# Lance Bell

Lance Bell is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 11.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 11
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/889eac7b-10b6-4f00-9bd6-e93a93d93211

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/889eac7b-10b6-4f00-9bd6-e93a93d93211 (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

Bell reported $464.7K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

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

14 classified statements: 14 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Bell | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 7.1% | 9.5% | 172 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 21.4% | 37.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 14.3% | 15.4% | 168 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 33% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 33% (State Senate Republicans 17%); International Affairs 33% (State Senate Republicans 1.7%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.04), from 110 donors and 195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 0. 78.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 6 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 85: Senior Trooper Hunter Woodruff, commended (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR85/
- SJR 69: Honda Automotive Plant, commended (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR69/
- SB 330: Courts; criminal procedure, electronic means authorized to swear warrants and citations in certain circumstances, law enforcement officers authorized to… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB330/
- SB 277: Unincorporated nonprofit associations; decentralized associations provided for (became law, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB277/
- SJR 39: Clifford Ray Miller, death mourned (became law, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR39/
- SB 270: Electric Utilities; review by Public Service Commission of certain contracts with large load data centers further provided for (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB270/
- SB 242: Commercial driver licenses; possession of United States work authorization for certain commercial driver license holders required, proficiency in the English… (became law, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB242/
- SJR 27: William Grant Lynch, Jr., death mourned (became law, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR27/
- SB 233: Crimes and offenses; penalties for eluding or attempting to elude a law enforcement officer, penalties further provided (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB233/
- SB 192: Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission, filing of claims further provided for (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB192/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $464.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% 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.

- 2026-06-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenLanceBell/status/2066467898994929813
- 2026-05-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenLanceBell/status/2059805021990981816
- 2026-05-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenLanceBell/status/2059101859327922417
- 2026-05-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenLanceBell/status/2058608437450154452
- 2025-11-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenLanceBell/status/1993510952382480696
- 2025-07-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenLanceBell/status/1950265569934279166
- 2025-07-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenLanceBell/status/1945859512574894261
- 2025-06-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenLanceBell/status/1935155488246677803
- 2025-06-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenLanceBell/status/1933918852531839349
- 2025-04-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenLanceBell/status/1916182925986484303

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/senate-leaders-members?tab=1&search=bell
- Campaign site: https://alsenaterepublicans.org/representatives/0011-jim-mcclendon/
- X: https://x.com/SenLanceBell
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Senator-Lance-Bell-100079557542713/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senator_lance_bell/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lance-bell-412bb170/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/889eac7b-10b6-4f00-9bd6-e93a93d93211