# Gerald Neal

Gerald Neal is a Democratic member of the Kentucky Senate for district 33.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Kentucky Senate, district 33
- Serving since: 1989-01-01
- Current term: KY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0d92a09c-ce23-46cd-9582-b7d1b08d76dd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d92a09c-ce23-46cd-9582-b7d1b08d76dd (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

Neal missed 6.1% of 803 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Kentucky Senate (average 97.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.61 (standard error 0.04), from 211 donors and 450 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (KY 2025–26 session)

803 roll calls. Attendance 93.9% (Kentucky Senate 97.0%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 66 w/ HCS 1 · SB 66 AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB66/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · CONSENT PASSAGE OF HB 826 w/ SCS 1, SCA 1 (T) · HB 826 AN ACT relating to education. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/HB826/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 133 w/ HFA 3 · SB 133 AN ACT relating to the fiscal reporting of local entities. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB133/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 37 w/ HFA 1, HFA 3, HFA 2 (T) · SB 37 AN ACT relating to state symbols. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB37/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE OF SJR 116 w/ HCS 1, HFA 1, HCA 1 (T) · SJR 116 A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the University of Kentucky, the University of Louisville, and Eastern Kentucky University to coordinate a search for… · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SJR116/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 324 w/ HCS 1, HCA 1 (T) · SB 324 AN ACT relating to the entertainment industry. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB324/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE OF HB 220 · HB 220 AN ACT relating to pension spiking in the systems administered by the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/HB220/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE OF HB 869 · HB 869 AN ACT relating to fiscal matters and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/HB869/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 214 w/ HFA 1, HFA 2 (T) · SB 214 AN ACT relating to agriculture and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB214/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 197 w/ HCS 2, HCA 2 (T) · SB 197 AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an… · pass · https://openstates.org/ky/bills/2026RS/SB197/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $127.4K (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). 77% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=133
- Campaign site: https://www.geraldnealforky33.com/
- X: https://x.com/GeraldNeal33
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gerald.neal.79

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d92a09c-ce23-46cd-9582-b7d1b08d76dd