# Karen Lupton

Karen Lupton is a Democratic member of the Georgia House for district 83.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Georgia House, district 83
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/eb28f991-35c9-4d84-a907-5be56aed1aff

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb28f991-35c9-4d84-a907-5be56aed1aff (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

48% of the 106 bills Lupton sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Georgia House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.03), from 166 donors and 513 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 96.5% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 97.7% (97.2%). 45 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-23 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 78 Tifton, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB78/
- 2026-06-22 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/
- 2026-06-22 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-22 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 30 Early County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB30/
- 2026-06-20 · voted nay · Local Calendar · HB 61 Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption · fail · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB61/
- 2026-04-03 · voted nay · House Vote #880 - 2025-2026 Regular Session · HB 1409 Domestic relations; revise mandated reporting of child abuse · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1409/

## Legislation (GA 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 106 bills: 53 reached committee, 51 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 0. 48.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 163 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 24: Medical Marijuana Therapeutics; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-06-20) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR24/
- HR 2085: St. Pius X Catholic High School boys basketball team; winning the 2026 GHSA 4A State Basketball Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2085/
- HR 2057: Underserved Communities Day at the state capitol; March 31, 2026; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2057/
- HR 2032: Per Scholas Atlanta; occasion of its 10th anniversary; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2032/
- HR 2024: Campos, Daniel; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2024/
- HR 2023: Uwigabye, Prisca; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR2023/
- HR 1964: Crawford, Nury Castillo; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1964/
- HR 1963: Garcia, Elizabeth; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1963/
- HR 1967: JCM Ventures; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1967/
- HB 1604: Quality Basic Education Act; require the task force reviewing the effectiveness of existing program weights to meet every two years rather than every three… (introduced, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1604/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/5035?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://karenlupton.com/ga/
- X: https://x.com/Karen4GA
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Karen4GA/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karen4ga/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-lupton-133b8a9a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eb28f991-35c9-4d84-a907-5be56aed1aff