# Deborah Silcox

Deborah Silcox is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 53.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 53
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b824f8fd-7343-449d-8027-fcd0afaf1949

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b824f8fd-7343-449d-8027-fcd0afaf1949 (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

Silcox missed 18% of 1,391 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Georgia House (average 93.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.02), from 552 donors and 584 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 82% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 97.7% (97.2%). 7 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 86 bills: 70 reached committee, 60 passed one chamber, 21 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 0. 69.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 70 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1607: Georgia First-Time Homebuyer's Savings Account Act; enact (introduced, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1607/
- HR 1951: House Study Committee on MARTA Governance, Financial Accountability, and Regional Transit Oversight; create (introduced, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1951/
- HR 1893: House Study Committee on Modernizing the Discovery Process through the Use of New Technologies; create (introduced, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1893/
- HR 1860: House Study Committee on Comprehensive Services and Long-term Outcomes for Individuals with Disabilities; create (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1860/
- HR 1827: Thomas "Tommy's" Barber Shop; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1827/
- HR 1768: Gardner, George "Coach"; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1768/
- HR 1676: Yeshiva University Maccabees; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1676/
- HB 1535: Sandy Springs, City of; Redevelopment Powers Law; provide for a referendum (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1535/
- HB 1505: Quality Basic Education Act; prescribed course of study in sex education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention instruction is age appropriate and… (introduced, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1505/
- HR 1582: House Study Committee on Veteran Teacher Compensation; create (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1582/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $138.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/4887?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://silcoxforgeorgia.com/
- X: https://x.com/debdsilcox
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deborah.d.silcox
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debdsilcox/?hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-silcox-8b747a39/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b824f8fd-7343-449d-8027-fcd0afaf1949