# Nathaniel Ledbetter

Nathaniel Ledbetter is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 24.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 24
- Serving since: 2014-11-05
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/097b764f-5d8c-462e-a962-3330c50721a4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/097b764f-5d8c-462e-a962-3330c50721a4 (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

44% of Ledbetter’s statements claim credit, 3.5 times the State House Republican average of 13%.

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

370 classified statements: 370 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 | Ledbetter | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 3.0% | 9.3% | 551 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 58.9% | 31.9% | 51 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.3% | 1.8% | 88 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 44.3% | 12.7% | 10 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.4% | 374 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 29% (State House Republicans 15%); Economics and Public Finance 20% (State House Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 14% (State House Republicans 11%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State House Republicans 18%); Labor and Employment 11% (State House Republicans 2.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.02), from 89 donors and 674 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 18 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 89.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 11 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 328: 2026 Alabama Law Institute House Interns, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR328/
- HR 320: Linda Hellena Kauffeld White, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR320/
- HJR 308: Representative Rhett Marques, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR308/
- HJR 309: Representative James Edward Hill, Jr., commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR309/
- HJR 307: Barbara Boyd, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR307/
- HJR 310: Representative Phillip Ensler, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR310/
- HJR 311: Representative Tracy Estes, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR311/
- HJR 305: Representative Bob Fincher, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR305/
- HJR 306: Representative Brett Easterbrook, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR306/
- HR 298: Henry Loyd Ivey, honored (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR298/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $461.5K (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.

- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepLedbetter/status/2112387013252907317
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLedbetter/status/2111922832636846224
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLedbetter/status/2111500706729607561
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLedbetter/status/2111170370996674790
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLedbetter/status/2110875415397142785
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepLedbetter/status/2110880737595449711
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLedbetter/status/2110377194140639534
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepLedbetter/status/2105700110822961548
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepLedbetter/status/2105300366854361598
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepLedbetter/status/2105413494350778511

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- X: https://x.com/RepLedbetter
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathaniel.ledbetter
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repledbetter/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nathanielledbetter2688
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathaniel-ledbetter-78439428/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/097b764f-5d8c-462e-a962-3330c50721a4