# Rob Clifton

Rob Clifton is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 131.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 131
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/84eb7371-a332-4534-b3b3-542500c798f8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/84eb7371-a332-4534-b3b3-542500c798f8 (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 Clifton’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.05), from 93 donors and 293 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 92.6% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.4% (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 38 bills: 35 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 76.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 30 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1789: United States Department of Education; dissolve and restore educational authority to the states; express support (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1789/
- HR 1748: House Study Committee on Local Governmental Professional Contracting; create (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1748/
- HR 1749: House Study Committee on the Impact of Multiplayer Online Gaming Platforms; create (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1749/
- HR 1651: Senator Joey Brush Memorial Intersection; Columbia County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1651/
- HB 1233: Local government; waive development impact fees for certain projects related to development of affordable or workforce housing; authorize (introduced, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1233/
- HR 1178: General Assembly; provide by general law for local grant and adjustment programs; authorize (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1178/
- HB 1156: Local government; authorize establishment of local homeowner's incentive adjustment grant programs (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1156/
- HB 1066: Nuisances; immunity from public and private nuisance claims; provide (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1066/
- HR 1151: Hispanic Day at the state capitol; February 4, 2026; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1151/
- HR 1150: Members of the Georgia Black Republican Council; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1150/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $48.3K (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/5080?session=1033
- Campaign site: https://www.voteclifton.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/voteclifton/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-clifton-579b2a57

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/84eb7371-a332-4534-b3b3-542500c798f8