# Shaw Blackmon

Shaw Blackmon is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 146.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 146
- Serving since: 2015-08-20
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ee145624-3295-4db4-b3ce-9d1583e4ef6e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ee145624-3295-4db4-b3ce-9d1583e4ef6e (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

Blackmon reported $122.6K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.03), from 223 donors and 930 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 95.7% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.4% (97.2%). 6 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · 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 yea · PASSAGE · SB 3 Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish · pass · https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/SB3/
- 2026-06-23 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 89 bills: 69 reached committee, 58 passed one chamber, 31 passed both, 25 became law. Cosponsored 0. 65.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 104 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 3: General Assembly; motor fuel and diesel fuel taxes; ratify Governor Brian P. Kemp's Executive Order (passed both chambers, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HR3/
- HR 1988: Chronic federal deficit spending as a root cause of inflation and long-term economic instability; recognize (passed one chamber, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1988/
- HR 1947: House Study Committee on Education Finance; create (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1947/
- HR 1886: F.H.P. Trooper Charles Eugene "Gene" Campbell Memorial Highway; Houston County; dedicate (introduced, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1886/
- HB 1585: Income tax; donations to nonprofit corporations that provide housing to cancer care patients; provide credit (introduced, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1585/
- HB 1444: Sales and use tax; require each sales tax return include specific information (introduced, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1444/
- HR 1421: Wojtel, Officer Matthew; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1421/
- HR 1392: Ad valorem tax; qualified low-income building projects may be classified as a separate class of property; provide - CA (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1392/
- HB 1370: Income tax; exclude a portion of overtime compensation and cash tips (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1370/
- HB 1298: Sales and use tax; exempt retail sale of electricity and natural gas for use by any residential property (introduced, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1298/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $122.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/1878?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://www.shawblackmon.com/home
- X: https://x.com/ShawBlackmon
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawblackmon
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaw-blackmon-21208980/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ee145624-3295-4db4-b3ce-9d1583e4ef6e