South Carolina H 5649: Farewell to Trey Walker

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2025-2026 Bill 5649 Text of Previous Version (May. 05, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5649

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A house RESOLUTION

TO SALUTE TREY WALKER, FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF FOR 
GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER, ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RECENT DEPARTURE FROM THE 
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS MANY YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED 
SERVICE TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TO WISH HIM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND 
FULFILLMENT AS HE TAKES UP NEW CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DAYS AHEAD.

Whereas, it is with 
great pleasure that the South Carolina House of Representatives honors those 
individuals who have given tirelessly of themselves in service to the great 
State of South Carolina. Trey Walker, former chief of staff for Governor Henry 
McMaster, stands among their number as an exceptional public servant; and

Whereas, after 
graduating with a bachelor's degree in government and international studies 
from the University of South Carolina in 1989, Trey Walker began working in 
politics as deputy campaign manager for Henry McMaster in his 1990 run for 
lieutenant governor. Trey subsequently held a number of positions in South 
Carolina politics, including time as an aide for U.S. Representatives Arthur 
Ravenel Jr. and Thomas Hartnett. Trey also spent time at the South Carolina 
Policy Council, directing an advocacy campaign focused on education; and

Whereas, from 1993 to 
1999, he served as executive director of the Republican Party of South 
Carolina, with Henry McMaster as the party's chair. When Governor McMaster was 
the attorney general of South Carolina, Trey Walker again served as his top 
advisor, from 2003 to 2010. Mr. Walker also managed Henry McMaster's primary 
campaign for governor in 2010; and

Whereas, during his 
time in the attorney general's office, Trey Walker directed John McCain's 2008 presidential 
campaign in South Carolina. During the general election, he was appointed 
director of mid-Atlantic state campaigns; and

Whereas, Trey Walker 
was appointed as a senior advisor to Nikki Haley after her election as Governor 
in 2010. He left the Haley administration in 2011 to work as head lobbyist for 
the University of South Carolina, a position that was created for him. He kept 
this position until 2014, when he took up his duties as a lobbyist for 
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, where he worked on healthcare and 
insurance issues with the state legislature; and

Whereas, in January 
2017, after Nikki Haley resigned as governor to become ambassador to the United 
Nations, Henry McMaster became governor and appointed Trey Walker as his chief 
of staff, a post in which he served for nine years until his official 
resignation on March 6, 2026; and

Whereas, grateful for 
the consistent commitment and outstanding leadership Trey Walker has bestowed 
on this great State, the House of Representatives takes much pleasure in 
wishing him well as he enters a new chapter in his career. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the 
South Carolina House of Representatives, 
by this resolution, salute Trey Walker, former chief of staff for Governor 
Henry McMaster, on the occasion of his recent departure from the Governor's 
Office, congratulate him on his many years of distinguished service to the 
State of South Carolina, and wish him continued success and fulfillment as he 
takes up new challenges and opportunities in the days ahead.

Be it further resolved 
that a copy of this resolution be presented to Trey Walker.

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