# Brad Thomas

Brad Thomas is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 21.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 21
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/933a841a-19d6-42c2-a046-991ff9903a23

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/933a841a-19d6-42c2-a046-991ff9903a23 (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

67% of Thomas’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## What Thomas says (GA 2025–26 session)

83 classified statements: 83 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Thomas | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 6.0% | 9.3% | 412 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 49.4% | 31.9% | 140 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.4% | 1.8% | 212 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 33.7% | 12.7% | 45 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.4% | 274 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 17% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Science, Technology, Communications 15% (State House Republicans 2.4%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Economics and Public Finance 12% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 12% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.04), from 70 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.7% (97.2%). 7 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 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/
- 2026-06-23 · 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 65 bills: 49 reached committee, 35 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 0. 53.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 149 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 33: Cherokee County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB33/
- HR 1895: Importance of voluntary community based resource recovery efforts through the RESCUER initiative and the utilization of digital platforms to facilitate food… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1895/
- HR 1838: Fernandes, Liz; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1838/
- HR 1835: Carys Code; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1835/
- HR 1791: Federal government; establish a national data protection authority; urge (introduced, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1791/
- HB 1568: Woodstock, City of; change corporate limits (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1568/
- HR 1769: Curtin, Kevin F.; retirement; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1769/
- HR 1670: RESCUER initiative; recognize importance of voluntary community based resource recovery efforts; encourage counties to explore voluntary resource recovery… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1670/
- HR 1584: Eric W. Wilmarth Roundabout; Cherokee County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1584/
- HR 1580: Mayor Rick Roberts Intersection; Cherokee County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1580/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 67% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BradforHD21/status/2112940875131019384
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BradforHD21/status/2100260624655622421
- 2026-06-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/BradforHD21/status/2068358110872293527
- 2026-03-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/BradforHD21/status/2036884733045383202
- 2026-03-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/BradforHD21/status/2034738885125714027
- 2026-03-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BradforHD21/status/2028650337062572410
- 2026-02-20 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/BradforHD21/status/2024881698282901895
- 2026-02-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/BradforHD21/status/2024315818364813548
- 2026-02-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/BradforHD21/status/2023859957515555129
- 2026-02-17 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/BradforHD21/status/2023889866522763324

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/4991?session=1033
- Campaign site: https://www.electbradthomas.com/
- X: https://x.com/BradforHD21
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brad.thomas.7374
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-thomas-p-e-36a1217b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/933a841a-19d6-42c2-a046-991ff9903a23
