# James Lomax

James Lomax is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 20
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d54b8dfc-7921-4f35-ad22-ad2efdaad100

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d54b8dfc-7921-4f35-ad22-ad2efdaad100 (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

Lomax reported $610.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.16 (standard error 0.03), from 184 donors and 236 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 86.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 13 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 291: Month of May 2026, ALS Awareness Month in Alabama, recognized (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HR291/
- HB 527: Individual income taxes; deduction for qualified overtime income established. (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB527/
- HB 517: Talent Readiness and Industry Needs (TRAIN) Act, qualified employees authorized to teach a career and technical education program, tax credits provided to… (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB517/
- HB 477: Alabama Workforce Board; number of board members increased, quorum for executive committee established, participation in executive committee meeting by… (became law, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB477/
- HB 213: Alabama State Port Authority; Code Commissioner authorized to change references to Alabama State Port Authority, State Port Authority, and Alabama State Docks… (became law, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB213/
- HB 214: Fair Campaign Practices Act; prohibit campaign contributions and expenditures from foreign nationals (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB214/
- HB 7: Crimes and offenses, credible threat defined; penalties for crimes of making a terrorist threat in the first or second degree provided further for; principal… (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB7/
- HR 243: UAH Women's Basketball, congratulated (passed one chamber, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR243/
- HJR 241: Establishing the Joint Study Commission on Advanced Air Mobility (became law, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HJR241/
- HR 244: Ignite, commended (passed one chamber, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HR244/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $610.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LomaxforHouse/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jameslomax8612
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesolomax/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d54b8dfc-7921-4f35-ad22-ad2efdaad100