State Rep. Jackie Terribile is seeking re-election in South Carolina House District 66, which covers Fort Mill and Tega Cay. The Republican incumbent outlined a first-term record built on opposing an income-tax overhaul, voting against the state budget and co-sponsoring zoning legislation tied to the Silfab Solar dispute.
Terribile detailed her priorities in a candidate spotlight published Thursday, Oct. 8 in the Fort Mill Sun. She faces Democrat Heather Hart, an educator and community advocate, in the Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election.
A former Fort Mill substitute teacher and State Board of Education member, Terribile serves on the House Education and Public Works Committee. She described herself as someone who entered politics out of concern about schools and government, not as a career politician.
On taxes, Terribile said she opposed an income-tax restructuring proposal because its own fiscal analysis showed many residents would pay more. She said she supports eventually eliminating South Carolina's income tax but would not back a plan she considered a tax increase in practice.
"I will not call something a tax cut when it raises taxes on the people I represent," Terribile wrote in her candidate spotlight.
She also said she voted against the final state budget, citing what she called excessive spending, earmarks and misplaced priorities.
Terribile pointed to the Silfab Solar plant on Logistics Lane, adjacent to Flint Hill Elementary and Flint Hill Middle schools, as one of the district's most pressing issues. Flint Hill Elementary canceled two days of classes in March after chemical leaks were reported at the plant, and the S.C. Department of Environmental Services shut down operations for five days, the Post and Courier reported.
Terribile co-sponsored H.4293, a bill introduced in April 2025 that would invalidate permits when a zoning authority determines a use is not permitted. The bill remained in the House as of its last update. She said she also worked with residents, local officials, the Attorney General's Office and the S.C. Department of Environmental Services on the matter.
The York County Board of Zoning Appeals ruled 5-0 in May 2024 that solar cell manufacturing is not a permitted use in the plant's light-industrial zone, and a circuit court judge upheld that decision July 17, according to the Post and Courier. Three lawsuits remained ongoing in York County court as of Aug. 25, according to the Herald.
On education, Terribile listed her sponsorship of the Student Physical Privacy Act, signed into law May 15 as Act No. 152. The law designates multi-occupancy public school restrooms and changing facilities for use by members of one sex. She also said she backed legislation eliminating grade-floor policies.
Her endorsers include Attorney General Alan Wilson, Congressman Ralph Norman, Senator Michael Johnson, York County Sheriff Tony Breeden and Solicitor Kevin Brackett.
Hart, her Democratic challenger, said when she filed in March that her campaign focused on school funding, affordability and responsible growth. "I'm running to be a voice for the heartbeat of our community," Hart said in her March announcement on WRHI.
Early voting runs Monday, Oct. 19 through Saturday, Oct. 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, closed Sundays. The absentee ballot application deadline is Friday, Oct. 23.
