# Chris Blackshear

Chris Blackshear is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 80.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 80
- Serving since: 2016-01-29
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6b644492-bb54-496c-8ad3-22ec002056d4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6b644492-bb54-496c-8ad3-22ec002056d4 (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

Blackshear reported $253.8K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

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

36 classified statements: 36 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 | Blackshear | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 779 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.09 (standard error 0.02), from 52 donors and 674 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 11% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 0. 82.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 21 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 283: Chattahoochee Valley Community College women's basketball team, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR283/
- HJR 215: Ron Ingram, commended (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR215/
- HB 542: Highways; Department of Transportation required to reimburse certain utilities for required facility relocation, subject to conditions (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB542/
- HR 164: Clarence Taylor, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR164/
- HJR 17: Alabama Community College Football Study Commission, created (became law, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR17/
- HB 104: Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property; allow finders to contract and locate State Treasurer property, account for digital assets (became law, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB104/
- HR 367: House Interim Commission on Utility Relocation Costs, established (passed one chamber, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR367/
- HJR 350: Joint Interim Commission on Utility Relocation Costs, established (in committee, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HJR350/
- HB 606: Public highways; relocation of certain utility facilities associated with the construction of public highways, provided (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB606/
- HB 422: Russell County; distribution of county share of state gasoline excise tax to municipalities in county, repealed (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB422/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $253.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 78% 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.

- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/chrisblackshear/status/2102436202238382310
- 2026-09-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/chrisblackshear/status/2096206522070040782
- 2026-09-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/chrisblackshear/status/2096219707518882184
- 2026-08-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/chrisblackshear/status/2090364489002590631
- 2026-08-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/chrisblackshear/status/2087335466022453494
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/chrisblackshear/status/2073526129126776867
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/chrisblackshear/status/2072655773528740306
- 2026-07-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/chrisblackshear/status/2072290849036149143
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/chrisblackshear/status/2071936703611162666
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/chrisblackshear/status/2071960218573889899

## Links

- Official site: https://sengov.com/states/alabama/chris-blackshear/
- X: https://x.com/chrisblackshear
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chrisblackshearforstatehouse
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cblacksh/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-blackshear-16421937

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6b644492-bb54-496c-8ad3-22ec002056d4