# Gayle Harrell

Gayle Harrell is a Republican member of the Florida Senate for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cd3ba8e7-7c51-444b-bff3-e0c29de30660

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cd3ba8e7-7c51-444b-bff3-e0c29de30660 (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

Harrell reported $224.7K in the 2024 cycle, in the top tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $28.3K).

## What Harrell says (FL 2025–26 session)

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

| Label | Harrell | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.50 (standard error 0.02), from 922 donors and 629 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

909 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Florida Senate 95.0%). Party unity 90.1% (90%). 11 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/
- 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · HJR 1F Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/HJR1F/
- 2026-04-29 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1D Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/HB1D/
- 2026-04-28 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 4D Public Records/Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/SB4D/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · SB 628 Transportation Facility Designations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB628/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 399 Land Use and Development Regulations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB399/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1279 Education · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1279/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · HB 1451 Utility Services · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1451/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · HB 1389 Affordable Housing · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1389/
- 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · SB 7040 Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund/Executive Office of the Governor · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB7040/

## Legislation (FL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 64 bills: 62 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 18. 46.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida Senate 50.9%; rank 21 of 36).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2516E: Higher Education (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/SB2516E/
- SR 1764: YMCA (passed one chamber, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SR1764/
- SB 480: Information Technology (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB480/
- SB 1736: Political Activity at Public Institutions of Higher Education (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1736/
- SB 1438: Agency for Health Care Administration (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1438/
- SB 1436: Grand Jury Testimony and Materials (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1436/
- SB 1290: Recovery Residence Accountability and Protection Act (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1290/
- SB 1288: Waterbody Designations/Andrew “Red” Harris Spoil Island (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1288/
- SB 1362: Vertiports (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1362/
- SB 1340: Coordinated Screening and Progress Monitoring (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1340/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $224.7K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 96% 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.

- 2025-09-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/gayle_harrell/status/1968854341747421348

## Links

- Official site: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/S31
- X: https://x.com/gayle_harrell
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gayleharrellfl/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gayle-harrell-79992915

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cd3ba8e7-7c51-444b-bff3-e0c29de30660