# Mike Shaw

Mike Shaw is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 47.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 47
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cff09a3a-b81e-433d-80f5-45f6472f4642

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cff09a3a-b81e-433d-80f5-45f6472f4642 (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

40% of the 30 bills Shaw sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Alabama House.

## What Shaw says (AL 2025–26 session)

143 classified statements: 143 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 | Shaw | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 5.6% | 31.9% | 734 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.4% | 1.8% | 337 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.1% | 12.7% | 663 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Finance and Financial Sector 50% (State House Republicans 1.4%); Science, Technology, Communications 25% (State House Republicans 2.4%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Republicans 18%); Labor and Employment 13% (State House Republicans 2.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.03), from 150 donors and 241 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 29 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 40.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 93 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 353: Auburn University Men's Basketball Team, commended (introduced, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR353/
- HB 647: Taxation; to eliminate the sales tax on food over a four year period (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB647/
- HR 256: Dr. James E. Gray, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR256/
- HR 255: Vestavia Hills High School Speech and Debate Team, commended (passed one chamber, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR255/
- HB 544: Cryptocurrency; governmental entities authorized to use stablecoins as payment to vendors and contractors (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB544/
- HB 524: Artificial Intelligence; state agencies required to perform quarterly AI-assisted review of rules (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB524/
- HR 135: Honoring the relationship between Japan and the State of Alabama and designating March 10, 2026, as "Japan Day" in the Alabama House of Representatives (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR135/
- HB 445: Relating to gross income; to amend Section 40-18-14, Code of Alabama 1975; to exclude difficulty of care payments from gross income (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB445/
- HB 417: Competitive bidding; purchase and installation of playground equipment by public K-12 schools, exempted (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB417/
- HB 350: To establish the Angel Investor Tax Credit Act (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB350/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $321.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% 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.

- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikeshawnuff/status/2111859567630139825
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikeshawnuff/status/2111596864772641034
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikeshawnuff/status/2108719546064318557
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikeshawnuff/status/2103277950674346252
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikeshawnuff/status/2102590511219609780
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikeshawnuff/status/2100244856782073917
- 2026-09-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikeshawnuff/status/2099611500226781416
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikeshawnuff/status/2098247533470351741
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikeshawnuff/status/2098158306212663605
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikeshawnuff/status/2098165506888896600

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- X: https://x.com/mikeshawnuff
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/representativemikeshaw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnuff/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cff09a3a-b81e-433d-80f5-45f6472f4642