Stephanie Holstein

Stephanie Holstein (Democratic Party) is running for election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 30. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 3, 2026. The Democratic primary for this office on June 9, 2026, was canceled.

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Stephanie Holstein is a public servant, a believer, a fighter.

Holstein served in the federal government spearheading Lean Project Delivery to cut waste, but ironically was fired by Elon’s DOGE brigade last year. Before that Holstein served in the Peace Corps, empowering community-based organizations to solve problems from the root like small farmers' savings groups. Currently assisting doctors to gain children's medical research grants, Holstein is experienced at prioritizing limited budgets for the majority’s needs.

Holstein wants to grow her family in South Carolina and shouldn’t have to leave the Upstate to find medical services, safety, and a livable wage. Holstein had no other choice but to run for office and fight for what she believes in: Healthcare access, Violence prevention, Workers rights, and Intentional growth.

Learn more about Stephanie Holstein’s South Carolina solutions at HolsteinForHouse.org

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?

Access to Healthcare is essential to enhance and save lives by ensuring timely, affordable, and equitable medical services.

Holstein’s Solutions:

-Expand Medicaid- ensure you receive healthcare coverage, driving medical costs down, reducing mortality, and keeping our rural hospitals open.

-Reproductive Freedom- repeal legislation that restricts a person’s ability to make their own reproductive health care decisions, reducing maternal and infant mortality while empowering parents to provide emotional, physical, and financial support for their children.

Pro-Vaccine- support policies designed to increase vaccine uptake, protect public health, and ensure safety within institutions such as schools and workplaces.Workers' Rights are essential to pull families out of poverty, combat gender and racial inequality, and strengthen the economy.

Holstein’s Solutions:

-Increase state minimum wage- reducing poverty, growing local economy, increasing productivity, reducing dependence on public assistance programs by holding corporations accountable for workers' wages instead of taxpayers.

-Collective bargaining for public workers- improving benefits (health, pensions) and ensuring paid sick leave, boosting productivity while attracting and maintaining workers, setting industry standards that encourage private sector adoption.

-Childcare- Childcare Scholarship Program, expanding First Steps 4k, strengthening startup grantsViolence Prevention with a Public Health approach, confronts the cause of violence: lack of resources and inequality.

Holstein’s Solutions:

-Innovate SNAP- addressing the root causes of community violence by alleviating severe financial and health stressors, growing the local economy, decreasing property crime, reducing household conflict and substance misuse.

-Common Sense Gun Laws- public safety policies that reduce gun violence and save lives, bringing back violent history checks, mandating secure gun storage, prohibiting assault weapons.

-Community violence intervention programs- provide support to individuals who have greatest risk of gunshot victimization by investing in Summer Youth Employment, Hospital Intervention (HVIPs)

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Stephanie Holstein is passionate about every area of public policy.

-Healthcare: every South Carolinian deserves timely, affordable, and equitable medical services.

-Economic Development: Workers' Rights are essential to pull families out of poverty, combat gender and racial inequality, and strengthen the economy.

-Public Safety: Violence Prevention with a Public Health approach, confronts the root cause of violence: lack of resources and inequality.

-Transportation and Infrastructure: Intentional Growth involves direct investment in job quality rather than relying on top-down corporate tax breaks

-Education: Investment in teachers and students, keeping public tax dollars in public schools, shifting funding away from property taxes alone