# Gary Richardson

Gary Richardson is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 125.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 125
- Serving since: 2024-03-20
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/47fd36f3-f5d4-4ef6-a429-1ffc7681e233

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/47fd36f3-f5d4-4ef6-a429-1ffc7681e233 (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 Richardson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.53 (standard error 0.05), from 95 donors and 366 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 97.3% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.1% (97.2%). 16 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 26 bills: 21 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 65.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 102 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1834: Cofer, Dorothy; honoring the life and memory; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1834/
- HR 1651: Senator Joey Brush Memorial Intersection; Columbia County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1651/
- HR 1625: Graziano, Retired Master Sergeant Louis C.; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1625/
- HB 1448: Georgia Local Government Finance Authority Act; enact (introduced, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1448/
- HR 1415: Master Sgt. Gary I. Gordon Memorial Highway; Richmond County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1415/
- HR 1267: Emergency Management Association of Georgia; Emergency Management Association Day at the state capitol; 02/26/26; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1267/
- HR 1178: General Assembly; provide by general law for local grant and adjustment programs; authorize (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1178/
- HB 1156: Local government; authorize establishment of local homeowner's incentive adjustment grant programs (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1156/
- HR 949: Trump, President Donald; Elon Musk; creation of the Department of Government Efficiency; commend (introduced, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR949/
- HB 905: Employees' Retirement System; any member shall be eligible to transfer funds to Judicial Retirement System; provide (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB905/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $38.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/47fd36f3-f5d4-4ef6-a429-1ffc7681e233