# Carden Summers

Carden Summers is a Republican member of the Georgia Senate for district 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia Senate, district 13
- Serving since: 2020-03-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/98850c9f-1c37-4177-9ad8-17d2b4d3c8d4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/98850c9f-1c37-4177-9ad8-17d2b4d3c8d4 (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

Summers voted against the majority of Georgia Senate Republicans 45 times; party unity 89%, in the bottom 5% of the Georgia Senate (average 96.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.26 (standard error 0.03), from 181 donors and 825 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,406 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Georgia Senate 92.2%). Party unity 89% (96.0%). 45 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDED · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · PASSAGE · SB 1 Glynn County; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option… · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB1/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · PASSAGE AS AMENDED · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-20 · voted yea · LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR · SB 1 Glynn County; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option… · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB1/
- 2026-06-17 · voted yea · ADOPTION · SR 3 Adjournment; relative to · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR3/
- 2026-04-03 · voted yea · Senate Vote #987 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 295 Local government; procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation for loss of property value or expenses incurred; provisions · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB295/
- 2026-04-03 · voted nay · Senate Vote #983 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 1247 Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1247/
- 2026-04-03 · voted yea · Senate Vote #982 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 1161 Motor vehicles; proper operation upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a law enforcement vehicle for purposes of a traffic stop;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1161/
- 2026-04-03 · voted yea · Senate Vote #985 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 297 Ad valorem tax; define multipurpose off-highway vehicle; provisions · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB297/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 300 bills: 300 reached committee, 237 passed one chamber, 63 passed both, 54 became law. Cosponsored 0. 79.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia Senate 76.9%; rank 29 of 53).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 10: Sales and Use Taxes; any existing special district option sales and use tax (FLOST) cease to be imposed and levied immediately prior to the imposition of any… (in committee, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB10/
- SR 1067: Wilcox County High School Lady Patriots Basketball Team; congratulate (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1067/
- SR 1069: Boger, Jennifer; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1069/
- SR 1071: Trott, Austin; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1071/
- SR 1070: Touhy, Mrs. Angela W.; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1070/
- SR 1068: Tillman, Samuel L.; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1068/
- SR 1035: Adelman, Nelson I.; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1035/
- SR 1024: Clinch County Boys Basketball Team; congratulate (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1024/
- SR 1053: Trump, President Donald J.; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1053/
- SR 1050: Vaughn, Lee; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1050/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- X: https://x.com/summersforga
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cardenhsummers4senate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/summerscarden/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carden-summers-085b4347/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/98850c9f-1c37-4177-9ad8-17d2b4d3c8d4