# Blake Tillery

Blake Tillery is a Republican member of the Georgia Senate for district 19.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia Senate, district 19
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e9c5a2fc-3354-49e1-ac29-783502155fe7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e9c5a2fc-3354-49e1-ac29-783502155fe7 (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

86% of the 235 bills Tillery sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Georgia Senate.

## What Tillery says (GA 2025–26 session)

236 classified statements: 236 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Tillery | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.3% | 165 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 7.2% | 9.5% | 171 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 39.4% | 37.3% | 163 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 2.3% | 190 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 24.1% | 15.4% | 74 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 2.5% | 1.3% | 55 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 30% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%); Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Economics and Public Finance 14% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Health 12% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.03), from 419 donors and 756 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 65% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,406 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Georgia Senate 92.2%). Party unity 96.2% (96.0%). 51 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 not voting · ADOPTION · SR 3 Adjournment; relative to · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SR3/
- 2026-04-03 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 235 bills: 235 reached committee, 202 passed one chamber, 38 passed both, 35 became law. Cosponsored 0. 86.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia Senate 76.9%; rank 5 of 53).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 10: Sales and Use Taxes; any existing special district option sales and use tax (FLOST) cease to be imposed and levied immediately prior to the imposition of any… (in committee, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB10/
- SR 1069: Boger, Jennifer; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1069/
- SR 1061: Stratford Academy Eagles; congratulate (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1061/
- SR 1071: Trott, Austin; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1071/
- SR 1070: Touhy, Mrs. Angela W.; recognize and commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1070/
- SR 1053: Trump, President Donald J.; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1053/
- SR 1043: America 250 Day; recognize April 1, 2026 (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1043/
- SR 1050: Vaughn, Lee; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1050/
- SR 1046: Haupert, John; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1046/
- SR 1021: Hughes, Jason; condolences (passed one chamber, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/SR1021/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $40.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% 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.

- 2026-05-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/blaketillery/status/2057099316209012737
- 2026-05-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/blaketillery/status/2056735325964124423
- 2026-05-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/blaketillery/status/2056436269287117125
- 2026-05-18 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/blaketillery/status/2056436417094717602
- 2026-05-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/blaketillery/status/2055302600120008735
- 2026-05-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/blaketillery/status/2054605290494923243
- 2026-05-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/blaketillery/status/2053864434901119452
- 2026-05-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/blaketillery/status/2053961014782443641
- 2026-05-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/blaketillery/status/2052554349931368457
- 2026-05-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/blaketillery/status/2052520061764874440

## Links

- X: https://x.com/blaketillery
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blaketillery13/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e9c5a2fc-3354-49e1-ac29-783502155fe7