# Clay Yarborough Clay Yarborough is a Republican member of the Florida Senate for district 4. - Party: Republican - Seat: Florida Senate, district 4 - Serving since: 2022-11-08 - Current term: FL 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/f1eda85d-37f2-4475-a318-8278a11c9466 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1eda85d-37f2-4475-a318-8278a11c9466 (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 Yarborough sits at +0.58 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 81% of State Senate Republicans. ## What Yarborough says (FL 2025–26 session) 55 classified statements: 55 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 | Yarborough | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 5.5% | 9.5% | 195 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 9.1% | 37.3% | 332 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 1.8% | 2.3% | 156 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 7.3% | 15.4% | 243 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Families 40% (State Senate Republicans 4.2%); Health 40% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 20% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.58 (standard error 0.03), from 223 donors and 821 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (FL 2025–26 session) 755 roll calls. Attendance 96.0% (Florida Senate 95.0%). Party unity 100% (90%). 7 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/ - 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Third Reading · HJR 1F Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/HJR1F/ - 2026-04-29 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1D Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/HB1D/ - 2026-04-28 · voted yea · Third Reading · SB 4D Public Records/Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/SB4D/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · SB 628 Transportation Facility Designations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB628/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 399 Land Use and Development Regulations · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB399/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Third Reading · HB 1279 Education · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1279/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · HB 1451 Utility Services · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1451/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · HB 1389 Affordable Housing · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1389/ - 2026-03-13 · voted yea · Returning Messages · SB 7040 Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund/Executive Office of the Governor · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB7040/ ## Legislation (FL 2025–26 session) Sponsored 50 bills: 50 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 26. 60.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida Senate 50.9%; rank 13 of 36). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 6D: Medical Freedom (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026D/SB6D/ - SB 1792: Public Records/Pawnbroker Transactions (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1792/ - SB 1756: Medical Freedom (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1756/ - SB 1738: Educational Facilities (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1738/ - SB 1582: Statewide Data Sharing of Secondhand Dealer and Pawnbroker Transactions (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1582/ - SB 1600: Community-based Care Lead Agency Liability Insurance (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1600/ - SB 1704: Charter School Funding (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1704/ - SB 1506: Civil Litigation (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1506/ - SB 1316: Injunctions for Protection Against Marriage Fraud (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1316/ - SB 1164: Gambling (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/SB1164/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $47.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% 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. - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/clay_yarborough/status/2111500890704060551 - 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/clay_yarborough/status/2103243885791064238 - 2026-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/clay_yarborough/status/2094562281291948091 - 2026-07-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/clay_yarborough/status/2083040789387436172 - 2026-07-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/clay_yarborough/status/2073816252536009171 - 2026-07-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/clay_yarborough/status/2072345200924467609 - 2026-06-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/clay_yarborough/status/2067763110115480061 - 2026-06-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/clay_yarborough/status/2067720091349721467 - 2026-06-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/clay_yarborough/status/2064475113903317058 - 2026-06-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/clay_yarborough/status/2064478366183403604 ## Links - Official site: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/S4 - X: https://x.com/clay_yarborough - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repclayyarborough/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1eda85d-37f2-4475-a318-8278a11c9466