# Adline Clarke

Adline Clarke is a Democratic member of the Alabama House for district 97.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama House, district 97
- Serving since: 2013-05-21
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4cb1aeb5-d822-4f2c-a7e6-ae2a132acf17

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4cb1aeb5-d822-4f2c-a7e6-ae2a132acf17 (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

Clarke sits at −0.36 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 86% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.36 (standard error 0.02), from 39 donors and 606 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 29 bills: 29 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 65.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 56 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 347: Sidney Mae Brown, 100th Birthday, celebrated (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR347/
- HR 304: Cheryl Smiley Williams, death mourned (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR304/
- HB 648: Tourism; creates a grant program for boosting state tourism economies affected by global trade disruptions and foreign travel slowdowns; creates a competitive… (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB648/
- HJR 269: Bishop State Community College Men's Basketball Team, congratulated (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR269/
- HJR 261: Commonwealth National Bank, celebrated (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR261/
- HJR 252: Commonwealth National Bank, celebrated (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR252/
- HR 230: Thomas Michele Withers, death mourned (passed one chamber, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR230/
- HB 553: Tourism; creates a grant program for boosting state tourism economies affected by global trade disruptions and foreign travel slowdowns; creates a competitive… (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB553/
- HR 169: Eugene Austin Moseley, Sr., death mourned (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR169/
- HJR 159: McGill-Toolen Catholic High School Volleyball Team, congratulated (became law, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR159/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $135.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- Campaign site: https://www.voteadline.com/
- X: https://x.com/voteadline
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adline.clarke
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adline.clarke_/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4cb1aeb5-d822-4f2c-a7e6-ae2a132acf17