republican

LocationSouth Carolina

BackgroundBusinessman

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EducationWharton School, University of Pennsylvania (attended)

Notable personal detailsRom Reddy is a South Carolina businessman who ran for the Republican nomination for governor in 2026. He has described himself as a political outsider and a legal immigrant, and he self-funded his gubernatorial campaign. He has said he attended the Wharton School and has worked in the private sector, including building, acquiring, and selling businesses in manufacturing and related industries.

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Positions

LiberalConservative

Economy & Taxes

The candidate advocates eliminating South Carolina’s state income tax and significantly reducing or eliminating certain property taxes while cutting government spending and consolidating state agencies. His agenda emphasizes major tax cuts, returning money to citizens, and shrinking state regulatory and spending capacity. These positions are presented as specific goals in his campaign and associated PAC activity.

Climate & Energy

Advocates shrinking state regulatory agencies and rolling back regulatory authority over land and coastal permits; emphasizes property rights and reducing what he calls an overreaching “agency state.” Positions favor limiting environmental regulation rather than pursuing aggressive emissions-target or Green New Deal–style policies.

Polls

Polling Average
25%20%15%10%5%0%
12.8%
18.9%
18.0%
14.6%
14.0%
Rom Reddy
R. Reddy
Pamela Evette
P. Evette
A. Wilson
Nancy Mace
N. Mace
Ralph Norman
R. Norman
Josh Kimbrell
J. Kimbrell
Date (Start - End)SpreadReddyEvetteWilsonMaceNormanKimbrell
Polling Average
Evette+6.1
12.8%18.9%18.0%14.6%14.0%1.9%
InsiderAdvantageJun 6 - 7
Evette+6.0
13.0%19.0%16.1%13.3%12.0%4.0%
Trafalgar GroupJun 5 - 7
Evette+4.9
17.5%22.4%20.7%13.9%15.9%0.6%
co/efficientJun 2 - 4
Evette+6.0
17.0%23.0%16.0%11.0%15.0%2.0%
Trafalgar GroupJun 2 - 4
Evette+5.6
17.9%23.5%18.5%12.7%14.6%0.8%
Starboard CommunicationsJun 3 - 4
Wilson+5.2
14.2%19.2%19.4%11.0%13.2%–
The Public Sentiment InstituteJun 3 - 4
Mace+17.4
14.0%26.1%12.5%31.4%15.9%–
The Tyson GroupJun 1 - 3
Wilson+7.6
11.2%18.0%18.8%11.1%15.0%1.0%
Opinion DiagnosticsJun 1 - 2
Wilson+5.3
16.3%16.9%21.6%11.9%12.0%1.6%
The Citadel School of Humanities and Social SciencesMay 21 - 31
Evette+3.0
14.0%17.0%16.0%16.0%13.0%1.0%
Trafalgar GroupMay 29 - 31
Evette+9.1
17.2%26.3%16.9%14.8%16.1%1.9%
McLaughlin & AssociatesMay 26 - 28
Wilson+1.2
20.1%13.4%21.3%13.7%17.4%1.6%
Trafalgar GroupMay 21 - 24
Evette+0.9
19.0%19.9%19.4%14.6%15.9%2.3%
Conquest Communications GroupMay 18 - 21
Evette+6.0
10.0%16.0%14.0%13.0%15.0%1.0%
CygnalMay 20 - 21
Wilson+3.0
16.0%12.0%19.0%14.0%13.0%–
CygnalMay 7 - 8
Evette+10.0
9.0%19.0%15.0%14.0%12.0%–
Trafalgar GroupMay 2 - 5
Evette+15.1
10.1%25.2%23.1%15.2%19.6%4.2%
co/efficientApr 29 - 30
Evette+10.0
11.0%21.0%18.0%12.0%13.0%2.0%
Starboard CommunicationsApr 8 - 14
Wilson+10.0
10.0%12.0%20.0%13.0%14.0%3.0%
CygnalApr 13 - 14
Mace+11.0
6.0%15.0%17.0%17.0%10.0%–
co/efficientMar 26 - 27
Evette+14.0
5.0%19.0%15.0%18.0%13.0%1.0%
CygnalJan 5 - 6
Wilson+19.0
0.0%12.0%19.0%15.0%8.0%–

Aggregation source: FiftyPlusOne

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