# Gail Davenport

Gail Davenport is a Democratic member of the Georgia Senate for district 17.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Georgia Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2011-01-10
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/df023a79-0194-4d1a-8755-5dee4053e1cc

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/df023a79-0194-4d1a-8755-5dee4053e1cc (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

100% of Davenport’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.61 (standard error 0.03), from 40 donors and 860 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 58% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,406 roll calls. Attendance 94.5% (Georgia Senate 92.2%). Party unity 99.3% (96.0%). 14 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/
- 2026-04-03 · voted nay · Senate Vote #987 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 295 Local government; procedures for real property owners to make claims for compensation for loss of property value or expenses incurred; provisions · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB295/
- 2026-04-03 · voted nay · Senate Vote #983 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 1247 Georgia Bureaucratic Deference Elimination Act; enact · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1247/
- 2026-04-03 · voted nay · Senate Vote #982 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 1161 Motor vehicles; proper operation upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a law enforcement vehicle for purposes of a traffic stop;… · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1161/
- 2026-04-03 · voted nay · Senate Vote #985 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 297 Ad valorem tax; define multipurpose off-highway vehicle; provisions · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB297/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 415 bills: 415 reached committee, 296 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 71.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia Senate 76.9%; rank 37 of 53).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 10: Philadelphia Baptist Church; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR10/
- SR 13: Allen, Tayvian D.; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR13/
- SR 11: Neal, Reverend Willie C.; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR11/
- SR 14: Abrams, Reverend Robert Lee; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR14/
- 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 1098: Davenport, Helen Odessa Dixon; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1098/
- SR 1091: Wright Jr., Daniel Waldon; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1091/
- SR 1089: Parent, Senator Elena; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1089/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $27.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- X: https://x.com/gail_davenport
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gaildavenport/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gail-davenport-237b0316/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/df023a79-0194-4d1a-8755-5dee4053e1cc