# Phillip Ensler

Phillip Ensler is a Democratic member of the Alabama House for district 74.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama House, district 74
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/397cb6b4-54fe-42e2-9135-7b440d925649

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/397cb6b4-54fe-42e2-9135-7b440d925649 (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

The policy areas Ensler talks about and legislates on agree at 0.25 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

99 classified statements: 99 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 | Ensler | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 6.1% | 10.4% | 443 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 32.3% | 39.2% | 498 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 11.1% | 2.9% | 20 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 14.1% | 14.4% | 334 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 25% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Education 25% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 19% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Health 16% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 9.4% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.43 (standard error 0.02), from 433 donors and 230 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 20 bills: 19 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 0. 55.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 76 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 338: Montgomery Alumnae Chapter, Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity, celebrated (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR338/
- HR 264: Jewish American Heritage Month, May 2026, designated (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR264/
- HB 446: Dogs; required methods of confinement provided; persons and activities exempted; criminal penalty for, animal control officer enforcement of violations… (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB446/
- HB 449: Alabama Lottery, established; Alabama Lottery Corporation, established to operate and regulate lottery games; revenue distribution, provided; criminal… (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB449/
- HB 447: Montgomery County; judge of probate, authorized to register wills (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB447/
- HB 448: Alabama Lottery established; Alabama Lottery Corporation established to administer lottery; Tribal-State compact authorized; constitutional amendment (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB448/
- HR 16: Claudette Colvin, death mourned (introduced, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR16/
- HR 317: Alabama State University GEAR UP Students, commended (passed one chamber, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR317/
- HR 318: 77th Independence Day of the State of Israel, commemorated (passed one chamber, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR318/
- HR 293: Judge Williams, honored (passed one chamber, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR293/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.5K (State House Democrats median $5,075). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/EnslerPhillip/status/2114531427211739437
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EnslerPhillip/status/2113259562962727275
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/EnslerPhillip/status/2098389192669647201
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/EnslerPhillip/status/2095905878956200173
- 2026-08-31 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/EnslerPhillip/status/2094515886845505657
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/EnslerPhillip/status/2073395605741658425
- 2026-06-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/EnslerPhillip/status/2067235325462663586
- 2026-05-21 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/EnslerPhillip/status/2057260754458296491
- 2026-04-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EnslerPhillip/status/2049514990764237019
- 2026-04-11 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/EnslerPhillip/status/2042785372610941242

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- Campaign site: https://phillipensler.com/
- X: https://x.com/EnslerPhillip
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phillipensler/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phil_ensler_/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@phillipensler

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/397cb6b4-54fe-42e2-9135-7b440d925649