# Jerry Starnes

Jerry Starnes is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 88.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 88
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8394a967-dcf1-4901-a8d5-9ca120da382e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8394a967-dcf1-4901-a8d5-9ca120da382e (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

83% of Starnes’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Alabama, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

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

4 classified statements: 4 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 | Starnes | 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 +0.20 (standard error 0.04), from 103 donors and 244 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 52 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 121: Mary Frances Holland, celebrated (became law, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR121/
- HB 341: Income tax, to exempt certain income earned by members of the Alabama National Guard (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB341/
- HR 68: Representative Mac Gipson, Jr, death mourned (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR68/
- HJR 37: Hannibal McNeill Gipson, Jr., death mourned (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR37/
- HR 281: Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc., recognized (passed one chamber, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR281/
- HB 368: Elmore County; relating to court costs and booking fees (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB368/
- HB 329: Military installations; local government, approval to construct nearby tall structures required, authorized to seek enjoinment of violative construction (in committee, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB329/
- HB 228: Income tax, to exempt certain income earned by members of the Alabama National Guard (in committee, 2025-02-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB228/
- HB 88: Board of Pardons and Paroles; probation and parole officers specified as state law enforcement officers (became law, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB88/
- HB 450: Autauga County, ad valorem tax, add 7 mills for public school purposes, exemption of certain parcels of 100 acres or more (became law, 2024-05-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2024rs/HB450/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $58.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 83% 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.

- 2026-05-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/JerryStarnes4/status/2059978853204779385
- 2025-11-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/JerryStarnes4/status/1987264969864311264
- 2025-03-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/JerryStarnes4/status/1900335742791954700
- 2025-03-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/JerryStarnes4/status/1900335952297681364

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- X: https://x.com/JerryStarnes4
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jerry.starnes.5
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-starnes-9a302888/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8394a967-dcf1-4901-a8d5-9ca120da382e