# Cathy Tilton

Cathy Tilton is a Republican member of the Alaska Senate for district M.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alaska Senate, district M
- Serving since: 2023-01-17
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f1816065-31d1-4757-b8b9-714e15daeccf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1816065-31d1-4757-b8b9-714e15daeccf (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

Tilton sits at +0.56 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 79% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.56 (standard error 0.03), from 234 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 3 bills: 3 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 12.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 249: An Act relating to virtual currency kiosks; relating to transactions involving virtual currency; relating to unfair trade or deceptive acts or practices; and… (became law, 2026-07-16) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB249/
- SB 239: An Act relating to commercial motor vehicle licensing examinations; relating to the registration and titling of legally imported motor vehicles; relating to… (became law, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SB239/
- SR 4: Recognizing and commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America; encouraging participation in commemorative events; and… (passed one chamber, 2026-06-19) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/SR4/
- HB 61: An Act relating to restrictions on firearms and other weapons. (became law, 2023-10-16) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/33/HB61/
- HB 179: An Act relating to firearms and other weapons restrictions. (in committee, 2021-04-26) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/32/HB179/
- HB 222: An Act relating to the authority of the Department of Administration to transmit registration information to the Selective Service System; and relating to… (in committee, 2020-03-02) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/31/HB222/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $65.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=tlt
- Campaign site: https://cathytilton.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rep.tiltondistrict12
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKYU-ysn1MF_sMgyCuMUaEw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-tilton-5b736744/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1816065-31d1-4757-b8b9-714e15daeccf