# Mark Gidley

Mark Gidley is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 29
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/97514731-a41d-4328-841f-afdcaac1c6e2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97514731-a41d-4328-841f-afdcaac1c6e2 (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 Gidley’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Alabama, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.04), from 52 donors and 231 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 79.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 30 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 352: Ms. Ansley Lyons, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR352/
- HJR 241: Recommending state government entities to avoid using the term, "West Bank" (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR241/
- HB 425: Taxation, Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc., exempt from sales and use tax (passed one chamber, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB425/
- HJR 53: Seeking Almighty God's Hand of Mercy and Healing on Alabama (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR53/
- HJR 26: McKenzie Fuller, Miss Jacksonville State University 2025, recognized (became law, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HJR26/
- HB 216: Ten Commandments; required to be displayed in certain public schools, subject to the availability of donations (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB216/
- HB 105: Crimes and offenses; enticing a child for immoral purposes and electronic solicitation of a child, amended (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB105/
- HB 118: Abortion-inducing drugs; manufacture, distribution, and transport prohibited, exceptions provided, qui tam suit against certain persons who violate… (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB118/
- HB 81: State government; use of term "West Bank" prohibited as reference to Judea and Samaria (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB81/
- HB 9: Abuse and exploitation of an elder, effect of conviction on intestate succession, wills, joint assets, and other contractual obligations provided (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB9/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $70.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mark.gidley.77
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Mark-Gidley-for-District-29-100064005788869/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mark.gidley.77/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-gidley-79789985/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/97514731-a41d-4328-841f-afdcaac1c6e2