Ann's Vision
do good, work hard, enjoy the journey.
I am Ann Shippy. I retired from the Air Force as a Colonel. I served our country for 28 years and I continue to live by those words. Serving in any capacity means having an ear to the ground in every inch of your district. It means you know the needs of every single resident.. It means you work to address those needs every minute of every day. And that is what I plan to do when I get to Columbia.
The issues facing our District are not abstractions, they are daily life interruptions. Your drive to work. The time it takes to get a doctors appointment. The water bill. The electric bill. The Homeowners Insurance bill. These are all issues that affect us today. They change how our community interacts with one another and they affect our ability to enjoy the good things in life. Because they affect us now, they need to be addressed now.
KEY ISSUES
Data Centers
Community Character and Growth Management
Healthcare Affordability and Accessibility
Jeff Bradley chairs the committee with 'Artificial Intelligence' in its name. And while an 860-acre, $6 billion gigawatt data center was proposed for neighboring Colleton County — a project that would consume enough electricity to power a million homes — Bradley was... nowhere. No legislation. No public opposition. No plan. When your job title is basically 'the guy who handles this stuff,' and you don't handle it, that's not just a failure. That's a resignation letter he forgot to file. In 2025 alone, seven data center companies received $828 million in sales tax breaks on their technology and energy purchases in South Carolina. That's $828 million that didn't go to your schools, your roads, or your hospitals. When the Senate tried to pause those giveaways, it failed. Meanwhile, South Carolina is one of 14 states that won't even disclose how much revenue it's losing to data center tax breaks. Jeff Bradley chairs the Regulations Committee. He could demand transparency. Here's how the data center scam works: Big Tech builds a massive facility that needs its own power plant. The utility builds out the infrastructure. And then — surprise! — they pass those costs on to you, the ratepayer. As the SC Small Business Chamber put it: 'Small business owners don't need to be subsidizing Google, Meta and these other big tech companies.' Ann Shippy agrees. She'll fight for legislation that makes data centers pay the full cost of their grid connections, not stick you with the tab. The Canadys Station natural gas power plant in Colleton County — now estimated at $5 billion, double its original price tag — was approved to help feed the insatiable energy appetite of data centers. It's being built in the Lowcountry's backyard. The ACE Basin watershed, one of the largest undeveloped estuaries on the East Coast, is at risk. And Jeff Bradley, the man who chairs the committee that should be all over this, has been conspicuously silent. Jeff Bradley holds the single most relevant committee chairmanship in the South Carolina House for dealing with the data center explosion — the Regulations, Administrative Procedures, AI & Cybersecurity Committee. This isn't a backbencher who got caught off guard. This is the man whose literal job description includes regulating the industry that is descending on South Carolina with $6 billion proposals, $828 million in tax giveaways, and power plants that double in cost before they break ground. He has used that chairmanship to do exactly nothing to protect the Lowcountry from the environmental, financial, and infrastructure consequences of unregulated data center development. When a moratorium bill was introduced in the House in April 2026, it wasn't Bradley who filed it. When seven Colleton County legislators issued a bipartisan resolution opposing the gigawatt data center, Bradley wasn't among them. He has the gavel. He just doesn't use it. Ann Shippy knows that data centers must pay their own way. That means full cost of grid connections, no ratepayer subsidies, no sweetheart tax deals that rob communities of revenue. She supports a comprehensive siting and oversight process before any new data center breaks ground in South Carolina, including mandatory environmental impact assessments, water usage reporting, and community input requirements. She'll fight for transparency in how much revenue the state is forfeiting through data center tax breaks, and she'll push for ratepayer protections that ensure your electric bill doesn't go up because a tech billionaire wants cheap power. The Lowcountry's natural beauty and quality of life are not bargaining chips.
When Bradley Circle was rezoned to allow resort-style development, residents watched in real time as their neighborhood was overwhelmed — low water pressure, traffic congestion, flooding. That's what happens when growth is managed by press release instead of by plan. A two-lane road in Beaufort County handles about 1,800 to 2,000 vehicles per hour before congestion becomes dangerous. Hilton Head added thousands of residents over the past decade, but expanding bridge access or widening roads takes years of planning and environmental review. Meanwhile, new neighborhoods in Bluffton pop up faster than road networks can expand. Jeff Bradley sits on the Education and Public Works Committee — the committee that handles transportation. After a decade, the commute is worse, the bridges are more crowded, and the plan is... still being planned. Hilton Head's Town Council adopted a Strategic Action Plan for 2026–2028 that names 'Protecting Island Character Through Managing Growth' as the community's top priority. They created a 21-member Land Management Ordinance Task Force. They're rewriting the island's 12-year-old development code. The town is doing its job. But growth management doesn't stop at the town line — it requires state-level support on infrastructure funding, environmental protections, and development standards. Jeff Bradley has the committee positions to deliver that support. He hasn’t. Every single day, over 14,000 workers drive onto Hilton Head Island because they can't afford to live where they work. They're your nurses, your restaurant servers, your firefighters, your childcare providers. They sit in traffic on the US 278 bridge — the same bridge that saw 35,898 vehicles in a single day at peak season — because a decade of Bradley's 'leadership' has produced zero meaningful workforce housing solutions at the state level Ann Shippy knows that if you add density, you better add capacity first.
Since 2010, six rural hospitals have closed in South Carolina. The remaining rural hospitals operate on margins between 0% and 4%. And now, with federal Medicaid cuts looming, even financially stable hospitals like Allendale County Hospital are asking legislators for a safety net. Jeff Bradley chairs the Regulations Committee. He could champion the rural emergency hospital designation that would help these facilities survive. He hasn't. When your state's hospitals are literally begging the legislature for help, and you're a committee chairman who does nothing You'd think a resort island with million-dollar homes wouldn't have healthcare access problems. You'd be wrong. Hilton Head's own mayor has said the community has 'recognized the need for expanded healthcare services' for years. That's why the Town Council sold property to Novant Health for a new $25 million medical campus. That's why Beaufort Memorial is building a hybrid emergency department on William Hilton Parkway. The private sector and local government are stepping up because the state hasn’t Healthcare in the Lowcountry is improving — but not because of Jeff Bradley. Every major healthcare expansion in the district area has been driven by private health systems (Novant Health, Beaufort Memorial, MUSC Health) and local government action, not state legislation. Bradley's party has blocked Medicaid expansion, vetoed even a study committee on the topic, and left rural hospitals to fend for themselves on razor-thin margins. South Carolina's uninsured rate ranks 38th nationally. Six rural hospitals have closed since 2010. And the federal 'One Big Beautiful Bill' threatens to cut Medicaid reimbursements further, putting even more pressure on a system that's already stretched thin. Bradley has the seniority and committee positions to champion healthcare access. He's used them to champion AI committees and regulatory procedures instead. Ann Shippy knows that ensuring the residents of District 123 have access to healthcare keeps wait times shorter, more doctors available and our emergency rooms less crowded. She understands the value of public and private partnerships for the good of the people.