Rick Quinn Jr.

Richard "Rick" Quinn Jr. is a former Republican member of the South Carolina House of Representatives serving from 1988 to 2004 and from 2010 to 2017. He is the son of Richard Quinn, one of the most influential political figures in the state of South Carolina.

Richard "Rick" Quinn Jr.
BornJune 22, 1965
Columbia, South Carolina
OccupationFormer lawmaker
Political partyRepublican Party
Partner(s)Amy McRae Benck
Parent(s)

Political career and resignation

Quinn served as South Carolina House Majority Leader from 1999 to 2004.[1] He played a large role in the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House in 2015.[2]

On December 13, 2017, he resigned from the South Carolina legislature after pleading guilty to a charge of misconduct while in office.[3] The prosecutor David Pascoe had initially charged Quinn with two counts of misconduct, a charge of common law misconduct, and a charge of statutory law misconduct, but Quinn plead guilty to just one charge. Pascoe has been criticized for not taking Quinn to trial. Quinn was also charged with criminal conspiracy on October 28, 2017 but those chargers were dropped with the plea deal.[4][5]

In 2018, the judge overseeing Quinn's sentencing put him on probation, ignoring the plea deal's recommended prison time.[6] Prosecutor David Pascoe appealed his own plea deal with Rick Quinn Jr. to the South Carolina Supreme Court arguing that the initial judge overseeing the case had shown bias.[7]

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References
  1. "South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography". www.scstatehouse.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  2. Schreckinger, Ben. "How the South Carolina House got to 'yes'". POLITICO. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  3. "SC Lawmaker Rick Quinn Jr. Pleads Guilty to Misconduct". WLTX. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
  4. "Rep. Rick Quinn Indicted for Misconduct, Suspended from Office". WLTX. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  5. "Powerful Consultant Quinn indicted, four others charged". The State. October 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-10-19.
  6. Smith, Glenn. "Former S.C. House Majority Leader Rick Quinn gets probation in misconduct case". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  7. Shain, Andy (October 2019). "Why Rick Quinn's Statehouse corruption case landed in SC Supreme Court". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2019-12-14.


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