# Lanny Thomas

Lanny Thomas is a Republican member of the Georgia Senate for district 53.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia Senate, district 53
- Serving since: 2026-04-23
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ae6e08e3-6971-4cd2-982a-48d650a343d5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ae6e08e3-6971-4cd2-982a-48d650a343d5 (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

Thomas has served since 2026.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.07), from 45 donors and 15 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

35 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Georgia Senate 92.2%). Party unity 100% (96.0%). 0 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/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0.

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/
- SB 3: Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish (became law, 2026-06-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $68.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/senate/5094?session=1033
- Campaign site: https://www.lanny53.com/
- X: https://x.com/lannythomas53
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LannyThomasForSenate/
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/lanny.thomas53

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ae6e08e3-6971-4cd2-982a-48d650a343d5