# Ritchie Whorton

Ritchie Whorton is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 22.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 22
- Serving since: 2014-11-05
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7e00e45e-24bf-4939-83b8-a56a90e3ea61

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7e00e45e-24bf-4939-83b8-a56a90e3ea61 (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

Whorton sits at +0.65 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 89% of State House Republicans.

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

7 classified statements: 7 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 | Whorton | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.65 (standard error 0.02), from 13 donors and 651 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 52 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 662: Madison County, City of Owens Cross Roads annexation (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB662/
- HB 620: Contractors; swimming pools, inspection requirements further provided (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB620/
- HB 619: Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors; term of officers of the board further provided, board authorized to employ compliance officer, board required to… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB619/
- HB 253: Distinctive license plates; volunteer and professional firefighters plate fee increased, distribution of funds provided for (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB253/
- HR 265: Dr. Clinton, Jr., honored (passed one chamber, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR265/
- HB 595: Madison County, boundary lines and corporate limits of the City of New Hope further provided for (passed one chamber, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB595/
- HB 72: Motor vehicles, firefighter distinctive license plate for volunteer and professional firefighters, fee increased, distribution of funds (passed one chamber, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB72/
- HB 374: Additional fee, professional firefighter distinctive motor vehicle license plate (passed one chamber, 2024-04-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HB374/
- HR 108: Layton Pohl, commended (passed one chamber, 2024-03-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HR108/
- HR 262: COMMENDING TEDDY BRUST ON EARNING THE ROYAL RANGERS HIGHEST AWARD, THE GOLD MEDAL OF ACHIEVEMENT. (introduced, 2023-05-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2023rs/HR262/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $48.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-03-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/ritchiewhorton/status/2029411912195166451
- 2025-11-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/ritchiewhorton/status/1987539806558072971
- 2025-11-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/ritchiewhorton/status/1986057900708512090
- 2025-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/ritchiewhorton/status/1972678725633204620
- 2025-07-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/ritchiewhorton/status/1946600960333082941
- 2025-07-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/ritchiewhorton/status/1946603183955914757
- 2025-06-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/ritchiewhorton/status/1939823926768525380

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- X: https://x.com/ritchiewhorton
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VoteRitchieWhorton/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ritchie.whorton
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritchie-whorton-655248114/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7e00e45e-24bf-4939-83b8-a56a90e3ea61