# Mike Cheokas

Mike Cheokas is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 151.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 151
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1831cc73-e694-4cea-83a4-b55c3495f76a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1831cc73-e694-4cea-83a4-b55c3495f76a (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

81% of Cheokas’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.03), from 56 donors and 969 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 92.6% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 97.7% (97.2%). 13 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 61 bills: 51 reached committee, 44 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 0. 72.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 51 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 34: Plains, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB34/
- HB 35: Webster County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB35/
- HB 2: Sumter County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB2/
- HR 2124: Naylor-Griffin, Tracie; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2124/
- HR 2009: Hall, Danny; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2009/
- HR 1995: Whaley, Kristen Morgan; honoring the life and memory; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1995/
- HR 1832: House Study Committee on the Assessment and Collection of Fees by Local Governments; create (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1832/
- HR 1733: Terrell Academy Lady Eagles; winning the 2026 GIAA AAA Basketball State Championship; congratulate (passed one chamber, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1733/
- HR 1683: Building Owners and Managers Association of Georgia (BOMA Georgia); BOMA Georgia Day at the state capitol; February 3, 2026; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1683/
- HB 1523: Sumter County Public Facilities Authority; create (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1523/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $18.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 81% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/81?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.votemikecheokas.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikecheokas/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikecheokasga/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1831cc73-e694-4cea-83a4-b55c3495f76a