# Merika Coleman

Merika Coleman is a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate for district 19.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 19
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/764f926b-598f-458e-84c4-5cc13c2302e5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/764f926b-598f-458e-84c4-5cc13c2302e5 (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

100% of Coleman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Alabama, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

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

71 classified statements: 71 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Coleman | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.8% | 2.4% | 88 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 7.0% | 42.9% | 317 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 4.2% | 16.1% | 272 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 1.4% | 0.8% | 62 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 60% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Education 20% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Housing and Community Development 20% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.56 (standard error 0.03), from 107 donors and 529 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 65% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 33 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 36.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 32 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 366: Municipal Firefighters' Bill of Rights; rights and procedures for firefighters' personnel issues established (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB366/
- SJR 79: Alabama Legislative Study Commission on Child Sexual Abuse Laws and Policies, created (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR79/
- SB 332: Firefighters; to include Parkinson's Disease in occupational diseases to be compensated for death and disability (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB332/
- SB 329: Motor vehicles, license plates, issuance of "Invisible Disability" decals, authorized (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB329/
- SB 318: Crime of sexual torture; criminal elements revised (became law, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB318/
- SB 306: Class 1 municipalities; vacant property registration authorized (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB306/
- SB 307: Class 1 municipalities; authorization to establish community land trusts, affordable housing (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB307/
- SB 291: Tax incentives; reimbursement for violation of labor and trafficking laws provided for (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB291/
- SB 253: Entertainment Industry Incentive Act of 2009 amended, create additional incentive program, extend review and evaluation deadline (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB253/
- SB 257: Gaming; state lottery and other gaming activities, authorized by general law; gaming commission, authorized to license and regulate gaming activities;… (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB257/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $154.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepColeman/status/2113341525019279747
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepColeman/status/2107281207188688949
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepColeman/status/2102207139339014248
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepColeman/status/2102373314647978086
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepColeman/status/2098198300193075556
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepColeman/status/2097033699493597619
- 2026-06-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepColeman/status/2066885084091740313
- 2026-05-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepColeman/status/2056695130715791559
- 2026-05-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepColeman/status/2056695323351736600
- 2026-05-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepColeman/status/2052879897106809171

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/senate-leaders-members?tab=1&search=merika%20coleman
- X: https://x.com/RepColeman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/representativemerika.coleman/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/merikacoleman/?hl=en
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@repmerikacoleman
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/merika-coleman-m-p-a-esq-b1965a135/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/764f926b-598f-458e-84c4-5cc13c2302e5