# Mack Butler

Mack Butler is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 28.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 28
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5071243c-3e2d-4acb-ac8d-0d3a8af3eb8a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5071243c-3e2d-4acb-ac8d-0d3a8af3eb8a (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 Butler’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Alabama, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

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

4 classified statements: 4 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 | Butler | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 25.0% | 31.9% | 486 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 25.0% | 12.7% | 109 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 100% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Crime and Law Enforcement 0% (State House Republicans 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.04), from 53 donors and 239 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 34 bills: 34 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 0. 55.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 72 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 299: Kristi Bridges Smith, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR299/
- HB 630: Etowah County; number of continuous days that lodging must be supplied before lodging tax no longer applies extended (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB630/
- HB 631: Etowah County, obsolete laws repealed (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB631/
- HB 633: Etowah County, membership of personnel board (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB633/
- HB 632: Etowah County, privilege and license tax on lodging, time of continuous supply for tax exemption increased (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB632/
- HB 508: Etowah County, repeals local constitutional amendment prohibiting municipalities not located wholly within the boundaries of the county on January 1, 1986,… (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB508/
- HB 475: Public Service Commission; number of commissioners expanded to represent congressional districts, phase-in by election provided, term of office revised,… (became law, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB475/
- HB 474: Public Investments; to prohibit the Board of Control of the Employees' Retirement System and the Teachers' Retirement System from investing with restricted… (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB474/
- HB 420: Crimes and offenses; discharging a firearm into an occupied school bus or building, penalty increased (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB420/
- HB 353: Public K-12 education; Advanced Math Pathway created and provided for (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB353/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $81.1K (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.

- 2025-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMackButler/status/1969502035591458970
- 2025-06-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMackButler/status/1937287221306097888
- 2025-05-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepMackButler/status/1920197139042349500
- 2025-04-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMackButler/status/1913047252131594617

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- Campaign site: https://mackbutler.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepMackButler
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mack.butler.12/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectMackButler/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/macknbutler/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mack-butler-457b5921/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5071243c-3e2d-4acb-ac8d-0d3a8af3eb8a