# Tonya Anderson

Tonya Anderson is a Democratic member of the Georgia Senate for district 43.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Georgia Senate, district 43
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d9f1ea57-7b90-484a-9664-927a36c87e0c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9f1ea57-7b90-484a-9664-927a36c87e0c (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

Anderson has served since 2017.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.53 (standard error 0.07), from 27 donors and 15 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

35 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Georgia Senate 92.2%). Party unity 100% (96.0%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDED · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-20 · voted nay · PASSAGE · SB 1 Glynn County; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option… · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB1/
- 2026-06-20 · voted nay · PASSAGE AS AMENDED · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-20 · voted nay · LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR · SB 1 Glynn County; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option… · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB1/
- 2026-06-17 · voted yea · ADOPTION · SR 3 Adjournment; relative to · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR3/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 419 bills: 419 reached committee, 317 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 0. 75.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia Senate 76.9%; rank 34 of 53).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 13: Allen, Tayvian D.; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR13/
- SR 12: Thomas, Morriscene Watts; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR12/
- SR 5: Juneteenth; the history and meaning of the Juneteenth holiday; commemorate and recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-06-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR5/
- SR 1106: James, Laura; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1106/
- SR 1091: Wright Jr., Daniel Waldon; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1091/
- SR 1078: Trillville; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1078/
- SR 1089: Parent, Senator Elena; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1089/
- SR 1081: Raheemm, Micaiah; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1081/
- SR 1077: Peterson, Samuel C.; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1077/
- SR 1090: Sims, Senator Freddie Powell; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1090/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $21.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- X: https://x.com/tonyapanderson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonyapandersonforgeorgia/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatoranderson43/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyapanderson/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9f1ea57-7b90-484a-9664-927a36c87e0c