Curtis M. Loftis Jr. (born September 8, 1958) is an American politician, businessman and philanthropist. He currently serves as the Treasurer of South Carolina. A member of the Republican Party, Loftis has held elective office since 2010. Early life and education Loftis was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He attended Brookland-Cayce High School and graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1981. Loftis was twice elected president of the Student Senate and served as president of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Business and philanthropy Loftis is the owner of several central South Carolina businesses and is involved in real estate. In 1999, Loftis established Saluda Charitable Foundation and remains the principal benefactor. The foundation's activities are faith-based and provide nutritional and housing services to orphans and the elderly. SCF provided over 500,000 meals to the needy and supported medical missions in Haiti. 2010 election In March 2010, Loftis announced his candidacy for South Carolina State Treasurer in the Republican primary. Loftis characterized himself as a conservative reform candidate. Loftis was endorsed by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, and former US Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Loftis received many state Tea Party movement endorsements including many in the business community and several newspaper endorsements. On June 8, 2010, Loftis defeated the incumbent State Treasurer, Converse Chellis in the Republican Primary with 62% of the vote, carrying all of the state's 46 counties. Treasurer Loftis became the first Republican to defeat a sitting incumbent in a statewide GOP primary. 2014 election Treasurer Loftis won the Primary with a 62% of the vote and was unopposed in the general election to remain the State Treasurer. 2018 election Treasurer Curtis Loftis defeated Rosalyn Glenn (D) and Sarah Work (American Party) in the general election on November 6, 2018. 2022 election Treasurer Curtis Loftis had no Primary opponent and as such was automatically the Republican nominee. No Democrat candidate filed to challenge Treasure Loftis, and he defeated Sarah Work (American Party) in the general election on November 8, 2022. The election results were 1,129,961 (79.67%) for Loftis vs. 281,695 (19.86%) for Work. Office The Treasurer is the sole investor of the Local Government Investment Pool, (LGIP) the South Carolina Future Scholar 529 Fund and the excess funds of the state. Treasurer Loftis is the Vice Chairman of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. Treasurer