# Ed Hooper

Ed Hooper is a Republican member of the Florida Senate for district 21.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida Senate, district 21
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0e375630-02a4-4e59-ac80-869f9a199b2a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0e375630-02a4-4e59-ac80-869f9a199b2a (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

Hooper reported $174.8K in the 2024 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $28.3K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.03), from 216 donors and 762 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

909 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Florida Senate 95.0%). Party unity 95.3% (90%). 5 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/
- 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · HJR 1F Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/HJR1F/
- 2026-04-29 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1D Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/HB1D/
- 2026-04-28 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 4D Public Records/Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/SB4D/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · SB 628 Transportation Facility Designations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB628/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 399 Land Use and Development Regulations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB399/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1279 Education · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1279/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · HB 1451 Utility Services · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1451/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · HB 1389 Affordable Housing · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1389/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · SB 7040 Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund/Executive Office of the Governor · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB7040/

## Legislation (FL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 11. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida Senate 50.9%; rank 24 of 36).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2504E: State Employees (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/SB2504E/
- SB 2502E: Implementing the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/SB2502E/
- SB 2500E: Appropriations (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/SB2500E/
- SJR 1908: Budget Stabilization Fund (in committee, 2025-06-16) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/SJR1908/
- SR 1866: State Government Affairs Council (passed one chamber, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/SR1866/
- SR 1810: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (passed one chamber, 2024-01-25) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SR1810/
- SR 1806: Florida Professional Firefighters Association (passed one chamber, 2024-01-18) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SR1806/
- SB 1544: Department of Business and Professional Regulation (in committee, 2024-03-05) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SB1544/
- SB 1142: Occupational Licensing (became law, 2024-05-30) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SB1142/
- SB 1106: Coverage by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (in committee, 2024-03-08) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2024/SB1106/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $174.8K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/s21?pref=full
- X: https://x.com/edehooper1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatoredhooper/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0e375630-02a4-4e59-ac80-869f9a199b2a