# Joe Lovvorn

Joe Lovvorn is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 79.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 79
- Serving since: 2016-09-22
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/972dcfd0-f2a2-438b-b5de-276ceb398a91

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/972dcfd0-f2a2-438b-b5de-276ceb398a91 (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

Lovvorn reported $292.3K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.02), from 75 donors and 646 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 86.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 13 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 317: DESIGNATING THE NEW LEGISLATIVE BUILDING AS THE ALABAMA STATE HOUSE (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR317/
- HJR 131: Alpha-Delta Chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity, commemorated (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR131/
- HB 454: Search warrants; period of time to execute and return search warrants for DNA evidence, extended (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB454/
- HB 95: Elections; post election audit required (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB95/
- HJR 221: Auburn University Men's Basketball Team, Final Four Appearance, Commended (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HJR221/
- HJR 210: Convening of a Joint Session, Military Appreciation Day, recognized (in committee, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HJR210/
- HJR 203: Scouting America Day, recognized (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HJR203/
- HB 506: Off-road vehicles, authorized to be used as authorized emergency vehicles under certain circumstances (became law, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB506/
- HR 153: Pi Kappa Alpha, commended (passed one chamber, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR153/
- HJR 154: Pi Kappa Alpha, commended (became law, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HJR154/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $292.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 78% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- Campaign site: http://www.joelovvorn.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoeLovvorn/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joe_lovvorn/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/972dcfd0-f2a2-438b-b5de-276ceb398a91