Jim Carns

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32 roll-call votes on record - 17 yes, 4 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 48 (Alabama) since Aug 2011. github.com ↗

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32

Roll-call votes on record.

32 votes · 17 yes · 10 abstain · 4 no · 1 absent. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Apr 9, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

County Government4 votes · yes on 0, no on 0, 4 other

Marshall County4 votes · yes on 0, no on 0, 4 other

Education3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

Insurance2 votes · yes on 2, no on 0

Health Care2 votes · yes on 2, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESTen Commandments; required to be displayed in certain public schools, subject to the availability of donationsSB 99 · Apr 9, 2026

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Conservative

More conservative than 92% of Alabama House members

Details

Score+1.14 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.20 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+0.93)

Compared with298 members of Alabama House members (1996–2022)

Covers1996–2022

● This person Democrats (125) Republicans (172)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsVery Conservative

More liberal than 54% of 2022 Alabama House candidates

Details

Score+1.05 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.04 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.09)

Compared with207 members of 2022 Alabama House candidates

Covers1998–2022

● This person Democrats (68) Republicans (138)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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