# Aundré Bumgardner

Aundré Bumgardner is a Democratic member of the Connecticut House for district 41.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Connecticut House, district 41
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: CT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/32ad6577-b1ee-411f-9dca-e40e06226703

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/32ad6577-b1ee-411f-9dca-e40e06226703 (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 Bumgardner’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Connecticut, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## What Bumgardner says (CT 2025–26 session)

7 classified statements: 7 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Bumgardner | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 28.6% | 10.4% | 50 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 42.9% | 39.2% | 331 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 67% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Economics and Public Finance 33% (State House Democrats 11%); Government Operations and Politics 33% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.84 (standard error 0.04), from 396 donors and 403 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (CT 2025–26 session)

754 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Connecticut House 96.7%). Party unity 97.8% (95.0%). 9 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 391 AN ACT CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY OF BREAST CANCER SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR WOMEN COMMITTED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB391/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · HB 5563 AN ACT CONCERNING VARIOUS CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROPOSALS, CERTIFICATES OF APPROVAL FOR AIRPORTS, HELIPORTS, VERTIPORTS, RESTRICTED… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5563/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 307 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISIONS TO THE COMMERCE STATUTES AND PROHIBITING… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB307/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 306 AN ACT CONCERNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY STRATEGY. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB306/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 220 AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT LITERACY, ASPIRING EDUCATORS, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AS PART OF THE WORLD LANGUAGES CURRICULUM AND THE PARAEDUCATOR HEALTH… · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB220/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 375 AN ACT CONCERNING SCHOOL MAPPING DATA SERVICES. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB375/
- 2026-05-06 · voted nay · House Roll Call Vote · HB 5281 AN ACT CONCERNING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5281/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 247 AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB247/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 457 AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE'S BOTTLE BILL. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB457/
- 2026-05-06 · voted yea · House Roll Call Vote · SB 430 AN ACT ADOPTING THE INTEGRATED SETTING STANDARD OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES. · pass · https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB430/

## Legislation (CT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 115 bills: 115 reached committee, 37 passed one chamber, 31 passed both, 31 became law. Cosponsored 0. 32.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Connecticut House 35.3%; rank 79 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 388: AN ACT CONCERNING THE MASHANTUCKET PEQUOT AND MOHEGAN FUND. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB388/
- HB 5422: AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA. (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5422/
- HB 5447: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRANSFORMING CHILDREN'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING COMMITTEE. (became law, 2026-05-19) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5447/
- HB 5442: AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR AND TAX AGREEMENTS RELATED TO CERTAIN CLASS I RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES. (became law, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5442/
- HB 5536: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE SHORT-TERM RENTAL REGISTRY. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5536/
- SB 1: AN ACT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS TO THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2027, MAKING DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30,… (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB1/
- HB 5114: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A REFUNDABLE CREDIT AGAINST THE PERSONAL INCOME TAX FOR A PORTION OF ANNUAL RENT PAYMENTS MADE BY A TAXPAYER FOR A PRIMARY RESIDENCE IN… (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5114/
- SB 259: AN ACT CONCERNING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION. (became law, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB259/
- HB 5567: AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH CARE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION FACILITIES. (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/HB5567/
- SB 89: AN ACT UPDATING PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION STANDARDS. (became law, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ct/bills/2026/SB89/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,055 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2026-06-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/aundrebum/status/2069959618780860851
- 2025-08-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/aundrebum/status/1959004168724619465
- 2025-04-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/aundrebum/status/1915856209501900867
- 2025-04-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/aundrebum/status/1910641124064059617
- 2025-02-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/aundrebum/status/1886065719973974318
- 2025-02-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/aundrebum/status/1886068144348766211
- 2025-01-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/aundrebum/status/1881015590539952146

## Links

- Official site: https://www.housedems.ct.gov/Bumgardner
- X: https://x.com/aundrebum
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aundrebumgardner
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aundre4ct
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aundrebumgardner/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/32ad6577-b1ee-411f-9dca-e40e06226703