# Donnie Chesteen

Donnie Chesteen is a Republican member of the Alabama Senate for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama Senate, district 29
- Serving since: 2018-11-07
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c1ce8b3f-ea56-4c8f-ab74-2a02b8d10063

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1ce8b3f-ea56-4c8f-ab74-2a02b8d10063 (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

Chesteen reported $555.5K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.16 (standard error 0.03), from 67 donors and 564 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 62.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama Senate 60.8%; rank 17 of 35).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 350: State Health Planning and Development Agency; collaboration among rural health care providers authorized; certification and supervision framework established,… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB350/
- SB 363: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs; Alabama Centralized Grant Management Database, established to maintain lists of available grants (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB363/
- SB 168: Public K-12 education; to prohibit the three-cueing system of reading instruction (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB168/
- SB 71: Administrative rules; adopting environmental protection criteria stricter than federal requirements prohibited (became law, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB71/
- SB 74: Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP), renamed the Loan Assistance in Support of Educators in Alabama (LASEA) Program; providing loan… (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB74/
- SB 73: Public K-12 schools; membership in athletic associations with boards of certain composition, that enforce certain rules, prohibited; Legislative Council… (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB73/
- SB 72: Alabama Commission on Higher Education, ReEngage Alabama Grant Program, minimum age of adult learner decreased, eligibility requirements revised (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB72/
- SB 75: Public works contracts; exemption established for purchases made through cooperative purchasing agreements, requirements for certain public contracts to… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB75/
- SB 21: Offices of Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; judge of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals or Court of Criminal Appeals;… (in committee, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/SB21/
- SB 345: Geneva County, section providing for compensation of superintendent of education, repealed (became law, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/SB345/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $555.5K (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=chesteen
- Campaign site: http://votechesteen.com/
- X: https://x.com/donniechesteen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/donniechesteenstatesenator/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnie-chesteen-76710b85/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c1ce8b3f-ea56-4c8f-ab74-2a02b8d10063