# Don Parsons

Don Parsons is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 44.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 44
- Serving since: 2013-01-07
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/81dde544-49e9-4fb0-9313-32eacaf6194b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/81dde544-49e9-4fb0-9313-32eacaf6194b (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

79% of Parsons’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## What Parsons says (GA 2025–26 session)

16 classified statements: 16 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 | Parsons | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 25.0% | 9.3% | 65 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 56.3% | 31.9% | 69 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 44% (State House Republicans 12%); Foreign Trade and International Finance 44% (State House Republicans 0.5%); Energy 11% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Health 11% (State House Republicans 10%); International Affairs 11% (State House Republicans 1.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.03), from 15 donors and 960 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 98.8% (97.2%). 9 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 49 bills: 39 reached committee, 33 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 67.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 86 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 1874: Natural Gas Association of Georgia; 10th anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1874/
- HB 1568: Woodstock, City of; change corporate limits (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1568/
- HR 1769: Curtin, Kevin F.; retirement; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1769/
- HR 1599: Georgia Symphony Orchestra; 75 years of exceptional artistry, 20 years of dedication to youth education through the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestras, and its… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1599/
- HR 1527: House Study Committee on Georgia Department of Transportation Contracting; create (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1527/
- HR 1578: Doug Everett Memorial Highway; Worth County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1578/
- HB 1496: Acworth, City of; adopt by reference a certain map (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1496/
- HB 1443: Public Service Commission; allow designee of a member of the General Assembly to intervene in certain cases (introduced, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1443/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $34.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 79% 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.

- 2025-12-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/don4georgia/status/2001458239238549704
- 2025-11-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/don4georgia/status/1988459524832014540
- 2025-10-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/don4georgia/status/1983297177867972888
- 2025-10-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/don4georgia/status/1983300502038442097
- 2025-10-27 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/don4georgia/status/1982935943095914523
- 2025-10-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/don4georgia/status/1982937529486614730
- 2025-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/don4georgia/status/1981494390200660208
- 2025-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/don4georgia/status/1975598130885243061
- 2025-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/don4georgia/status/1975601710489084133
- 2025-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/don4georgia/status/1975682833914978684

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/184?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.donparsons.org/
- X: https://x.com/don4georgia
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/don.parsons.946
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/don4georgia/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@donaldparsons8007/videos?app=desktop
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-parsons-10452b46/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/81dde544-49e9-4fb0-9313-32eacaf6194b