# Sam Givhan

Sam Givhan is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 7.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 2018-11-07
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/21753744-c2a0-45d4-90f8-3d4082c794d4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/21753744-c2a0-45d4-90f8-3d4082c794d4 (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

4.9% of Givhan’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans (average 37%).

## What Givhan says (AL 2025–26 session)

267 classified statements: 267 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Givhan | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.9% | 2.3% | 127 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 2.6% | 9.5% | 251 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 4.9% | 37.3% | 343 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.8% | 2.3% | 219 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 23% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 7.7% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Commerce 7.7% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%); Crime and Law Enforcement 7.7% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Finance and Financial Sector 7.7% (State Senate Republicans 1.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.87 (standard error 0.04), from 183 donors and 500 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 40 bills: 40 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 0. 70.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 11 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 101: Auburn University Architecture Program, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR101/
- SB 371: Madison County; senior property tax exemption authorized; constitutional amendment (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB371/
- SJR 60: Encouraging the Alabama Medicaid Agency to evaluate the overall costs of GLP-1 medications and report its findings (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR60/
- SB 302: Marion Military Institute; program to grant APOSTC certification to graduates, established (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB302/
- SB 271: Lieutenant Governor, vacancy in office, require the office be filled by election in certain circumstances, constitutional amendment (became law, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB271/
- SB 255: Quiet Title Claims; requirement to show tax payments in quiet title action exempted for nonprofit entities (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB255/
- SB 254: Board of Pardons and Paroles; discretion whether to grant or deny parole, further provided; review of parole violations, procedure further provided to require… (became law, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB254/
- SB 229: National Guard; duties of Legal Service Office positions revised and further provide for (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB229/
- SB 228: Alabama Space Authority, renamed Alabama Aerospace Authority; membership increased; duties and powers increased (became law, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB228/
- SB 231: Security; security provided at new Alabama State House, parking deck, and adjacent park (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB231/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $508.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/sam_givhan/status/2113432130537881868
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/sam_givhan/status/2113441082553799135
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sam_givhan/status/2113079402149921003
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/sam_givhan/status/2112391568430944390
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sam_givhan/status/2110558784112504951
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/sam_givhan/status/2109324366832091302
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/sam_givhan/status/2109324680322589026
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/sam_givhan/status/2108646072239436021
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/sam_givhan/status/2108003030477963667
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/sam_givhan/status/2104409255616856461

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/senate-leaders-members?tab=1&search=givhan
- Campaign site: https://samgivhan.com/
- X: https://x.com/sam_givhan
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Givhan.Sam/
- Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@samgivhan
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-givhan-20a046a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/21753744-c2a0-45d4-90f8-3d4082c794d4