Cezar E. McKnight is an American politician. He is a former member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 101st District, serving since 2014. He is a member of the Democratic party.
In January 2022, McKnight made headlines after he introduced a bill named after George Stinney, a 14-year old black boy who was wrongfully executed in 1944, titled the George Stinney Fund, which would make the state of South Carolina pay $10 million to the families of the wrongfully executed if their conviction is posthumously overturned.
McKnight was defeated in the 2022 June Democratic Primary by Democrat Roger K. Kirby.
Electoral history + South Carolina House of Representatives District 101YearCandidateVotesPctCandidateVotesPct2014 General Election 7,25764.1% 4,05635.9%2016 General Election 11,953100.0%2018 Democratic Primary 4,191 69.7% 1,818 30.3%2018 General Election 8,759 96.4%3273.6%
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