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Republican · Georgia House, district 73

Serving since Jan 9, 2023GA 2025–26 session

Portrait of Josh Bonner, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
93%
of State House Republicans score to the left of Bonner on the CSIP scale

CSIP score +0.72 (approximate range +0.67 to +0.78, which understates the uncertainty); negative is left of the scale’s centre, positive right. From 88 donors and 987 roll calls.

CSIP places every official on one left–right scale estimated from roll-call votes, campaign donations and the text of statements; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of moderate. The share says where Bonner sits among State House Republicans, not how far from the centre.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Republicans. 85% of Bonner’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans. Bonner voted against the majority of Georgia House Republicans 21 times; party unity 98.8%, in the bottom half of the Georgia House (average 97.2%).

The measures on which Bonner sits furthest from the middle of State House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

CSIP ideology

+0.72

More conservative than 93% of State House Republicans · ± 0.05

From Georgia, 2026

85%

Of itemized individual dollars · ranks 1825th of 2,335 State House Republicans

Party unity

98.8%

Georgia House average 97.2% · ranks 115th of 178 · 21 votes against the majority of Georgia House Republicans

Out of committee

68%

Georgia House average 66% · ranks 80th of 177

Attendance

97.4%

Georgia House average 93.5% · ranks 83rd of 180 · 1,391 roll calls

Itemized, 2026

$27.6K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 1390th of 2,521

Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Bonner, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Bonner is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

Back to topNext: What politicians say

What Bonner says

Bonner attacks opponents personally less than 81% of State House Republicans. Personal attacks in 0% of 42 statements, against 2.9% for the average State House Republican; 642nd of 791.

An AI model reads each of Bonner’s 42 statements in the GA 2025–26 session (42 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the GA 2025–26 session

0%80%
Bonner
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion13 statements
31%
32%
389th of 791
Credit claiming5 statements
12%
13%
348th of 791
Policy criticism2 statements
5%
9%
462nd of 791
Bipartisanship2 statements
5%
2%
77th of 791
Personal attacks0 statements
0%
3%
642nd of 791
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Bonner's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowBonnerPeers
Policy discussion31%32%
Credit claiming12%13%
Policy criticism5%9%
Bipartisanship5%2%
Personal attacks0%3%
42

statements classified

42 posts on X.

posts on X: 42 (100.0%)posts on X 42
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Bonner's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X42
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Bonner; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Bonner does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Bonner used extreme labels in 2.4% of statements, above the peer average. 1 statement; peers 1.4%.

    Who gets the labels

    Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

    No targets recorded.

    What an extreme label is

    Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

    Month by month

    Share of statements per month, the GA 2025–26 session

    No month in this window has 10 or more statements, too few to chart month by month.

    How to read the strips

    Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the GA 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 22 months are hatched here; 6 of them have no statements.

    In Bonner’s words

    Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

    Policy criticism

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    Mar 3, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy criticism; policy discussion; Taxation · Source

    Bipartisanship

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    Feb 15, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; bipartisanship; Government Operations and Politics · Source

    Extreme label

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    Mar 12, 2025 · Posts on X (state legislators) · extreme label “extreme” · Source

    Examples by category

    Up to five recent statements in each category

    Category

    Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

    No statements in this category in this window.

    All 42 statements

    Newest first, the GA 2025–26 session

    The full feed

    Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 42 posts on X.

    Back to topNext: Policy

    Policy

    Armed Forces and National Security is what Bonner talks about most: 23% of policy statements, 4.7 times the peer share. Peers give it 4.9%. Agreement with legislation needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

    Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Bonner talks about. The bills Bonner sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

    What Bonner talks about

    Share of policy statements by area, the GA 2025–26 session

    0%35%
    Bonner
    Peers
    Armed Forces and National Security3 statements
    23%
    5%
    Government Operations and Politics3 statements
    23%
    18%
    Taxation3 statements
    23%
    8%
    Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues2 statements
    15%
    6%
    Economics and Public Finance1 statements
    8%
    12%
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    Policy areas Bonner talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
    RowBonnerPeers
    Armed Forces and National Security23%5%
    Government Operations and Politics23%18%
    Taxation23%8%
    Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues15%6%
    Economics and Public Finance8%12%
    How to read the bars

    The thick bar is the share of Bonner’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

    Talks about · legislates on

    Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 35%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.

    Talks aboutLegislates onArmed Forces and NationalSecurityArmed Forces and National Security, talks about: 23% (State House Republicans 5%)23%Armed Forces and National Security, legislates on: 16% (State House Republicans 2%)16%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 23% (State House Republicans 18%)23%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 13% (State House Republicans 12%)13%TaxationTaxation, talks about: 23% (State House Republicans 8%)23%Taxation, legislates on: 27% (State House Republicans 11%)27%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 15% (State House Republicans 6%)15%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 6% (State House Republicans 4%)6%Economics and Public FinanceEconomics and Public Finance, talks about: 8% (State House Republicans 12%)8%Economics and Public Finance, legislates on: 0% (State House Republicans 2%)0%
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    Bonner's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
    AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
    Armed Forces and National Security23%5%16%2%
    Government Operations and Politics23%18%13%12%
    Taxation23%8%27%11%
    Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues15%6%6%4%
    Economics and Public Finance8%12%0%2%

    No agreement score.Needs at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills in the window.

    What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

    Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Bonner legislates on exactly the areas Bonner talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Bonner sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

    Back to topNext: Ideology

    Ideology

    Bonner sits at +0.72 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 93% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.67 to +0.78, which understates the uncertainty; from 88 donors and 987 roll calls.

    CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

    +0.72

    CSIP ideal point

    Approximate range +0.67 to +0.78. From 88 donors and 987 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

    ← More liberalMore conservative →0Bonner +0.7State House Republicans +0.4Georgia House +0.4All State House +0.1

    The outlined dot is Bonner, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Bonner’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

    What this means, and what it doesn’t

    The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

    Where Bonner sits

    Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

    −2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Bonner +0.7Georgia Housemedian +0.4All State Housemedian +0.1
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    Bonner's CSIP score of +0.72 placed against State House Republicans, Georgia House, All State House.
    GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Bonner
    State House Republicans2917+0.493%
    Georgia House180+0.496%
    All State House5324+0.196%
    How to read the strips

    Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Bonner in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Bonner.

    Back to topNext: Money

    Money

    Bonner reported $27.6K in the 2026 cycle, below the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 85% of itemized individual money came from Georgia.

    Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

    Election cycle
    $27.6K

    itemized in the 2026 cycle

    From 23 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

    Where the money came from

    Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

    Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)Individuals (itemized): $13.3K (48.1%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)PACs and other committees: $14.3K (51.9%)
    • Individuals (itemized)48 squares$13.3K
    • PACs and other committees52 squares$14.3K
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    Sources of Bonner's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
    SourceAmountShare
    Individuals (itemized)$13.3K48.1%
    PACs and other committees$14.3K51.9%
    What this means, and what it doesn’t

    Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

    Receipts by cycle

    Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

    2020 cycle: $32.8K$32.8K20202022 cycle: $25.9K$25.9K20222024 cycle: $40.4K$40.4K20242026 cycle: $27.6K$27.6K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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    Bonner's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
    ItemValue
    2020 cycle$32.8K
    2022 cycle$25.9K
    2024 cycle$40.4K
    2026 cycle$27.6K

    Top donor states, 2026

    Itemized contributions by donor state. 85% came from Georgia.

    1. Georgia$11.3K
    2. North Carolina$1,500
    3. Nevada$500

    Small donations

    State filings report no total for small gifts.

    Not reported in state filings.

    Where itemized donors live

    Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

    Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: no dataILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: no dataMINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: no dataMAOregon: no dataORNevada: $500NVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: no dataINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: $1,500NCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: $11.3KGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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    Bonner's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
    StateValue
    Georgia$11.3K
    North Carolina$1,500
    Nevada$500
    AlaskaNo data
    MaineNo data
    VermontNo data
    New HampshireNo data
    WashingtonNo data
    IdahoNo data
    MontanaNo data
    North DakotaNo data
    MinnesotaNo data
    IllinoisNo data
    WisconsinNo data
    MichiganNo data
    New YorkNo data
    Rhode IslandNo data
    MassachusettsNo data
    OregonNo data
    WyomingNo data
    South DakotaNo data
    IowaNo data
    IndianaNo data
    OhioNo data
    PennsylvaniaNo data
    New JerseyNo data
    ConnecticutNo data
    CaliforniaNo data
    UtahNo data
    ColoradoNo data
    NebraskaNo data
    MissouriNo data
    KentuckyNo data
    West VirginiaNo data
    VirginiaNo data
    MarylandNo data
    DelawareNo data
    ArizonaNo data
    New MexicoNo data
    KansasNo data
    ArkansasNo data
    TennesseeNo data
    South CarolinaNo data
    District of ColumbiaNo data
    OklahomaNo data
    LouisianaNo data
    MississippiNo data
    AlabamaNo data
    HawaiiNo data
    TexasNo data
    FloridaNo data
    23

    itemized donors

    People who gave more than $200

    85%

    from Georgia

    Of itemized individual dollars

    How to read the map

    Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Georgia. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

    Top donor occupations

    Itemized, 2026 cycle.

    1. EXECUTIVE$1,950 5 donors
    2. RETIRED$1,000 3 donors

    Top committees

    PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

    1. GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,300
    2. GEORGIA BETTER GOVERNMENT FUND$3,000
    3. COMMITTEE OF AUTOMOBILE RETAIL DEALERS OF GEORGIA$1,500
    4. GEORGIA HIGHWAY CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION PAC$1,000
    5. GMHA-GEORGIA MANUFACTURED HOUSING ASSOC. PAC$1,000

    Top employers

    Itemized, 2026 cycle.

    No employers reported.

    Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

    Back to topNext: Votes

    Votes

    Bonner voted with the majority of Georgia House Republicans on 98.8% of party-line votes and missed 2.5% of 1,391 roll calls. Georgia House on average: 97.2% party unity, 93.5% attendance. Across all roll calls, Bonner voted against the majority of Georgia House Republicans 21 times.

    1,391 roll calls Bonner could vote on in the GA 2025–26 session, compared with Georgia House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Bonner voted with the majority of Georgia House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

    21

    votes against the majority of Georgia House Republicans

    Party unity 98.8%, Georgia House average 97.2%, ranks 115th of 178. 1,391 roll calls in the GA 2025–26 session.

    Attendance and party unity

    The thick bar is Bonner, the thin grey bar the Georgia House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

    80%100%
    Bonner
    Peers
    Rank
    Attendance
    97.4%
    93.5%
    83rd of 180
    Party unity
    98.8%
    97.2%
    115th of 178
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    Bonner's attendance and party unity against Georgia House.
    RowBonnerPeers
    Attendance97.4%93.5%
    Party unity98.8%97.2%
    What this means, and what it doesn’t

    A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

    Key votes

    25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the GA 2025–26 session

    Key votes
    Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
    Jun 23, 2026
    HB 78
    Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Local Calendar
    YeaWith majorityfailD 2–71 · R 94–0Democrats 2 yea, 71 nay; Republicans 94 yea, 0 naymuch discussed
    Jun 23, 2026
    SB 3
    Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish
    PASSAGE
    YeaWith majoritypassD 1–76 · R 93–3Democrats 1 yea, 76 nay; Republicans 93 yea, 3 naybecame law · close vote
    Jun 23, 2026
    HB 78
    Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Local Calendar
    YeaWith majoritypassD 2–72 · R 95–0Democrats 2 yea, 72 nay; Republicans 95 yea, 0 naymuch discussed
    Jun 23, 2026
    HB 78
    Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Local Calendar
    YeaWith majorityfailD 2–72 · R 95–0Democrats 2 yea, 72 nay; Republicans 95 yea, 0 naymuch discussed
    Jun 22, 2026
    HB 61
    Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
    Local Calendar
    YeaWith majoritypassD 0–75 · R 97–0Democrats 0 yea, 75 nay; Republicans 97 yea, 0 naymuch discussed
    How key votes are chosen

    Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

    Votes most often with

    The colleagues who voted the same way as Bonner most often

    1. David JenkinsR1,207 shared votes99%
    2. Angie O'SteenR1,180 shared votes99%
    3. Bill FincherR775 shared votes99%
    4. Johnny ChastainR1,348 shared votes99%
    5. Mike CameronR1,348 shared votes99%

    Votes least often with

    The colleagues who voted the same way as Bonner least often

    1. Akbar AliD779 shared votes59%
    2. Eric GislerD782 shared votes60%
    3. Gabriel SanchezD1,270 shared votes64%
    4. Ruwa RommanD1,204 shared votes65%
    5. Mekyah McQueenD1,147 shared votes66%
    How to read the agreement lists

    The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

    Full voting record

    GA 2025–26 session, loads in batches

    Back to topNext: Legislation

    Legislation

    Bonner sponsored 104 bills in the GA 2025–26 session; 19 became law. Cosponsored 0 others. 68% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House average 66%; 80th of 177).

    The bills Bonner sponsored and cosponsored in the GA 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

    Bills by stage

    Counts for the GA 2025–26 session

    Sponsored104 billsSponsored, Introduced: 104104Sponsored, In committee: 8686Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 7171Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 2525Sponsored, Became law: 1919Cosponsored0 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 00Cosponsored, In committee: 00Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 00Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 00Cosponsored, Became law: 00IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
    Show the data
    Bills Bonner sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
    RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
    Sponsored10486712519
    Cosponsored00000
    How to read the blocks

    Ink blocks are bills Bonner sponsored, ochre blocks bills Bonner cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

    68%

    of sponsored bills got out of committee

    Georgia House average 66%. Ranks 80th of 177.

    Cosponsorship partners

    Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Bonner, by number of shared bills in the GA 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

    1. Karen Mathiak22
    2. David Jenkins21
    3. Lynn Smith18
    4. Chas Cannon18
    5. Lydia Glaize18
    What this means, and what it doesn’t

    The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Bonner’s bills; the toggle shows more.

    Bill list

    Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

    Bills sponsored and cosponsored
    HR 47Hilton, Robert Lund; Chris Ann Chapman Hilton; commendSponsorJun 22, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedHouse Read and Adopted Jun 22, 2026
    HB 80Fayette County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemptionSponsorJun 18, 2026Passed one chamberTaxation(model)House Lost Reconsidered Bill/Resolution Jun 23, 2026
    HR 9Barrera, Joshua; commendSponsorJun 17, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedHouse Read and Adopted Jun 17, 2026
    HR 8Dover, Olivia; commendSponsorJun 17, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedHouse Read and Adopted Jun 17, 2026
    HR 2132Elm Street Elementary School; 70th anniversary; recognizeSponsorApr 2, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedHouse Read and Adopted Apr 2, 2026

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    Online

    A site that has not changed in 90 days. Bonner’s official site had 0 pages when last crawled.

    The lab crawls Bonner’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Bonner posts with a vision model.

    Websites

    How to read the counts

    “Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

    Images Bonner posted

    No images from Bonner’s posts have been described.

    About the descriptions

    Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

    State floor speeches

    No transcribed state floor speeches are matched to this legislator yet.

    Floor speeches

    Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

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    Methods and sources

    How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

    The headline

    The headline is the measure on which Bonner is most unusual among State House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

    The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

    A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

    Identifiers

    Profile id
    0e45048c-c1a4-415f-9ee4-5d09ea857e2e
    Open States
    ocd-person/0e45048c-c1a4-415f-9ee4-5d09ea857e2e

    Bulk files with the same data for every official:

    Freshness of this profile’s data

    • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
    • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
    • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
    • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
    • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
    • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
    • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

    How the measures work

    What politicians say
    Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
    Extreme labels
    A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
    Policy areas and agreement
    Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
    Ideology (CSIP)
    Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
    Campaign money
    Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
    Votes and key votes
    Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
    Peers and ranks
    Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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