# Tim Wadsworth

Tim Wadsworth is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 14
- Serving since: 2014-11-05
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/04f7bd8e-094b-433c-9e91-7ebe64c75604

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/04f7bd8e-094b-433c-9e91-7ebe64c75604 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

The policy areas Wadsworth talks about and legislates on agree at 0.27 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## What Wadsworth says (AL 2025–26 session)

2,206 classified statements: 2,206 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Wadsworth | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 9.2% | 2.9% | 70 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 3.3% | 9.3% | 536 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 5.6% | 31.9% | 735 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.1% | 1.8% | 552 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.2% | 12.7% | 733 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.3% | 1.4% | 259 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: International Affairs 25% (State House Republicans 1.8%); Armed Forces and National Security 24% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Economics and Public Finance 14% (State House Republicans 12%); Law 14% (State House Republicans 3.1%); Government Operations and Politics 9.8% (State House Republicans 18%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.02), from 41 donors and 668 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 37.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 96 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 611: Winston County, lodging tax authorized, fire protection fee imposed, collection and distribution provided, referendum provided (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB611/
- HB 512: Solid waste utility fees; remedies for nonpayment of fees provided, penalties for failure to pay fees revised (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB512/
- HB 482: Secondary metals theft; requirements for sale and recycling of certain secondary metals, including copper, further provided; penalties for violations, further… (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB482/
- HB 375: Adult Protective Services; Department of Human Resources required to create dementia training, certain employees and contractors required to complete (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB375/
- HB 206: Trusts; amend Alabama Principal and Income Act, permit trustee to adjust between principal and income (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB206/
- HB 207: Alabama Uniform Trust Code; amended to conform with Alabama Qualified Dispositions in Trust Act, limit property subject to creditors' claims (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB207/
- HB 586: City of Cullman in Cullman County, corporate limits altered (became law, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB586/
- HB 590: Winston County, lodging tax levied, collection and distribution provided for (passed one chamber, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB590/
- HJR 119: Arley - Smith Lake Parkway, named (became law, 2024-04-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HJR119/
- HB 228: Alabama Business and Nonprofit Entities Code; amended to delete references to Alabama Nonprofit Corporation Law, clarify and streamline certain provisions in… (in committee, 2024-05-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HB228/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $42.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlabamaLaw/status/2114426969807061307
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlabamaLaw/status/2114454483912610242
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlabamaLaw/status/2113989691301056745
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlabamaLaw/status/2114098499230867503
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlabamaLaw/status/2114100980501655828
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlabamaLaw/status/2113699416041242803
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlabamaLaw/status/2113705000555946388
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlabamaLaw/status/2112149389829689362
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlabamaLaw/status/2112215770994184533
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlabamaLaw/status/2110559371113431335

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1&search=wadsworth
- Campaign site: https://wadsworthforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/AlabamaLaw
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/staterepwadsworth/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timwadsworthal/?hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-wadsworth-83545732/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/04f7bd8e-094b-433c-9e91-7ebe64c75604