# Josh Bonner Josh Bonner is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 73. - Party: Republican - Seat: Georgia House, district 73 - Serving since: 2023-01-09 - Current term: GA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/0e45048c-c1a4-415f-9ee4-5d09ea857e2e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0e45048c-c1a4-415f-9ee4-5d09ea857e2e (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 Bonner sits at +0.72 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State House Republicans. ## What Bonner says (GA 2025–26 session) 42 classified statements: 42 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 | Bonner | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 4.8% | 9.3% | 462 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 30.9% | 31.9% | 389 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 4.8% | 1.8% | 77 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 11.9% | 12.7% | 348 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 2.4% | 1.4% | 167 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 23% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Government Operations and Politics 23% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 23% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Economics and Public Finance 7.7% (State House Republicans 12%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.72 (standard error 0.03), from 88 donors and 987 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (GA 2025–26 session) 1,391 roll calls. Attendance 97.4% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 98.8% (97.2%). 21 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/ - 2026-06-23 · voted yea · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/ - 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/ - 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/ - 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/ - 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/ - 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/ - 2026-06-20 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/ - 2026-06-20 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/ - 2026-04-03 · voted yea · House Vote #880 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 1409 Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1409/ ## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session) Sponsored 104 bills: 86 reached committee, 71 passed one chamber, 25 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 0. 68.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 80 of 177). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 47: Hilton, Robert Lund; Chris Ann Chapman Hilton; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR47/ - HB 80: Fayette County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB80/ - HR 9: Barrera, Joshua; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR9/ - HR 8: Dover, Olivia; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR8/ - HR 2132: Elm Street Elementary School; 70th anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2132/ - HR 2043: Blackburn, Bob; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2043/ - HB 1606: Crimes; offense of disruption of a worship service; provide (introduced, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1606/ - HR 1992: Hearn, Major General George J., Jr.; honoring life, military service, and civic contributions; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1992/ - HR 1983: Brady, Keith; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1983/ - HB 1592: Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act; enact (introduced, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1592/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $27.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 85% 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. - 2026-06-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/BonnerforGA/status/2066679594560770336 - 2026-05-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/BonnerforGA/status/2059388447572267365 - 2026-05-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/BonnerforGA/status/2056922176121450792 - 2026-05-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/BonnerforGA/status/2053510457663578600 - 2026-05-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/BonnerforGA/status/2053095176462062052 - 2026-05-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/BonnerforGA/status/2051438550021767247 - 2026-04-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/BonnerforGA/status/2040530798953333012 - 2026-03-03 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BonnerforGA/status/2028961620504764569 - 2026-02-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BonnerforGA/status/2026742456289554897 - 2026-02-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BonnerforGA/status/2020658321204674951 ## Links - Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/4893?session=1031 - Campaign site: http://www.bonnerforstatehouse.com/ - X: https://x.com/BonnerforGA - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bonnerforstatehouse - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-bonner-6ba4768/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0e45048c-c1a4-415f-9ee4-5d09ea857e2e