# Tina Polsky

Tina Polsky is a Democratic member of the Florida Senate for district 30.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Florida Senate, district 30
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8c728fd0-2a3b-48ea-88a9-c7d675eb05d0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8c728fd0-2a3b-48ea-88a9-c7d675eb05d0 (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 Polsky’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Florida, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## What Polsky says (FL 2025–26 session)

90 classified statements: 90 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Polsky | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.6% | 2.4% | 50 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 10.0% | 10.3% | 139 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 26.7% | 42.9% | 258 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.3% | 3.4% | 126 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 2.2% | 16.1% | 298 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 1.1% | 0.8% | 68 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 38% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 21% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Health 17% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 8.3% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Economics and Public Finance 8.3% (State Senate Democrats 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.35 (standard error 0.02), from 93 donors and 341 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

755 roll calls. Attendance 90% (Florida Senate 95.0%). Party unity 91.9% (90%). 13 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-02 · voted not voting · Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/
- 2026-06-02 · voted nay · Third Reading · HJR 1F Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/HJR1F/
- 2026-04-29 · voted nay · Third Reading · HB 1D Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/HB1D/
- 2026-04-28 · voted not voting · Third Reading · SB 4D Public Records/Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/SB4D/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · SB 628 Transportation Facility Designations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB628/
- 2026-03-13 · voted nay · Third Reading · HB 399 Land Use and Development Regulations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB399/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1279 Education · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1279/
- 2026-03-13 · voted nay · Returning Messages · HB 1451 Utility Services · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1451/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · HB 1389 Affordable Housing · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1389/
- 2026-03-13 · voted not voting · Returning Messages · SB 7040 Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund/Executive Office of the Governor · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB7040/

## Legislation (FL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 57 bills: 57 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 13. 22.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida Senate 50.9%; rank 33 of 36).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 1610: Assessment of Property with Decreasing Just Valuation (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SJR1610/
- SB 1608: Assessment of Property with Decreasing Just Valuation (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1608/
- SB 1414: Education on Congenital Cytomegalovirus (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1414/
- SB 1418: Testing of Cosmetics on Animals (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1418/
- SB 1450: Transportation (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1450/
- SB 1416: Elections During Emergencies (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1416/
- SB 1192: Customer Service Callback Queues (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1192/
- SB 1022: Children’s Initiatives (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1022/
- SB 952: Marriage Between Persons of the Same Sex (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB952/
- SB 954: Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB954/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,510 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/tinapolsky/status/2113962090688073757
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/tinapolsky/status/2113689786070204693
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tinapolsky/status/2113267899024474528
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/tinapolsky/status/2113289818109067665
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tinapolsky/status/2106013493677928833
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tinapolsky/status/2105267401789239726
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tinapolsky/status/2105442150225780921
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/tinapolsky/status/2103536528744161678
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tinapolsky/status/2103182968214950303
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/tinapolsky/status/2102430390929510430

## Links

- Official site: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/S30
- X: https://x.com/tinapolsky
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tina.polsky
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinapolsky/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tina-scott-polsky-esq-0126a211

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8c728fd0-2a3b-48ea-88a9-c7d675eb05d0
