# Gary Palmer

Gary Palmer is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Alabama’s 6th district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Alabama’s 6th district
- Serving since: 2015-01-06
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: P000609
- FEC candidate IDs: H4AL06098

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/P000609 (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

0.1% of Palmer’s individual money in the 2026 cycle came in gifts of $200 or less, the lowest of 220 House Republicans (median 9.4%).

## What Palmer says (119th Congress (2025–27))

717 classified statements: 588 posts on X, 61 press releases, 57 Congressional Record speeches, 11 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Palmer | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.3% | 2.1% | 107 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 14.5% | 15.1% | 107 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 51.9% | 67.7% | 202 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.3% | 8.9% | 171 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 30.3% | 37.4% | 164 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 3.1% | 3.0% | 84 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 25% (House Republicans 19%); Armed Forces and National Security 20% (House Republicans 24%); Energy 19% (House Republicans 8.6%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (House Republicans 19%); Health 12% (House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.23 (standard error 0.01), from 1,552 donors and 6,301 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 98.5% (97.1%). 19 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 156. 37.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 18 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.J.Res. 211: Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to… (in committee, 2026-08-06) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/211
- H.R. 9617: CHARM Act (passed one chamber, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9617
- H.R. 8467: ZOMBIE Act (passed one chamber, 2026-06-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8467
- H.R. 7934: Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7934
- H.R. 6373: Air Permitting Improvements to Protect National Security Act of 2025 (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6373
- H.R. 6102: Citizen Ballot Protection Act (in committee, 2025-11-18) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6102
- H.R. 4609: To extend the authority to carry out the Defense Production Act of 1950. (in committee, 2025-07-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4609
- H.R. 4370: SAMS Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-07-14) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4370
- H.R. 2953: ALERT Act (in committee, 2025-04-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2953
- H.R. 2793: Retirement Freedom Act (in committee, 2025-04-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2793

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.2M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 0.1% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 76% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer/status/2114733195564617916
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer/status/2113767324876489125
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer/status/2112555884366954636
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer/status/2110790101232214482
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer/status/2108591628503933058
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer/status/2108282060838436905
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer/status/2107546265701568609
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer/status/2106055016846950707
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer/status/2105022896506876281
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer/status/2102497393438830849

## Links

- Official site: https://palmer.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/USRepGaryPalmer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanGaryPalmer
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repgarypalmer
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000609

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/P000609