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    Representative Wendell Gilliard

    Fighting for Working Families

    Standing with Charleston workers, organized labor, and families to protect good-paying jobs, fair treatment, and economic opportunity.

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    Experienced Leadership

    Building Partnerships That Deliver

    Working with local, state, and national leaders to bring attention, resources, and opportunity back to Charleston and House District 111.

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    Legislative Priorities

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    Community First

    Always Accessible. Always Listening.

    Representative Gilliard believes effective leadership begins with listening to residents, showing up in the community, and responding to the needs of the people he serves.

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    Community Services

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    Rooted in Charleston

    Faith. Family. Community.

    From neighborhood meetings and churches to civic gatherings and community events, Wendell Gilliard remains connected to the people and institutions that make Charleston strong.

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    News and Events

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    Public Service Record

    Experience You Can Count On

    From Charleston City Council to the South Carolina House, Wendell Gilliard brings decades of public service to the fight for working families.

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Key Issues

A record rooted in working people and neighborhood protection

Representative Gilliard’s priorities focus on dignity at work, affordability at home, access to care, and public safety with accountability.

$17/hr Living Wage Advocacy

Pushing for wages that let families stay rooted, pay bills, and build stability in a rising-cost region.

Protecting Neighborhoods

Defending longtime residents, neighborhood identity, and affordable pathways for Charleston families.

Healthcare Expansion & Medicare

Advocating for access to care, prescription relief, and support for seniors across District 111.

Police Accountability & Safer Communities

A body camera pioneer focused on trust, transparency, and practical safety for every neighborhood.

Wendell Gilliard with South Carolina State Ports Authority community partners

Annual senior relief initiative

Project Cool Breeze

Project Cool Breeze

Every year, Representative Gilliard’s Project Cool Breeze delivers fans and AC units to seniors across District 111 — turning community partnerships into immediate relief during Charleston’s hottest months.

Every year, Representative Gilliard’s Project Cool Breeze delivers fans and AC units to seniors across District 111 — turning community partnerships into immediate relief during Charleston’s hottest months.

Senior-focused

Practical help for residents most vulnerable to extreme heat.

Partnership driven

Community groups, businesses, and volunteers working together.

Police body camera equipment representing South Carolina body camera law.
Police body camera equipment representing South Carolina body camera law.

Statewide public safety reform

Body Cameras Became Law

Body Cameras Became Law

Representative Gilliard’s work helped turn body camera accountability into law — and as a result, body cameras are now in every law enforcement agency across South Carolina.

Representative Gilliard’s work helped turn body camera accountability into law — and as a result, body cameras are now in every law enforcement agency across South Carolina.

Accountability in action

Body cameras support transparency, documentation, and public trust in every agency.

Statewide adoption

The reform moved from legislation to implementation across South Carolina.

School metal detector security screening equipment.
School metal detector security screening equipment.

Safer schools initiative

School Metal Detectors

School Metal Detectors

Representative Gilliard has pushed for practical school safety measures, including metal detectors that help protect students, educators, and families before a crisis reaches the classroom.

Representative Gilliard has pushed for practical school safety measures, including metal detectors that help protect students, educators, and families before a crisis reaches the classroom.

Prevention first

Screening tools help schools identify threats before they endanger students.

Focused on students

A public-safety priority centered on safer learning environments statewide.

Memorial gathering honoring the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. at the South Carolina State Capitol.
Memorial gathering honoring the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. at the South Carolina State Capitol.

State Capitol memorial honor

Honoring Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Honoring Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Representative Gilliard helped facilitate arrangements for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. to return to South Carolina and be honored at the State Capitol, where the family asked him to speak during a memorial attended by dignitaries from across the country.

Representative Gilliard helped facilitate arrangements for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. to return to South Carolina and be honored at the State Capitol, where the family asked him to speak during a memorial attended by dignitaries from across the country.

Family requested speaker

The family asked Rep. Gilliard to speak during the memorial at the State Capitol.

National respect

Dignitaries from across the country came to honor his life and legacy.

Community Leadership

Trusted by labor, neighborhoods, and civic partners

“Wendell has never forgotten the dignity of work. He listens, he shows up, and he fights for workers & families who need a voice in Columbia.”

Leonard Riley-

Longshoreman & Labor Activist

“Project Cool Breeze is the kind of leadership people can feel — practical, compassionate, and rooted in real community needs.”

Audry Grant- Westside Neighborhood President

“He understands that growth must not push out the people who built these communities. Wendell stands with us.”

Tonya Gamble- Past President Eastside Community Development Corporation

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