# Paul Bailey

Paul Bailey is a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate for district 15.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Tennessee Senate, district 15
- Serving since: 2014-11-04
- Current term: TN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8e49fca4-e0d8-4273-adab-265632163d86

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8e49fca4-e0d8-4273-adab-265632163d86 (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

Bailey reported $452.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## What Bailey says (TN 2025–26 session)

159 classified statements: 159 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 | Bailey | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.6% | 2.3% | 158 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 1.3% | 9.5% | 281 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 32.7% | 37.3% | 213 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 2.3% | 193 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 11.9% | 15.4% | 192 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 1.3% | 133 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 21% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Crime and Law Enforcement 21% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Armed Forces and National Security 13% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Commerce 12% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%); Economics and Public Finance 9.6% (State Senate Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.53 (standard error 0.03), from 316 donors and 1,071 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (TN 2025–26 session)

4,285 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Tennessee Senate 99.6%). Party unity 98.6% (95.3%). 12 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1530 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jordyn Brown, Salutatorian, Gordonsville High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1530/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1267 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Liya Rakeshbhai Patel, Valedictorian, Cumberland County High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1267/
- 2026-04-23 · voted nay · FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/23/2026 Failed · HB 2585 Damages - As introduced, states that the amount of damages awarded as noneconomic damages must not exceed $1 million in a health care liability action… · fail · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HB2585/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1578 Memorials, Interns - Indian Clay - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1578/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1268 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nicolo Azzani, Salutatorian, Cumberland County High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1268/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1539 Memorials, Retirement - Dickson County Mayor Robert "Bob" Rial - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1539/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1247 Memorials, Sports - Reese McCann - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1247/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · HJR 1564 Memorials, Retirement - Jackie Wilkerson - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/HJR1564/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1250 Memorials, Recognition - Tom Midyett - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1250/
- 2026-04-23 · voted yea · FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/23/2026 Passed · SJR 1278 Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma Sue Gray, Valedictorian, Stone Memorial High School - · pass · https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1278/

## Legislation (TN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 195 bills: 193 reached committee, 117 passed one chamber, 90 passed both, 90 became law. Cosponsored 0. 73.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Tennessee Senate 70.0%; rank 16 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 1264: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Macie Frazier, Valedictorian, Van Buren County High School - (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1264/
- SJR 1266: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Leslie Pickering, Salutatorian, White County High School - (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1266/
- SJR 1269: Memorials, Academic Achievement - McKenzie Greene, Salutatorian, Van Buren County High School - (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1269/
- SJR 1270: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Jacob Grissom, Salutatorian, Van Buren County High School - (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1270/
- SJR 1268: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Nicolo Azzani, Salutatorian, Cumberland County High School - (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1268/
- SJR 1277: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Samuel Ryan Ferrell, Salutatorian, Stone Memorial High School - (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1277/
- SJR 1265: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Addy Cocke, Valedictorian, White County High School - (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1265/
- SJR 1267: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Liya Rakeshbhai Patel, Valedictorian, Cumberland County High School - (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1267/
- SJR 1278: Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma Sue Gray, Valedictorian, Stone Memorial High School - (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1278/
- SJR 1238: Memorials, Death - Edgar "Ed" Royce McCoin - (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/tn/bills/114/SJR1238/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $452.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 89% 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.

- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/PaulBaileyforTN/status/2110162601904890127
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/PaulBaileyforTN/status/2108634074801963399
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/PaulBaileyforTN/status/2105447065056686264
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/PaulBaileyforTN/status/2102742671504933329
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/PaulBaileyforTN/status/2098400927002632416
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/PaulBaileyforTN/status/2098506736436920411
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/PaulBaileyforTN/status/2098086364071829970
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/PaulBaileyforTN/status/2096939758471512225
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/PaulBaileyforTN/status/2095866320994664756
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/PaulBaileyforTN/status/2094586035678204389

## Links

- Official site: https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/legislatorinfo/member.aspx?district=S15
- Campaign site: https://paulbaileyfortn.com/
- X: https://x.com/PaulBaileyforTN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paulbaileyforsenate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulbailey4tn/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqQpwawq0b56IbiTQNhAXYw

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8e49fca4-e0d8-4273-adab-265632163d86