# Emory Dunahoo

Emory Dunahoo is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 31
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3b2b9f31-6859-4582-8d82-581597c0c178

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3b2b9f31-6859-4582-8d82-581597c0c178 (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

Dunahoo sits at +0.84 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.84 (standard error 0.03), from 85 donors and 968 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 93.3% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 96.9% (97.2%). 54 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 44 bills: 27 reached committee, 26 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 0. 59.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 129 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1574: Motor vehicles; certain convictions of homicide by vehicle when operating such vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs; require restitution (introduced, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1574/
- HB 1578: Arcade, Town of; municipality; clarify name (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1578/
- HR 1677: Hughes, Jason; honoring the life and memory; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1677/
- HR 1618: Wrestling programs of Jackson County High School, Jefferson High School, Commerce High School, and East Jackson High School for their outstanding… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1618/
- HB 1375: Hall County; State Court; judges; restate provisions (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1375/
- HR 1414: Collinson, Andrew; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1414/
- HR 1411: Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1411/
- HR 1413: North Hall High School girls cross country team; winning the 2025 GHSA Class 3A State Cross Country Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1413/
- HB 1340: Hall County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; homestead exemption; increase income cap (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1340/
- HB 1350: Georgia Medical Freedom Act; enact (introduced, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1350/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/797?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.emorydunahoo.com/
- X: https://x.com/EmoryDunahooJr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emorydunahoojrgastatehousedistrict30
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emorydunahoojr/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emory-dunahoo-78550041/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3b2b9f31-6859-4582-8d82-581597c0c178