Local Lawmakers Fare Well on Haley Report Card

State legislators representing the Irmo-Seven Oaks area scored high on Republican Gov. Nikki Haley's 2011 Legislative Report Card.

On Monday, Haley released grades on how legislators voted for bills on her agenda. In March, Haley released a letter saying the report card will be used to "track the results of legislation" that are important to what voters elected her to accomplish.

Some of those items on Haley's agenda include tort reform, merging the Department of Probation, Pardon and Parole into the Department of Corrections and the creation of a Department of Administration.

Most of the state's Republican legislators scored high while most of the low grades went to Democrats.

The Senate Democratic Caucus also unveiled a report card on Haley.

At 6 p.m. today at Dutch Fork High School, Haley will discuss the report card and an agenda for the upcoming legislative session. The town hall forum, called "The Movement," is free and open to the public.

Here's how legislators representing the Irmo-Seven Oaks area scored:

State Senate

Sen. John E. Courson - R (District 20): C

Sen. Ronnie Cromer - R (District 18): A

State Representatives

Rep. Nathan Ballentine - R (District 71): A

Rep. Chip Huggins - R (District 85): A