# Matt Simpson

Matt Simpson is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 96.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 96
- Serving since: 2018-11-07
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/52046189-0464-4140-9cdf-b6c66312d49d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/52046189-0464-4140-9cdf-b6c66312d49d (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

Simpson reported $336.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

294 classified statements: 294 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 | Simpson | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.9% | 474 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.3% | 9.3% | 671 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 8.5% | 31.9% | 713 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 1.8% | 467 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.1% | 12.7% | 521 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 60% (State House Republicans 11%); Government Operations and Politics 16% (State House Republicans 18%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 8.0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Economics and Public Finance 8.0% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 8.0% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.24 (standard error 0.02), from 63 donors and 690 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 20 bills: 20 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 70.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 44 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 335: Burke Ramagosa, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR335/
- HR 339: City of Spanish Fort and Baldwin County, supported (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR339/
- HR 290: Daphne Girls Wrestling Team, congratulated (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR290/
- HB 617: Solar power facilities; new facilities prohibited for one year (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB617/
- HB 618: Solar farms; certain county commissions authorized to establish zoning requirements, penalties for violations and appeal process provided (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB618/
- HB 589: Retirement; active participating judges, clerks, and district attorneys allowed to purchase withdrawn service from District Attorneys Plan and Judges' and… (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB589/
- HR 161: Judge Jody Bishop, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR161/
- HJR 34: Crime Clearance Data Task Force, created (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR34/
- HB 274: Department of Corrections; mitigation of unmanned aircraft systems authorized, exemptions on prohibition further provided for (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB274/
- HB 196: Public high schools, required to designate time and space for military recruiters to administer the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery to students on… (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB196/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $336.0K (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.

- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattSimpson/status/2112006418991608219
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattSimpson/status/2111811161180311716
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattSimpson/status/2111553719477416372
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattSimpson/status/2111595347776544818
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattSimpson/status/2111596962499711231
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattSimpson/status/2109639622712332330
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattSimpson/status/2109105869518770573
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattSimpson/status/2109117922610163862
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattSimpson/status/2109121332256399715
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattSimpson/status/2109326888606806394

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- X: https://x.com/MattSimpson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepMattSimpson/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-simpson-92b4132a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/52046189-0464-4140-9cdf-b6c66312d49d