# Karlton Howard

Karlton Howard is a Democratic member of the Georgia House for district 129.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Georgia House, district 129
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4b3fdb35-d3fb-40aa-843e-d3900df37ce4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b3fdb35-d3fb-40aa-843e-d3900df37ce4 (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

Howard sits at −0.38 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 84% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.38 (standard error 0.04), from 41 donors and 366 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 100% (97.2%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · 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 nay · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 40 bills: 32 reached committee, 30 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 40 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1994: Leonard, Madrean Peoples; honoring the life and memory; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1994/
- HR 1930: Copeland, First Lady Sarah Reynolds; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1930/
- HR 1932: Copeland, Rev. Dr. Rufus; occasion of his 40th pastoral anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1932/
- HR 1888: Chairman Don A. Grantham Interchange; Richmond County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1888/
- HR 1757: Harden, Reverend Howard D.; honoring the life and memory; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1757/
- HR 1781: Abundant Life Full Gospel Baptist Church; occasion of its anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1781/
- HR 1786: National Council of Negro Women Inc.-Georgia State Coalition; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1786/
- HR 1655: House Study Committee on Diabetes Related Amputations; create (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1655/
- HR 1614: Kornegay, Pastor Nancy; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1614/
- HR 1544: Weintraub, Neal, M.D.; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1544/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/5056?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.karltonhoward.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karlton.howard

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b3fdb35-d3fb-40aa-843e-d3900df37ce4