# John LaHood

John LaHood is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 175.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 175
- Serving since: 2018-02-19
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9249be26-54d2-467a-88ec-2588b886148d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9249be26-54d2-467a-88ec-2588b886148d (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 LaHood’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.50 (standard error 0.03), from 56 donors and 924 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 96.9% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.7% (97.2%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted not voting · 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 51 bills: 44 reached committee, 39 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 0. 76.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 28 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 27: Lowndes County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB27/
- HB 55: Valdosta, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB55/
- HR 1894: House Study Committee on the Basic Building Blocks of Transportation; create (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1894/
- HB 1567: Quitman, City of; transfer of all legal rights, privileges, and assets to Brooks County; provide (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1567/
- HR 1750: World War I Veterans Memorial Bridge; Thomas County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1750/
- HB 1475: Commerce and trade; benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service; provisions (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1475/
- HR 1474: Georgia House of Representatives; creation of a life sciences caucus; encourage (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1474/
- HB 1359: Brooks County; board of elections and registration; expand to five members (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1359/
- HR 1391: Edna Sirmans Sessoms Bridge; Clinch County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1391/
- HB 1358: Brooks County; Magistrate Court; authorize assessment and collection of a technology fee (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1358/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $51.6K (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/4923?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.lahoodforgeorgia.com/
- X: https://x.com/JohnLahood
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.lahood.927
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnlahoodforga/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-lahood-3532a152/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9249be26-54d2-467a-88ec-2588b886148d