# Johnny Chastain

Johnny Chastain is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 7.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 7
- Serving since: 2023-02-06
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8106e2d8-e1e3-42a8-b550-fbd2627fa474

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8106e2d8-e1e3-42a8-b550-fbd2627fa474 (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 Chastain’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.56 (standard error 0.04), from 59 donors and 511 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.7% (97.2%). 8 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 61 bills: 53 reached committee, 41 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 0. 67.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 88 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 16: Blue Ridge, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB16/
- HB 14: Fannin County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB14/
- HB 15: McCaysville, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB15/
- HB 21: Gilmer County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB21/
- HR 1928: The importance of regulated trapping; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1928/
- HR 1831: House Study Committee on Local Government Financial Audits; create (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1831/
- HR 1755: House Study Committee on Alternative Investments for Local Governments; create (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1755/
- HR 1721: Baldino, Corporal Daniel; Corporal Dylan Warren; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1721/
- HR 1701: Howell and Jane Teasley Memorial Intersection; Fannin County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1701/
- HR 1664: General Wallace Intersection; Dawson County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1664/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/5057?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.johnnyfordistrict7.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnnyforhouse/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8106e2d8-e1e3-42a8-b550-fbd2627fa474