Ronnie Cromer is a father and grandfather who believes we must improve our public schools.

Ronnie Cromer’s top priority is improving our troubled school system. Ronnie, his wife, and both of their children graduated from public schools in District 18. As our State Senator, Ronnie is working to improve and broaden early childhood education opportunities, expand teacher quality by encouraging and rewarding meritorious teachers, offer more choices to parents, empower teachers, and restore classroom discipline.

Ronnie Cromer is a local business leader with real experience bringing jobs to our area.

Ronnie knows what it takes to compete in today’s economy. As the owner of Lorex Pharmacy, a partner in Plaza Management Group and retired chairman of the Capital Bank Advisory Board, Ronnie has over 20 years of real business experience. Ronnie will use his experience as a small business-owner to work toward keeping our local economy on track and encourage/recruit new, high-quality industries that will provide high-paying jobs in District 18.

Ronnie Cromer is a businessman who knows higher taxes are not the answer.

Ronnie believes, especially in times of economic downturn and budget problems, that government should be run more like a business so that the tax burden on working families can be reduced. As a small businessman, Ronnie understands raising taxes is not the answer to state budget problems. Ronnie will work to increase our state’s revenue through increased economic development programs, and by allowing families and small businesses to keep more of their own hard-earned money; money that can be used to expand a business or provide greater quality of life, not grow government.

Ronnie Cromer is a pharmacist with a prescription for our state’s health care problems.

Ronnie has 20 years experience helping folks in District 18 with their health care needs. As a pharmacist, Ronnie sees patients every day who struggle to deal with the high cost of prescription drugs. As our State Senator, Ronnie will use his knowledge and experience to lead the fight: to ensure that the state fully funds Medicaid from recurring sources of revenue; to protect prescription drug programs that help seniors and those on fixed incomes; and to make health care and prescription drugs more affordable for all South Carolinians, especially senior citizens on fixed incomes.