# Danny Garrett

Danny Garrett is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 44.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 44
- Serving since: 2014-11-05
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4aab5f96-d36a-4274-9591-9922a353c10b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4aab5f96-d36a-4274-9591-9922a353c10b (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

Garrett reported $190.4K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

158 classified statements: 158 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Garrett | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.9% | 9.3% | 599 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 22.1% | 31.9% | 524 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.9% | 1.8% | 272 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 11.4% | 12.7% | 363 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 57% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 17% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 8.6% (State House Republicans 12%); Transportation and Public Works 8.6% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Agriculture and Food 5.7% (State House Republicans 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.24 (standard error 0.02), from 13 donors and 656 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 31% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 64.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 58 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 661: State song; "Stars Fell on Alabama" designated (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB661/
- HB 565: Higher education, College and Higher Education Excellence and Results (CHEER) Act established, bonus funding for eligible institutions authorized based on… (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB565/
- HB 562: Bonding authorities; authorize Legislature to participate on bonding authorities; constitutional amendment (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB562/
- HB 563: Education; CHOOSE Act's athletic-eligibility nondiscrimination provision, enforcement mechanism established; private right of action established (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB563/
- HB 250: Individual income taxes, to allow an exclusion from gross income for contributions to Trump Accounts and to make permanent the exclusion for amounts paid by… (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB250/
- HB 237: Education Opportunities Reserve Fund transfers for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB237/
- HB 236: Education Trust Fund Advancement and Technology Fund, appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB236/
- HB 235: Supplemental appropriations from the Education Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026 (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB235/
- HB 238: Appropriations from Education Trust Fund for the support, maintenance, and development of public education for fiscal year ending September 30, 2027 (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB238/
- HB 178: Public K-12 education; process for the consolidation of city school systems provided (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB178/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $190.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/DannyGarrett44/status/2111184960677671017
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DannyGarrett44/status/2104711667926110624
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DannyGarrett44/status/2102815482546110778
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DannyGarrett44/status/2102816871598772707
- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/DannyGarrett44/status/2089912137321771187
- 2026-08-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DannyGarrett44/status/2089863591876837537
- 2026-08-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/DannyGarrett44/status/2088290832646316294
- 2026-08-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DannyGarrett44/status/2087904950193893477
- 2026-08-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DannyGarrett44/status/2087661463938764951
- 2026-08-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DannyGarrett44/status/2087248367017726426

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- Campaign site: https://www.electdannygarrett.com/
- X: https://x.com/DannyGarrett44
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repdannygarrett
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j-daniel-danny-garrett-8918b532/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4aab5f96-d36a-4274-9591-9922a353c10b