Bill Hopkins files for South Carolina’s 7th Congressional district
Bill Hopkins of Pawleys Island has officially filed with the South Carolina Election Commission to be a Democratic candidate for United States Congress in the 7th Congressional district.
“I’m running for Congress to represent the people that the current Congress has forgotten all about. I’ll represent the kind of people I grew up with in the Pee Dee, people who work for a living, raise their kids the best they can and don’t ask for much in return, Hopkins said. “Congress has failed these folks. Too often, leadership from both parties are beholden to the powerful special interests and the Washington DC insiders. It’s time to break this chain and have a new Congress who puts people first.”
For the past 25 years, Bill Hopkins has been a fierce advocate on behalf of South Carolina taxpayers, families and the underserved. As a lawyer, Bill has represented South Carolina against pharmaceutical drug companies ripping off taxpayers, took on an out of state garbage company dumping human waste from New York in Lee County, exposed life insurance companies for charging African Americans more solely because of race, and helped strengthen protections against sexual harassment.
Bill was born and raised in Bishopville, South Carolina where he worked on his grandparents’ family farm and roadside fruit stand. He earned an academic scholarship to North Carolina State University and graduated with a B.S. degree in Textile Chemistry.
After college, Bill worked for three years at the Grace Bleachery Mill in Lancaster – eventually working his way up to third shift supervisor and earning enough to pay for law school.
Following his graduation from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1993, Bill has been an attorney here.
As the lead lawyer on behalf of the State of South Carolina, in the Average Wholesale Price litigation case, Bill helped recover tens of millions of taxpayer dollars from several pharmaceutical companies that used inflated drug prices to overcharge the state’s Medicaid and Health Plan Programs.
Bill volunteers as the President and Chairman of St. Christopher’s Children, which provides clothes and orthodontic care to underserved children. In addition, Bill is on the board of Outreach Farms, which provides high quality protein for those in need.
Bill has two sons and a daughter and lives with his wife on Pawley’s island.