Cynthia Ford is a U.S. Air Force veteran, community leader, author, and former educator. She also served as a county director with the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice. Her career has focused on public service, supporting individuals and families, and helping communities access resources and opportunities. Ford ran for South Carolina House District 57 in 2024, challenging the incumbent, and is running for the seat again. District 57 includes parts of Marion, Williamsburg, and Horry counties.

Cynthia Ford’s policy priorities for South Carolina House District 57 focus on rural healthcare access, reproductive healthcare rights, economic development, infrastructure investment, public education, and community safety. She supports addressing rural healthcare barriers, including doctor shortages, transportation challenges, healthcare costs, and limited access to specialized medical services. Ford opposes restrictive reproductive healthcare policies and supports protecting women’s ability to make personal medical decisions in consultation with their families and healthcare providers without government interference. She advocates for attracting investment to rural communities, creating good-paying jobs, expanding access to capital for farmers, small-business owners, and entrepreneurs, and improving infrastructure throughout District 57. She supports strengthening public schools, improving educational opportunities for citizens of all ages, making communities safer, and addressing the needs of veterans, seniors, educators, and working families. Ford’s policy agenda emphasizes expanding economic opportunity, improving access to essential services, protecting individual freedoms, and investing in rural South Carolina communities.

Ford’s campaign emphasizes practical solutions to the challenges facing rural South Carolina. She aims to expand access to healthcare, protect individual freedoms and reproductive healthcare rights, strengthen public education, improve infrastructure, and create greater economic opportunities for District 57 residents. Her campaign focuses on ensuring that rural families, workers, veterans, farmers, and small-business owners can access the resources and opportunities they need to build secure and prosperous lives.