# Kelvin Datcher

Kelvin Datcher is a Democratic member of the Alabama House for district 52.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama House, district 52
- Serving since: 2024-10-02
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/441922a8-63c1-498b-9de5-f5ee85d9dcf3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/441922a8-63c1-498b-9de5-f5ee85d9dcf3 (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 Datcher’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Alabama, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

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

169 classified statements: 169 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 | Datcher | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.1% | 2.5% | 160 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.6% | 10.4% | 659 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 4.7% | 39.2% | 733 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 50% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Government Operations and Politics 25% (State House Democrats 15%); Law 25% (State House Democrats 2.1%); Commerce 13% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Education 13% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.52 (standard error 0.07), from 249 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 84 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 321: Catherine Sarah Davis, 104th birthday, celebrated (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR321/
- HB 657: Income Taxes; to provide a one-time refundable income tax credit to qualified taxpayers (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB657/
- HB 649: Class 1 municipalities; creation of housing trust fund authorized (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB649/
- HB 402: Local land bank authorities; shorten tax sale redemption period; restrictions on geographic scope; creation of multijurisdictional land banks by agreement;… (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB402/
- HB 401: Relating to Alabama Housing Trust Fund; mortgage recording fee increase (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB401/
- HB 335: Jefferson County, pistol permits further provided for (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB335/
- HB 273: Municipal employees; eligible to receive grant funds paid through municipal treasury in certain circumstances (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB273/
- HR 381: Robert Smith, commended (passed both chambers, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR381/
- HB 557: Health benefit plans; process further specified for making coverage determinations with enforcement and oversight given to the Department of Insurance. (in committee, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB557/
- HJR 198: APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease Awareness Day; last Tuesday of each April, recognized (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HJR198/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $55.6K (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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/kdatcher/status/2113975544853528675
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/kdatcher/status/2113638898425557488
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/kdatcher/status/2111510451574149362
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/kdatcher/status/2111206113354064062
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/kdatcher/status/2110755397141172719
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/kdatcher/status/2109796858822586478
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/kdatcher/status/2110050570421612904
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/kdatcher/status/2109126873938587978
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/kdatcher/status/2108968208732668347
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/kdatcher/status/2108385459026198562

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- Campaign site: https://www.kelvindatcher.com/
- X: https://x.com/kdatcher
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelvindatcher/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Datcher-for-District-52-61557475504119/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/datcherfor52/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KelvinDatcher
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelvindatcher/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/441922a8-63c1-498b-9de5-f5ee85d9dcf3