# Kristin Nelson

Kristin Nelson is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 38.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 38
- Serving since: 2026-02-05
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/730c7d27-9f0a-4a8b-839b-8de86f6b012e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/730c7d27-9f0a-4a8b-839b-8de86f6b012e (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

Nelson reported $251.8K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.07), from 82 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 643: Surrogacy; child born via surrogacy required to be relinquished directly to an intended parent, probate courts required to confirm identity of intended… (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB643/
- HB 638: Speed limits; municipal enforcement of speed limits within a municipality's police jurisdiction authorized (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB638/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $251.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1&search=nelson
- Campaign site: https://www.nelsonforalabama.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteKristinNelson
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/votekristinnelson
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kristinnelson3

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/730c7d27-9f0a-4a8b-839b-8de86f6b012e