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Fighting For YOUR Roads, Rights & Rivers! Vote - June 9, 2026
Victory Through Persistence.
WHY CARLTON IS RUNNING,
AND WHY IT MATTERS
We just haven’t been getting what we need.
Our roads are failing.
Our judicial system is broken.
Our rivers are polluted.
And Columbia keeps letting insiders run the show.
That ends with Carlton!
✔ Roads & SCDOT Reform
✔ Judicial Rights & Accountability
✔ Clean Water & Smart Growth
Carlton Walker is running for our children's future and his daughter's.
🪓Cut Taxes! Fix Roads! & Deliver Results!
Do you think knowing Bruce would help bring our money Back to our Islands? YES! THis is the SC House Ways & Means Chairman Bruce Bannister & Carlton Walker:
Let’s fight for a future with 0% state income tax in South Carolina.
And we can do it with Carlton Walker in the State House, working alongside Ways & Means Chairman Bruce Bannister — the man who controls the state’s purse strings.
What do Carlton Walker and Chairman Bannister have in common?
They both paid their dues selling CUTCO Cutlery—one of the toughest door-to-door jobs there is. That takes grit, hustle, and relentless follow-through.
Remember the line?
“Knock knock… I’ve got rope, leather, and knives — can I come in?”
And if you bought Cutco… do you still have all your fingers? 😄
Carlton didn’t just sell a little Cutco.
He sold over $700,000, earned a spot in the CUTCO Hall of Fame, and built that record right here across James, Johns, Folly, Kiawah, and Seabrook.
That same work ethic now drives his promise to voters:
Cut taxes. Bring our money home. Deliver real results.
Two sharp guys. A shared history. A shared mission.
That gives District 115 a real advantage in Columbia.
Carlton’s Commitment to the Five Islands
✔️ Lower the tax burden
✔️ Bring YOUR tax dollars back home
✔️ Fix roads with local control and accountability
With a strong Republican Supermajority, Carlton Walker is ready to work with leadership — not against it — to deliver results for Folly Beach, Johns Island, James Island, Kiawah and Seabrook.
🔗 Learn more about Chairman Bruce Bannister
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=0103409079
Meet the candidate who has been showing up, carlton walker.
Did you know he has been fighting on issues: roads, Flooding, medical Freedom, & Judicial reform?
CARLTON SUPPORTS MEDICAL FREEDOM, DO YOU? Carlton had the privilege of standing at a press conference with South Carolina House members and advocates from around the country, speaking up for those who suffer silently — OUR SENIORS, CANCER PATIENTS, VETERANS AND THOSE IN HOSPICE — INCLUDING HIS OWN FAMILY.
This issue is deeply personal to Carlton. His sister, battling cancer, was forced to turn to the black market for medical cannabis just to ease her pain in her final days — risking her safety and dignity because the law gave her no legal option. Carlton watched her suffer, and he’ll never forget the injustice of it.
Now, his father — a proud veteran still serving his community even as he battles cancer himself — faces the same reality. The same broken system that failed Carlton’s sister continues to fail thousands of South Carolinians every day.
Carlton spoke that day for his sister, for his father, and for every family who has watched a loved one suffer needlessly. Medical cannabis isn’t about politics — it’s about compassion. It’s about giving people the choice to find comfort and dignity in their hardest moments, without fear or shame.
Carlton will fight to make sure no one else’s sister, no one else’s father, has to endure what his family has endured. He is committed to building a South Carolina where humanity comes before hypocrisy, and where we honor the dignity of every life.
The First Secretary of Transportation in SC, H.B."Buck" Limehouse.
This picture represents a past that can help us move District 115 forward. From left to right: SC Speaker of the House and US Ambassador to Canada David H. Wilkins, Carlton's mother Controller of Limehouse Properties Helen Riley Walker, United States President George H. Walker Bush, The First SC Seceretary of Transportation H.B. "Buck" Limehouse, Jr., The Honorable Govenor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.
🏝️ Protecting What Makes Our Islands Home 🏝️ FULL DETAILS
“Victory Through Persistence”
Your Voice for
🏝️ Roads. Rights. Rivers. 🏝️
Fix OUR Roads! Restore OUR Rights! Protect OUR Rivers!
Empowering Our People.
Safer Roads • Fairer Courts • Cleaner Water • A Better South Carolina
Bringing South Carolina Out of Being Behind in Almost Everything.
👋 Meet Carlton Walker
A Lifelong Islander, Veteran, and Neighbor Who’s Never Stopped Working for His Community
I’m Carlton Walker — raised on the five islands of James, Johns, Folly, Kiawah, and Seabrook. My family has lived in SC since before the American Revolution. I’m a fourth-generation U.S. veteran and the descendant of a Revolutionary War fighter from 1776 who helped secure the very freedoms we still defend today.
Well, we HAVE LOST some of those FREEDOMS TODAY — and I’m here to FIGHT to RESTORE THEM for TOMORROW!
I’ve spent my life serving and working for the people of these islands — restoring homes, rebuilding neighborhoods, and helping local families.
From my first job while at James Island High School as a maintenanceman at the Folly Beach County Park, to serving in the U.S. Navy on the Flight Deck of the USS WASP, bussing tables at Bohicket Marina between Kiawah and Seabrook, to working Maintenance with Fred Holland Realty on Folly, and I’ve always worked with my hands and for my neighbors.
While studying at the College of Charleston as a Theater major with set design and screenwriting, I sold over $700,000 of Cutco knives, learning early the value of hard work, discipline, and connecting with people.
After the Navy and College, I built my career here at home as a licensed contractor, now leading restoration and projects across all five islands and the lowcountry.
I’m running because I love this place, and I believe in responsible growth that preserves what makes each of our islands special — our trees, our waterways, our history, and our community. I still remember when it took an hour and a half just to get from Fort Johnson Road to downtown Charleston during morning traffic on Harbor View Road — and we’re still facing those same problems today.
That’s why I’m fighting for:
- Better Roads — smarter infrastructure and local control.
- Stronger Rights — real judicial reform that protects families.
- Cleaner Rivers — responsible development and water protection.
Because our home deserves more than slogans — it deserves results, rooted in experience and love for this community.
I’m running for South Carolina House District 115 to bring accountability, transparency, and common sense back to state government — and to make sure the voices of our 5 islands are finally heard in Columbia.
🚧 1.) Infrastructure: Fixing Roads the Right Way
CARLTON WILL FIGHT TO GIVE OUR ROADS BACK TO LOCAL CONTROL!
South Carolina’s roads are outdated and mismanaged. SCDOT owns 66% of our roads, or 41,000 miles out of 60,000 miles leaving local governments powerless to fix local problems. I was always taught if you want to be succesful, find someone who is where you want to be, find out what they did and do it. Well, Florida has a better road plan than SC. I am the only candidate that has actual experience building and resurfacing roads in this race.
I’ll fight to:
- Return 54% of SCDOT roads, that's 33,800 miles — and the funding — back to local municipalities. Let local contractors fix the roads through the municipalities at a better and lower cost. (Exclude me on that, Conflict of Interest when elected.)
- You pull building permits from your local town or city, not from Columbia — so why should you have to ask SCDOT to fix your local roads? It should be the same municipalities handling road repairs, not the state. Local roads deserve local control, NOT STATE CONTROL!
- A prime example: In 2024, SCDOT held a public meeting where the Mayor of Goose Creek revealed they spent $1 million on a sidewalk project with no curbs or gutters—just 3 feet wide and a quarter-mile long through the dirt. As a contractor, I did the math: that’s less than $20,000 in concrete. Local contractors could have completed the entire job for under $100,000, meaning taxpayers overpaid by about $900,000. Giving projects back to local contractors keeps costs down and dollars in our local communities. PUT THE MONEY BACK INTO LOCAL JOBS.
- SC NEEDS TO FOLLOW the Florida model, where the state of FL only owns 12% of roads, which include major highways and bridges, and locals handle the rest. SC DOT on the FL Plan should only own 7,200 miles and not 41,000 miles out of 60,000 miles. This will save money and get local roads around the state fixed faster, 100% quaranteed.
- Ensure the Folly Road Project is done right for James Island residents.
- Keep Folly Beach just as it is — its charm, its character, its freedom.
- Keep Johns Island's farms working to make the best produce in the lowcountry.
🌊 2.) Clean Water, Clean Growth
CARLTON WILL FIGHT TO KEEP OUR WATERS CLEAN.
Our waterways define who we are — from the creeks where we crab to the ocean where our kids swim. But aging septic tanks, poor planning, and overdevelopment are polluting them.
I’ll work to:
- Protect our waterways without forcing everyone to connect to public sewer. I’m not requiring all homeowners to tap in — those with existing septic systems can keep them, but they must be properly maintained or upgraded to prevent pollution. I remember growing up on James Island, our old septic kept the grass green and swishy — until we chose to connect to the new system. The point is choice with responsibility: if you keep your septic, keep it working right. Clean water starts at home.
- South Carolina should help fund septic system upgrades for low-income residents and heirs’ property owners near our waterways. Failing septic systems pollute creeks, marshes, and seafood beds, threatening public health and our environment. Since our islands are used statewide for tourism and seafood, the state has a shared responsibility to help cover these costs as part of critical infrastructure and public works—protecting both our people and our coastal heritage.
- Maintain and modernize our public sewer system leading to Plum Island to ensure it operates safely and efficiently. We must prevent septic and sewer leaks at all costs to protect our marshes, creeks, and coastal waters — because clean water is vital to our health, seafood, and way of life on the islands.
- Protect Johns Island farms and preserve local produce for Charleston families.
- Balance smart growth so we keep the natural beauty and identity of our islands intact.
⚖️ 3.) Judicial Reform, Jury Trials, Equal Shared Parenting & Child Protection
CARLTON WILL FIGHT TO RESTORE JUSTICE AND GIVE THE POWER BACK TO THE PEOPLE.
South Carolina’s justice system is broken — run by insiders, fueled by money, and far removed from the people it’s supposed to serve.
It’s time to pull South Carolina out of the back woods and restore truth, transparency, and constitutional justice to our courts.
A.) Restoring Jury Trials: Justice by the People, Not Political Insiders
In South Carolina, you can have a jury trial for a $50 seat-belt ticket,
but not when the State — or your ex — is about to take away your child.
That’s not justice. That’s a constitutional failure.
The U.S. Constitution guarantees jury-trial rights under three separate amendments:
- The 6th Amendment — for any case where a person could face jail or loss of liberty.
- The 7th Amendment — for civil cases involving money, property, or financial penalties such as alimony, child support, and legal fees.
- The 14th Amendment — protecting parental rights, which the U.S. Supreme Court recognizes as “fundamental.”
Yet South Carolina’s family courts routinely deny these rights.
A single politically connected judge can decide whether a parent loses their children, their income, or even their freedom — with no jury and no peers to ensure fairness.
Other states, including Texas and Georgia, already guarantee jury trials in family-court cases where a parent’s rights, liberty, or major financial obligations are at stake.
There is no reason South Carolina cannot do the same.
In 2011, our own Supreme Court acknowledged this injustice in DeMarco v. DeMarco, ruling that South Carolina’s family-court system violated the Constitution by jailing parents without the option of a jury or due process protections.
More than a decade later, nothing has changed.
I will introduce legislation to guarantee jury trials in family court whenever:
- Parental rights or custody are being decided.
- A parent faces possible incarceration for contempt or unpaid support.
- Financial obligations such as child support, alimony, or attorney fees are at issue.
No one should lose their child, their freedom, or their future without the voice of the people in the room.
Justice must once again mean “by the people, for the people.”
B.) Equal Shared Parenting with Able, Willing & Fit Parents = Strong Families, Safer Communities
Children need both parents — not just one chosen by the court.
When both able, willing and fit parents stay involved, children and communities thrive.
Research proves that children with both parents involved are:
- Less likely to commit crimes or become teen parents.
- Less likely to drop out of school or turn to drugs.
- More likely to graduate, succeed, and raise strong families of their own.
Equal Shared Parenting is not partisan — it’s common sense and compassion.
I will make it the law in South Carolina so every child has the right to love and be loved by both parents.
C.) Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS): Emotional Abuse Must End
Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) is emotional child abuse — when one parent manipulates a child to reject the other.
It causes lifelong trauma and destroys family bonds.
I will introduce legislation to:
- Officially recognize PAS as emotional child abuse in Family Courts in SC.
- Require training for GALs, judges, and therapists to identify and stop it.
- Hold accountable anyone who enables or ignores alienation.
South Carolina will no longer lag behind the rest of the nation — we will lead in protecting children from emotional harm.
D.) Reforming the Guardian ad Litem (GAL) System
Private Guardians ad Litem charge $85 up to $400 per hour and profit from family conflict.
That’s not justice — that’s exploitation.
I will:
- End private GAL contracting and make GALs state-employed on fixed salaries just like investigators for the police departments. If the Court needs them as eyes and ears then the Court Pays them.
- Require body cameras on GALs during all case-related duties for transparency.
- Enforce education and investigative standards so GALs are qualified public servants, not political appointees.
Families deserve fairness — not financial ruin.
E.) Ending Title IV-D Abuse
The federal Title IV-D program pays states bonuses for every dollar collected in child support.
That means South Carolina profits from broken families and putting one parent on child support
I will:
- Audit Title IV-D funding and expose how federal incentives distort custody and support rulings.
- End per-dollar bonuses that reward family separation, which causes our South Carolina children less likely to succeed.
- Redirect those funds toward mediation, counseling, and reunification programs that strengthen families.
Families are not a revenue stream. Justice should not be for sale.
F.) Protecting Children from Exploitation
Those who sexually exploit or traffic children commit an act beyond forgiveness.
I will fight to make South Carolina the toughest state in America on crimes against children by:
- Treating the most severe, confirmed cases as capital crimes.
- Allowing life imprisonment or the DEATH PENALTY for convicted predators.
- Strengthening investigations and victim-support services.
Children deserve justice that is swift, certain, and strong.
G.) Judicial Merit Selection Commission (JMSC): End the Lawyer Monopoly
Right now, lawyers select the judges who later rule on their cases.
That’s a conflict of interest that has corrupted our justice system from the top down.
The Judicial Merit Selection Commission (JMSC) is dominated by lawyer-legislators who control who becomes a judge — and those judges later hear cases from the same lawyers who appointed them.
I will fight to:
- Remove lawyer-legislators from judicial selection.
- Create a citizen-led commission that includes veterans, educators, business owners, and community leaders.
- Require public hearings, transparency, and term limits for every judicial appointment.
While Rep. Spencer Wetmore was in office, her husband was appointed as Judge on Folly Beach. Her and other lawyer-legislators fight to keep the current insider system, I stand with the people to give the power back to the people.
Judges should serve justice, not the profession that appoints them.
CARLTON WALKER will Restore Faith in our Justicial System.
From jury trials to shared parenting, from Title IV-D reform to JMSC accountability, this is about one simple truth: returning power to the people.
When we restore transparency, we restore trust.
When we protect families, we strengthen South Carolina.
When we defend children, we secure our future.
It’s time to end insider control, end conflict for profit, and bring South Carolina out of the back woods — into an era of fairness, family, and freedom.
4.) Protecting Our Veterans and Seniors
CARLTON WILL FIGHT FOR OUR VETERANS AND SENIORS & STOP THOSE WHO GET RICH OFF OF OUR SENIORS AND VETERANS.
As a U.S. Navy veteran, I know what service means. I’ll fight to make sure every veteran and senior in South Carolina has access to affordable housing by ending property tax, affordable healthcare, and the respect they’ve earned.
🌅 For the Islands. For the Future.
From Kiawah and Seabrook's multimillion-dollar homes to Johns Island’s farmland, James Island's old school feel, the sand of Folly Beach, we share one community, one coast, and one destiny.
It’s time we fix our DAMN roads, clean our waters, reform our courts, and protect our way of life.
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Sunset at LOLO's
Carlton Walker accepting awards as the Charleston Cutco District manager 2001. 283 Students worked for Carlton that summer.
Cutco $700.000!
Honoring Veterans!
Charleston City Councilman and Medal of Honor hero at the Medal of Honor Museum.
Heading to Columbia, South Carolina!!
Speaking for Our Rights in Columbia, SC.
A few more pictures.
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and Carlton Walker at the Governor’s Mansion following the State of the State Address 2025.
Carlton and his father, Jay Walker, are at the James Island Yacht Club, where the Walker family has been members since 1974.
Two Local Charleston guys, years ago.
Carlton with the Latin Exchange Club
Carlton with a bunch ov Veterans!
Father’s Day 2015: After the tragic loss of the Charleston 9, Carlton Walker carried his daughter to the top of the Ravenel Bridge.
Father’s Day 2015: After the tragic loss of the Charleston 9, Carlton Walker carried his daughter to the top of the Ravenel Bridge, teaching her that racism is wrong and that love and unity are stronger than hate. It was a powerful moment of healing and a lesson in hope, courage, and compassion — values Carlton continues to carry into his service and leadership today.
Father’s Day – June 21, 2015: Thousands gathered beneath and upon the Ravenel Bridge in Charleston to stand united against the racist hatred that took the lives of the Emanuel Nine, nine innocent people who opened their church doors in love and faith. Carlton Walker was among them, carrying his young daughter to the top of the bridge to teach her that racism is wrong and that love, courage, and u
Combat Operations in Somalia 1993 with General Powell.
The Black History Banquet at the Citadel.
Maurice Washington and Carlton Walker
A picture speaks a thousand words.
When you need help, it doesn’t matter what color your skin is.
Children aren’t born with hate — they’re taught it. On that Father’s Day in 2015, I made sure my daughter understood that what happened in Charleston was wrong, and that love, compassion, and unity must always be stronger than racism and division.
Carlton Walker's #1 motivation - FOR his daughter and Our Children's future!
VOTE CARLTON WALKER - JUNE 9, 2026
