Whitemire began his political career in Walhalla, serving on the Walhalla City Council and then as Mayor of Walhalla from 2000 to 2002.[2]
1st House District of South Carolina
As of 2024[update], Whitmire serves as Chair of the College and University Trustee Screening Commission, a Joint Committee with members from the House and Senate.[4]
2003
In 2003, he would be elected to the 1st House District of South Carolina, representing ports of Oconee and Pickens Counties.[2]
Due to his role as Chair of the College and University Trustee Screening Commission, Whitmire led the Commission in 2022 when it debated firing the entire board of trustees for the University of South Carolina.[6] What started out during a meeting to review five board members, frustration at the mishandling of athletic funds[7] and the resignation of the president of the University[8] became a question of redesigning the board structure altogether.[9][6][10] Ultimately, the effort failed to pass before the end of the legislative session.[11]
2023
In 2023, Whitmire sponsored no legislation.[12] However, he and State Senator Thomas C. Alexander worked to get a $5.6M grant for Walhalla to build a community center placed in the 2023-24 South Carolina state budget signed into law by Governor Henry McMaster.[13]