# Matt Hatchett

Matt Hatchett is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 155.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 155
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c81779f3-65bf-4714-b295-79cac3b0da28

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c81779f3-65bf-4714-b295-79cac3b0da28 (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

Hatchett reported $272.5K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## What Hatchett says (GA 2025–26 session)

2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hatchett | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 100.0% | 31.9% | 2 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 50.0% | 1.8% | 1 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 50.0% | 12.7% | 5 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Commerce 50% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Economics and Public Finance 50% (State House Republicans 12%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.03), from 213 donors and 1,022 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

2,762 roll calls. Attendance 95.3% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 98.0% (97.2%). 23 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · 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 yea · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 · Senate Vote #987 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 295 Local government; procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation for loss of property value or expenses incurred; provisions · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB295/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 98 bills: 80 reached committee, 75 passed one chamber, 25 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 0. 76.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 26 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 28: Burns, Speaker Jon and Mrs. Dayle; celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR28/
- HB 5: Cadwell, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB5/
- HB 73: East Dublin, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB73/
- HB 7: Laurens County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB7/
- HB 3: Rentz, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB3/
- HB 4: Dudley, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB4/
- HB 1: Dublin, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB1/
- HB 74: Dexter, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB74/
- HR 1988: Chronic federal deficit spending as a root cause of inflation and long-term economic instability; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1988/
- HR 1903: East Laurens Lady Falcons basketball team; victory in the GHSA Class A/Division I Girls State Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1903/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $272.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% 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.

- 2026-05-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jmatthatchett/status/2051465903515091300
- 2026-02-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/jmatthatchett/status/2021992773671583872

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/781?session=1031
- X: https://x.com/jmatthatchett
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MattHatchettGA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matt.hatchett.39/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-hatchett-0ba22b9/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c81779f3-65bf-4714-b295-79cac3b0da28