# Gerald Allen

Gerald Allen is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 21.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 21
- Serving since: 2010-11-03
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/adbf5614-9045-4cb7-86eb-2d88f25a357a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/adbf5614-9045-4cb7-86eb-2d88f25a357a (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 Allen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Alabama, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.53 (standard error 0.03), from 59 donors and 558 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 76% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 24 passed both, 24 became law. Cosponsored 0. 60.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 19 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 121: Lee Roy Jordan, death mourned (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR121/
- SJR 112: The University of Alabama Women's Wheelchair Basketball Team, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR112/
- SJR 97: The University of Alabama, commended (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR97/
- SJR 94: Exchange Club of Tuscaloosa Officer of the Year honorees, commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR94/
- SJR 82: Johnny Williams Legacy, honored (became law, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR82/
- SB 335: Teacher certification; American History and Civics Excellence Initiative, created within the Department of Education; online course of study and endorsement… (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB335/
- SJR 62: Encouraging the National Congress of American Indians to embrace Alabama's state-recognized tribes (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR62/
- SJR 56: Founding of AT&T, recognized (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR56/
- SJR 41: Eddie Conyers, death mourned (became law, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR41/
- SB 222: Motor vehicles; operation of oversized vehicles operated by automated driving systems, prohibited (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB222/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $162.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/senate-leaders-members?tab=1&search=allen
- Campaign site: https://alsenaterepublicans.org/representatives/0021-gerald-allen/
- X: https://x.com/SenGeraldAllen

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/adbf5614-9045-4cb7-86eb-2d88f25a357a