# Danny Burgess Danny Burgess is a Republican member of the Florida Senate for district 23. - Party: Republican - Seat: Florida Senate, district 23 - Serving since: 2022-11-08 - Current term: FL 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/55815523-33b5-4d42-9864-28e00b805e68 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55815523-33b5-4d42-9864-28e00b805e68 (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 70% of the 57 bills Burgess sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Florida Senate. ## What Burgess says (FL 2025–26 session) 643 classified statements: 643 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Burgess | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.3% | 173 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 1.1% | 9.5% | 287 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 20.7% | 37.3% | 278 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 1.4% | 2.3% | 182 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 13.5% | 15.4% | 178 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 26% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Armed Forces and National Security 25% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Emergency Management 13% (State Senate Republicans 3.1%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Science, Technology, Communications 6.8% (State Senate Republicans 2.5%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.53 (standard error 0.02), from 369 donors and 618 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (FL 2025–26 session) 909 roll calls. Attendance 94.0% (Florida Senate 95.0%). Party unity 98.7% (90%). 1 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/ - 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · HJR 1F Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/HJR1F/ - 2026-04-29 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1D Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/HB1D/ - 2026-04-28 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 4D Public Records/Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/SB4D/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · SB 628 Transportation Facility Designations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB628/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 399 Land Use and Development Regulations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB399/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1279 Education · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1279/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · HB 1451 Utility Services · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1451/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · HB 1389 Affordable Housing · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1389/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · SB 7040 Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund/Executive Office of the Governor · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB7040/ ## Legislation (FL 2025–26 session) Sponsored 57 bills: 57 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 18. 70.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida Senate 50.9%; rank 6 of 36). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 2514E: Pre-K-12 Education (passed both chambers, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/SB2514E/ - SR 1816: CyberBay (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SR1816/ - SB 1666: Department of Business and Professional Regulation (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1666/ - SB 1556: Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund/Department of Health (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1556/ - SB 1652: Terminology Associated with Autism (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1652/ - SB 1656: Designation of the Official State Flagship (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1656/ - SB 1554: Public Records/Experimental Treatment Outcomes (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1554/ - SB 1552: Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions and Life-threatening Rare Diseases (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1552/ - SB 1514: Public Records and Meetings/Space Florida (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1514/ - SB 1512: Space Florida (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1512/ ## Campaign money (2024 cycle) Itemized receipts $111.0K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 86% 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. - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/dannyburgessfl/status/2114761080056549883 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/dannyburgessfl/status/2114365415379947945 - 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/dannyburgessfl/status/2113798305285079515 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/dannyburgessfl/status/2113247516947087836 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/dannyburgessfl/status/2113362356378259609 - 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/dannyburgessfl/status/2112177273335865637 - 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/dannyburgessfl/status/2112204082396209429 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/dannyburgessfl/status/2109980010538848436 - 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/dannyburgessfl/status/2109287364417950024 - 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/dannyburgessfl/status/2108566635674014119 ## Links - Official site: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/S23 - X: https://x.com/dannyburgessfl - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dannyburgessfl/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-burgess-7285976b/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55815523-33b5-4d42-9864-28e00b805e68