# John Carson John Carson is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 46. - Party: Republican - Seat: Georgia House, district 46 - Serving since: 2011-01-01 - Current term: GA 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/713cac52-0a57-4baa-8273-6eeca5b491df Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/713cac52-0a57-4baa-8273-6eeca5b491df (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 Carson missed 12% of 1,391 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Georgia House (average 93.5%). ## What Carson says (GA 2025–26 session) 132 classified statements: 132 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 | Carson | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 2.3% | 9.3% | 574 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 50.0% | 31.9% | 130 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 3.0% | 1.8% | 171 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 28.0% | 12.7% | 81 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 1.5% | 1.4% | 241 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 21% (State House Republicans 15%); Taxation 20% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State House Republicans 18%); Law 11% (State House Republicans 3.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.03), from 259 donors and 937 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (GA 2025–26 session) 1,391 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.4% (97.2%). 4 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/ - 2026-06-23 · voted yea · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/ - 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/ - 2026-06-23 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/ - 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/ - 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/ - 2026-06-22 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/ - 2026-06-20 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/ - 2026-06-20 · voted yea · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/ - 2026-04-03 · voted yea · House Vote #880 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 1409 Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1409/ ## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session) Sponsored 58 bills: 47 reached committee, 42 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 0. 72.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 49 of 177). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 33: Cherokee County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB33/ - HR 2106: Davis, William Edward "Ed"; honoring the life and memory; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2106/ - HR 1645: Sandberg, Jonathan; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1645/ - HR 1644: Penner, Grant; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1644/ - HR 1569: Georgia State Retirees Association; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1569/ - HR 1478: Ricchiuti, Elizabeth "Betty" Blackie; honoring the life and memory; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1478/ - HB 1363: Education; authorize public schools and postsecondary educational institutions to consider antisemitism in the same manner as discrimination based on religion (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1363/ - HB 1377: Transit SPLOST; time limits upon recalling of an election; provisions (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1377/ - HB 1370: Income tax; exclude a portion of overtime compensation and cash tips (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1370/ - HB 1379: Foreign Funding Transparency and Accountability Act; enact (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1379/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $66.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% 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. - 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/rep_johncarson/status/2114115990934212941 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/rep_johncarson/status/2112975844507279520 - 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/rep_johncarson/status/2107894798363627847 - 2026-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/rep_johncarson/status/2101814280613974188 - 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/rep_johncarson/status/2098531706110091312 - 2026-08-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/rep_johncarson/status/2091971939447259309 - 2026-06-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/rep_johncarson/status/2068352067089900000 - 2026-04-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/rep_johncarson/status/2040472350471160217 - 2026-03-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/rep_johncarson/status/2037314267850879155 - 2026-03-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/rep_johncarson/status/2036553959431712890 ## Links - Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/795?session=1031 - Campaign site: https://www.votejohncarson.com/ - X: https://x.com/rep_johncarson - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.carson.9674 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/state_rep._john_carson/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnkcarsonjr/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/713cac52-0a57-4baa-8273-6eeca5b491df