# David Huddleston

David Huddleston is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 72.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 72
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9bcfa0eb-ee7d-4762-9555-7bc4a67d6417

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9bcfa0eb-ee7d-4762-9555-7bc4a67d6417 (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 Huddleston’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.41 (standard error 0.04), from 51 donors and 516 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 100% (97.2%). 2 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 63 bills: 52 reached committee, 47 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 0. 74.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 41 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 89: West Point, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (introduced, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB89/
- HB 88: Hogansville, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (introduced, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB88/
- HB 51: Troup County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB51/
- HR 1985: Hairston, Ruben; induction into the Fort Valley State Hall of Fame; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1985/
- HR 2002: Smith, Howard Edward; honoring the life and memory; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2002/
- HR 1830: Lt. Col. Larry Boggs Intersection; Carroll County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1830/
- HB 1554: Collateral Protection Insurance Act; enact (introduced, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1554/
- HR 1606: Carroll Electric Membership Cooperative; 90th anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1606/
- HR 1533: Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; occasion of its 40th anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1533/
- HR 1534: Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District; 25th anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1534/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,950 (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/5033?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.votedavidhuddleston.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dhuddlestonstatehouse72/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidhuddleston72/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9bcfa0eb-ee7d-4762-9555-7bc4a67d6417