Cezar McKnight

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Cezar McKnight

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| state_house = South Carolina

| district = 101st

| term_start = 2014

| term_end = 2022

| predecessor = Ronnie A. Sabb

| successor = Roger K. Kirby

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|12|10}}

| birth_place = Kingstree, South Carolina, United States

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| profession = attorney

| alma_mater = Morris Brown College (B.A.)
Florida Coastal School of Law (J.D.)

| party = Democratic

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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.{{cite web |title=South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography |url=https://www.scstatehouse.gov/member.php?code=1276136211 |website=www.scstatehouse.gov |access-date=June 2, 2020}} He is a member of the Democratic party.{{cite web |title=The Voter's Self Defense System |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/139555/cezar-mcknight |website=Vote Smart |access-date=June 2, 2020}}

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.{{cite web|title= SC bill named for George Stinney would pay $10M to families of those wrongly executed|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/columbia/news/sc-bill-named-for-george-stinney-would-pay-10m-to-families-of-those-wrongly-executed/article_efdafcda-61a4-11ec-b328-d74148b6a992.html}}{{cite web|title=SC can’t undo wrongful executions. One lawmaker wants to pay $10M to families to atone|url=https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article256060692.html}}{{cite web|title=George Stinney Fund Will Provide Reparations for the Families of Those Wrongfully Executed in South|url=https://www.rehumanizeintl.org/post/george-stinney-fund}}

McKnight was defeated in the 2022 June Democratic Primary by Democrat Roger K. Kirby.{{Cite news |last=Arvidson |first=Ardath |date=June 30, 2022 |title="Roger Kirby narrowly wins District 101 House of Representatives race" |work=SCNow |url=https://scnow.com/news/local/roger-kirby-narrowly-wins-district-101-house-of-representatives-race-copy/article_a7b36e7a-f8a7-11ec-aee8-0f842c848c07.html |access-date=November 16, 2022}}

Electoral history

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|+ South Carolina House of Representatives District 101

!|Year

!|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

2014 General Election{{cite web |title=SC - Election Results - 2014 Gen |url=http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/51763/133115/en/summary.html# |website=www.enr-scvotes.org}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Cezar McKnight}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" | 7,257

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |64.1%

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Al Smith}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" | 4,056

|{{Party shading/Republican}} |35.9%

2016 General Election{{cite web |title=SC - Election Results - 2016 Gen |url=http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/64658/183653/en/summary.html |website=www.enr-scvotes.org}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Cezar McKnight (i)}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" | 11,953

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |100.0%

2018 Democratic Primary

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Cezar McKnight (i)}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" | 4,191

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | 69.7%

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Alfred Darby}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" | 1,818

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | 30.3%

2018 General Election{{cite web |title=SC - Election Results - 2018 Gen |url=https://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/92124/Web02-state.222648/#/ |website=www.enr-scvotes.org}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Cezar McKnight (i)}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" | 8,759

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | 96.4%

|{{Party shading/None}} |{{nowrap|Others/Write-in}}

|{{Party shading/None}} align="right" |327

|{{Party shading/None}} |3.6%