# Wes Kitchens

Wes Kitchens is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2024-01-23
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3f143edf-eac6-4bee-89b3-c5ac0b0b856e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3f143edf-eac6-4bee-89b3-c5ac0b0b856e (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

Kitchens reported $234.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

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

27 classified statements: 27 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 | Kitchens | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 3.7% | 9.5% | 223 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 40.7% | 37.3% | 159 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 29.6% | 15.4% | 50 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 18% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Transportation and Public Works 18% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Armed Forces and National Security 9.1% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Commerce 9.1% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%); Crime and Law Enforcement 9.1% (State Senate Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.02), from 125 donors and 637 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 14 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 379: Madison County, City of Owens Cross Roads annexation (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB379/
- SB 362: Rural areas; create a tiered rural classification schedule (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB362/
- SB 312: Marshall County; volunteer fire districts, annexation of new areas, application of fire service fee, enforcement (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB312/
- SB 219: Insurance, to provide that service contract provider registration fees be paid into the Special Examination Revolving Fund instead of the Service Contract… (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB219/
- SB 175: Marshall County; abandoned and stolen property, auction procedures revised (became law, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB175/
- SB 64: Marshall County; custodian of voting tabulators, selection committee, salary increased, duties clarified (became law, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB64/
- SB 65: Marshall County; compensation of the county revenue commissioner (became law, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB65/
- SB 42: Municipal elections; runoff elections, procedures revised (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB42/
- SB 33: Veteran license tags; certain veterans exposed to radiation added to those eligible for distinctive tag (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB33/
- SB 32: Solid waste collection fees; veterans' benefits sole income households exempted (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB32/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $234.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/wes_kitchens/status/2111797465460736143
- 2026-05-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/wes_kitchens/status/2052233462493380834
- 2026-05-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/wes_kitchens/status/2051283787376431540
- 2026-04-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/wes_kitchens/status/2042973090100003256
- 2026-04-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/wes_kitchens/status/2039373105269764492
- 2025-12-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/wes_kitchens/status/2004167938019062228
- 2025-11-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/wes_kitchens/status/1994074665250107897
- 2025-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/wes_kitchens/status/1970950400376443261
- 2025-09-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/wes_kitchens/status/1962955026453733509
- 2025-07-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/wes_kitchens/status/1945912627537822011

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/senate-leaders-members?tab=1&search=kitchens
- Campaign site: https://mclo.org/index.php/legislator/wes-kitchens
- X: https://x.com/wes_kitchens
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteWesKitchens/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weskitchens/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wes-kitchens-065550213/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3f143edf-eac6-4bee-89b3-c5ac0b0b856e