# Karen Mathiak

Karen Mathiak is a Republican member of the Georgia House for district 82.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Georgia House, district 82
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: GA 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f8db50e0-08ab-406c-ac8b-39c7038ef5ca

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f8db50e0-08ab-406c-ac8b-39c7038ef5ca (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

100% of Mathiak’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Georgia, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.03), from 145 donors and 1,000 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (GA 2025–26 session)

1,391 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (Georgia House 93.5%). Party unity 99.1% (97.2%). 5 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 99 bills: 82 reached committee, 63 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 23 became law. Cosponsored 0. 63.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Georgia House 65.7%; rank 111 of 177).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 90: Spalding County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (introduced, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB90/
- HB 80: Fayette County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (passed one chamber, 2026-06-23) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2026_ss/HB80/
- HR 1859: Capitol Art Standards Commission and the Governor; place a portrait of Governor Rufus Bullock in the state capitol; urge (introduced, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1859/
- HB 1592: Student Journalist Press Freedom Restoration Act; enact (introduced, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1592/
- HB 1581: Fayetteville, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1581/
- HB 1583: Fayette County; ad valorem tax; floating proportional amount based upon any increased property tax collections; provide new exemption (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1583/
- HB 1582: Fayette County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HB1582/
- HR 1770: Jones, Aniston; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1770/
- HR 1771: Goodman, Patricia; receipt of a Lifetime Achievement Award; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1771/
- HR 1787: Rock Springs Christian Academy wrestling team; winning the 2026 GAPPS State Wrestling Championship; commend (passed one chamber, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ga/bills/2025_26/HR1787/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $19.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.legis.ga.gov/members/house/4894?session=1031
- Campaign site: https://weneedkaren.com/
- X: https://x.com/rep_karen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weneedkaren
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karencliffmathiak/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-mathiak-b3b25a5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f8db50e0-08ab-406c-ac8b-39c7038ef5ca