# Arthur Orr

Arthur Orr is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 3.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 3
- Serving since: 2006-11-07
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b38546ec-f8fb-4e99-8e0c-46715b2e8578

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b38546ec-f8fb-4e99-8e0c-46715b2e8578 (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

Orr reported $391.3K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## What Orr says (AL 2025–26 session)

49 classified statements: 49 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Orr | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 12.2% | 9.5% | 105 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 46.9% | 37.3% | 110 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.1% | 2.3% | 69 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 38.8% | 15.4% | 20 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 26% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Government Operations and Politics 22% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Labor and Employment 17% (State Senate Republicans 3.2%); Agriculture and Food 8.7% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Crime and Law Enforcement 8.7% (State Senate Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.03), from 30 donors and 521 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 70 bills: 69 reached committee, 48 passed one chamber, 40 passed both, 39 became law. Cosponsored 0. 68.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 12 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SJR 113: Seriousness of the national debt and its threat to national security, recognized (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR113/
- SR 108: Senate Rules amended (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SR108/
- SB 380: Teachers' Retirement System, longevity bonus for certain retirees and beneficiaries (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB380/
- SJR 84: Alabama specialty public high schools, consortium encouraged (became law, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR84/
- SJR 83: Mr. Jim America, commended (became law, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR83/
- SB 344: Higher education, College and Higher Education Excellence and Results (CHEER) Act established, bonus funding for eligible institutions authorized based on… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB344/
- SB 317: Alabama Commission on the Evaluation of Services recreated as a legislative department, duties revised and clarified, Legislative Committee on the Evaluation… (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB317/
- SB 314: Morgan County; Municipal Utilities Board of Decatur, scope of operating parameters (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB314/
- SB 292: Real property; creation of the Alabama Property Protection Act of 2026, title fraud prevention (became law, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB292/
- SB 273: Crimes and offenses; stalking in the second degree, penalties revised (became law, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB273/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $391.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% 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.

- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorAOrr/status/2112647493838315538
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorAOrr/status/2095540267411546369
- 2026-08-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorAOrr/status/2089680918621335946
- 2026-07-16 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorAOrr/status/2077705120712634669
- 2026-07-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorAOrr/status/2072392729188040778
- 2026-06-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorAOrr/status/2061494032144998779
- 2026-06-01 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorAOrr/status/2061537252380221693
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorAOrr/status/2058990982796857757
- 2026-05-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorAOrr/status/2054626270315696229
- 2026-03-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorAOrr/status/2036067002549232085

## Links

- Official site: https://sengov.com/states/alabama/arthur-orr/
- Campaign site: https://arthurorr.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorAOrr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArthurOrr
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNT-POrpi8bDDFfdS0pYzEA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arthur-orr-0740885

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b38546ec-f8fb-4e99-8e0c-46715b2e8578