Curtis Loftis, Jr.

In 1981, Loftis founded Home Pest Control Company, a firm he actively managed until his retirement in 2001. In 2001 he founded and became the benefactor of the Saluda Charitable Foundation, which funds housing, medical care, education and other social services for the elderly and orphans. He has also been a real estate investor. After retirement in 2001, and before becoming state treasurer, he became a full time participant in the nonprofit humanitarian field, and was active in national and local politics. Loftis has been a political volunteer since age 16.[1][2]

Loftis was born in 1958 in Lexington County, South Carolina, and graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in business. He resides in Columbia, South Carolina.[3][4]

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As Treasurer, Curtis Loftis serves as the “state’s banker,” managing, investing and retaining custody of $60 billion in public funds, and works to ensure that South Carolina maintains its highly coveted credit ratings.

Since taking office, Treasurer Curtis Loftis has returned more than $300 million in unclaimed funds to South Carolinians – more than all previous state treasurers combined – and has guided the Future Scholar 529 College Savings Plan to more than quadruple in size, with more than 200,000 accounts and total assets under management of nearly $6 billion. With more than 2,600 account holders and $22 million assets under management, the Palmetto ABLE Savings Plan has become one of the fastest growing plans in the nation.

Loftis is a fierce advocate for greater accountability, transparency and fiscal management in state government. As Treasurer, he has championed a number of causes for the benefit of state government and all South Carolinians, including financial education in K-12 schools. He has been a consistent leader in resisting mandates from unelected bodies, especially as it relates to public pension reform, overreaching regulations that harm taxpayers and states, and more recently, the increased emphasis on ESG.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

1) Spread the Treasurer’s Office expertise and best practices across state government to ensure that the people’s money is well managed and protected.2) Continue to enhance the people’s right to a transparent and accountable government. When costly mistakes are made the people should know “who, what, when and where” so that those mistakes are not made a second time.3) Specifically, in my term as Treasurer I have: grown Future Scholar, the state’s 529 college savings plan, to more than 200,000 account holders and nearly $6 billion in assets under management, as of August 2022. Also, my administration has returned more than $300 million in unclaimed funds to South Carolinians – more than all previous state treasurers combined. The taxpayers work diligently for their money and their government should be equally diligent in accounting for and protecting it.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

My tenure as Treasurer has brought much needed and significant change to the office and it is now widely regarded as exceptionally capable and professional. The best practices are employed to manage, invest and custody approximately $45 billion.

As State Treasurer, I am committed to reducing costs and eliminating waste and fraud for South Carolinians, including adopting new technologies for more efficient, secure electronic fund transfers.