# Paul Rose

Paul Rose is a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate for district 32.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Tennessee Senate, district 32
- Serving since: 2019-03-12
- Current term: TN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1793564f-19a5-4ac9-91c3-7cbb47843c2b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1793564f-19a5-4ac9-91c3-7cbb47843c2b (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

100% of Rose’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Tennessee, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 243 donors and 1,099 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TN 2025–26 session)

4,439 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Tennessee Senate 99.6%). Party unity 100% (95.3%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1530 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jordyn Brown, Salutatorian, Gordonsville High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1530/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1267 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Liya Rakeshbhai Patel, Valedictorian, Cumberland County High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1267/
- 2026-04-23 · voted nay · FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/23/2026 Failed · HB 2585 Damages - As introduced, states that the amount of damages awarded as noneconomic damages must not exceed $1 million in a health care liability action… · fail · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2585/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1578 Memorials, Interns - Indian Clay - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1578/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1268 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nicolo Azzani, Salutatorian, Cumberland County High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1268/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1539 Memorials, Retirement - Dickson County Mayor Robert "Bob" Rial - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1539/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1247 Memorials, Sports - Reese McCann - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1247/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1564 Memorials, Retirement - Jackie Wilkerson - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1564/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1250 Memorials, Recognition - Tom Midyett - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1250/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1658 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Kadence Saige Phillips, Salutatorian, Monterey High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1658/

## Legislation (TN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 129 bills: 129 reached committee, 85 passed one chamber, 32 passed both, 30 became law. Cosponsored 0. 78.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Tennessee Senate 70.0%; rank 11 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 374: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Noelle Minton, Salutatorian, Munford High School - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR374/
- SR 386: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Abigail Mitchell, Valedictorian, Halls High School - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR386/
- SR 373: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Andrea Sena, Valedictorian, Munford High School - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR373/
- SR 379: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Alexander Li, Salutatorian, Arlington High School - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR379/
- SR 372: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Maleah Torres, Salutatorian, Brighton High School - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR372/
- SR 377: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dennise Alfonso, Valedictorian, Bartlett High School - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR377/
- SR 384: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Samuel Beasley, Valedictorian, Halls High School - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR384/
- SR 387: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Briana Mason, Valedictorian, Covington High School - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR387/
- SR 368: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Luke Land, Valedictorian, Halls High School - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR368/
- SR 383: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Mattie Bridges, Salutatorian, Tipton Christian Academy - (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SR383/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $45.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=S32&ga=114
- Campaign site: https://paulroseforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/PaulRoseTN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulrosetn/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulrosetn/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1793564f-19a5-4ac9-91c3-7cbb47843c2b