# Jabo Waggoner

Jabo Waggoner is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 1990-11-07
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bdfa9580-2ce0-4828-8f9e-52e6f066fbce

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bdfa9580-2ce0-4828-8f9e-52e6f066fbce (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

23% of the 97 bills Waggoner sponsored got out of committee, the lowest of 35 in the Alabama Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.02), from 28 donors and 532 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 97 bills: 32 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 22 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 0. 22.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 35 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 123: SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SR123/
- SR 122: SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR (introduced, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SR122/
- SR 116: SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR (introduced, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SR116/
- SJR 110: William Riley Hawkins, Jr., commended (became law, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SJR110/
- SR 111: SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR (introduced, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SR111/
- SR 106: SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR (introduced, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SR106/
- SR 107: SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR (introduced, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SR107/
- SR 99: SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR (introduced, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SR99/
- SR 96: SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR (introduced, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SR96/
- SR 95: SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR (introduced, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SR95/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $468.2K (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=waggoner
- Campaign site: https://shelbylegislators.com/team/senator-j-t-jabo-waggoner/
- X: https://x.com/JaboWaggoner
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jabo-waggoner-804164b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bdfa9580-2ce0-4828-8f9e-52e6f066fbce