# Thomas Jackson

Thomas Jackson is a Democratic member of the Alabama House for district 68.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama House, district 68
- Serving since: 1994-11-01
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3d737a2a-6fdf-4939-838d-4f035a647e23

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3d737a2a-6fdf-4939-838d-4f035a647e23 (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

92% of the 48 bills Jackson sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Alabama House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.46 (standard error 0.02), from 22 donors and 651 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 48 bills: 48 reached committee, 44 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 0. 91.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 10 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 333: Arthur J. Scott, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR333/
- HR 323: Elder Robert Smith, Sr., celebrated (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR323/
- HR 296: Ila Frances Kimbrell Cornelius, death mourned (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR296/
- HJR 271: Naming the Special Agent Justin Williams Memorial Highway (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR271/
- HB 601: Creates the Rural Hospital Sustainability and Innovation Grant Program Act and Hospital Transformation and Innovation Fund to provide grants to preserve rural… (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB601/
- HB 573: Perry County; senior property tax exemption, authorized; constitutional amendment (became law, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB573/
- HB 551: Creates the Steel and Advanced Manufacturing Competitiveness Act; creates Steel Industry Relief and Investment Grant Program; creates the Manufacturing… (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB551/
- HB 538: Wilcox County; senior property tax exemption, authorized; constitutional amendment (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB538/
- HR 194: Henry Lee Goshay, death mourned (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR194/
- HR 193: March 3, 2026, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, Day at the Capitol; recognized (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR193/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $108.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1&search=jackson
- Campaign site: https://jackson4alabama.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jthomase68/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3d737a2a-6fdf-4939-838d-4f035a647e23