# Brett Easterbrook

Brett Easterbrook is a Republican member of the Alabama House for district 65.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alabama House, district 65
- Serving since: 2018-11-07
- Current term: AL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/def57a9e-a907-4e62-b990-41dc19661c06

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/def57a9e-a907-4e62-b990-41dc19661c06 (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

20% of Easterbrook’s statements contain a personal attack, 7.0 times the State House Republican average of 2.9%.

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

2,103 classified statements: 2,103 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 | Easterbrook | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 20.1% | 2.9% | 10 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.4% | 9.3% | 629 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 4.9% | 31.9% | 746 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.1% | 1.8% | 558 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.4% | 12.7% | 729 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 8.7% | 1.4% | 12 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 31% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (State House Republicans 18%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Crime and Law Enforcement 14% (State House Republicans 11%); Economics and Public Finance 8.8% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.02), from 2 donors and 562 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 0. 69.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alabama House 67.2%; rank 46 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 636: Washington County, compensation of circuit clerk further provided for (became law, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB636/
- HB 634: Washington County; lodging tax, levied and proceeds distributed (passed one chamber, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB634/
- HB 635: Choctaw County; ad valorem taxes, county commission authorized to increase, proceeds provided for (became law, 2026-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB635/
- HB 497: Mental health; Alabama Department of Mental Health, Division of Developmental Disabilities Community Incident Prevention and Management System provided,… (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB497/
- HB 414: Feral Swine; criminal penalty deleted for transporting swine; conservation department prohibited from restricting transport (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2026rs/HB414/
- HB 585: Washington County, compensation of circuit clerk further provided for (passed one chamber, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB585/
- HB 566: Residential Home Construction, approval by licensed architect or professional engineer not required if construction under three stories in height (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB566/
- HB 522: Washington County; sheriff, authorized to sell or destroy certain abandoned, stolen, or unclaimed firearms (passed one chamber, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB522/
- HB 351: Choctaw County; ad valorem tax on certain property increased (passed one chamber, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB351/
- HB 301: Choctaw County, constable office abolished next term (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/al/bills/2025rs/HB301/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/BrettEasterbro/status/2105460860789371072
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/BrettEasterbro/status/2104747370647023977
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/BrettEasterbro/status/2105049029231198347
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/BrettEasterbro/status/2104396914477416501
- 2026-09-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/BrettEasterbro/status/2102174013606822311
- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/BrettEasterbro/status/2101474961005171040
- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/BrettEasterbro/status/2101416834498998375
- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/BrettEasterbro/status/2101458536995697081
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/BrettEasterbro/status/2100052400148987947
- 2026-09-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/BrettEasterbro/status/2099705210264244365

## Links

- Official site: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/house-leaders-members?tab=1/
- X: https://x.com/BrettEasterbro
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepBrettEasterbrook/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-easterbrook-14782aa5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/def57a9e-a907-4e62-b990-41dc19661c06