# Linda Coleman-Madison

Linda Coleman-Madison is a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate for district 20.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 20
- Serving since: 2006-11-07
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8ffbb88c-c323-436f-aab0-91a41bf6c8dd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8ffbb88c-c323-436f-aab0-91a41bf6c8dd (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

Coleman-Madison sits at −0.30 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 92% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.30 (standard error 0.02), from 6 donors and 522 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 63.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 16 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 375: Class 1 municipalities; mayor, compensation amended (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB375/
- SB 373: Elections; early voting, in-person voting period, authorized (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB373/
- SB 320: Public Service Commission, revise membership to correspond to Congressional districts (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB320/
- SB 281: Jefferson County, provide funding for maintenance and operation of City Walk Birmingham (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB281/
- SJR 20: Alabama Birth Equity Initiative, commended (became law, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR20/
- SB 204: Local land bank authorities; shorten tax sale redemption period; restrictions on geographic scope; creation of multijurisdictional land banks by agreement;… (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB204/
- SB 185: Transit authorities; to authorize participation in business organizations (became law, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB185/
- SB 177: Health; to require that coverage for breast cancer screening be provided without charging an insured a deductible or copayment (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB177/
- SB 128: Sunset law; Alabama Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission continued with modification until October 1, 2030 (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB128/
- SB 115: Competitive bidding; repairs of vehicles under $15,000 for certain awarding authorities exempt (became law, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB115/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $99.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/senate-leaders-members?tab=1&search=linda%20coleman
- X: https://x.com/senlindacoleman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linda.f.coleman/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8ffbb88c-c323-436f-aab0-91a41bf6c8dd