Curtis Loftis

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The Treasurer is the sole investor of the Local Government Investment Pool, (LGIP) the South Carolina Future Scholar 529 Fund and the excess funds of the state. Treasurer Loftis is the Vice Chairman of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.

Treasurer Loftis is Chairman of the Board of Financial Institutions which supervises state chartered financial institutions and supervises mortgage originators and lenders, finance companies, pay day lenders, and title lenders. He is a member of the South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission, which manages the $27 billion fund and a member of the South Carolina Education Authority.

Other involvement in politics

Treasurer Loftis served as State Chairman of Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign in South Carolina. Treasurer Loftis served as the Chairman of South Carolina's delegation to the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fl. [17]

Black Lives Matter controversy

On June 5, 2020, during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and immediately following the COVID-19 quarantine, Loftis posted criticism of Black Lives Matter in a Facebook post, expressing support for several far-right conspiracy theories, including forced-human-microchipping, health passports, and toxic vaccinations. [18]

Electoral history

Curtis Loftis
Cutris Loftis (cropped).jpg
Treasurer of South Carolina
Assumed office
January 12, 2011
South Carolina Treasurer Republican Primary Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanCurtis Loftis239,29661.60
RepublicanConverse Chellis (inc.)149,19138.40
South Carolina Treasurer Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanCurtis Loftis907,75598.94
Write-insWrite-ins9,7481.06
South Carolina Treasurer Republican Primary Election, 2014
PartyCandidatesVotes%
RepublicanCurtis Loftis (inc.)177,85462.02
RepublicanBrian Adams108,93437.98
South Carolina Treasurer Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanCurtis Loftis (inc.)857,52698.75
Write-insWrite-ins10,8191.25

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References

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Political offices
Preceded by Treasurer of South Carolina
2011–present
Incumbent