# Joe Campbell

Joe Campbell is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 171.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 171
- Serving since: 2020-02-06
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c862c17f-ed00-41d7-97e5-1138f451a96c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c862c17f-ed00-41d7-97e5-1138f451a96c (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

41% of Campbell’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.04), from 100 donors and 501 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)

245 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 100% (97.2%). 0 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/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 26 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 70.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 68 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 13: Mitchell County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-22) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB13/
- HR 1992: Hearn, Major General George J., Jr.; honoring life, military service, and civic contributions; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1992/
- HR 1750: World War I Veterans Memorial Bridge; Thomas County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1750/
- HB 1451: Community Affairs, Department of; local governments and nonprofit organizations to incentivize households to relocate from outside this state to local… (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1451/
- HR 1425: Georgia peanut industry; Georgia Peanut Day at the state capitol; 03/03/26; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1425/
- HR 1403: Howell, Mason; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1403/
- HR 1405: Fellowship of Christian Officials; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1405/
- HR 1404: Thomas County Central High School football team; winning the 2025 GHSA Class 5A State Football Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1404/
- HR 1382: Georgia Runs on Trucking Day; March 18, 2026; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1382/
- HB 1277: Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations (became law, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1277/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 41% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/4970?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://joecampbellforgeorgia.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joecampbellforgeorgia

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c862c17f-ed00-41d7-97e5-1138f451a96c