David Sessions

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 35 · Republican

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347 roll-call votes on record - 324 yes, 21 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Gulf Coast Community Foundation Announces 2026-2027 Board of Directors” (Sarasota Magazine, Jun 18, 2026). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Senator, District 35 (Alabama) since Nov 2018. github.com ↗

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The record

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347

Roll-call votes on record.

347 votes · 324 yes · 21 not voting · 2 no. 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

State Government36 votes · yes on 34, no on 2

Education26 votes · yes on 26, no on 0

Public Safety23 votes · yes on 23, no on 0

Taxation & Revenue22 votes · yes on 22, no on 0

Local Government20 votes · yes on 18, no on 0, 2 other

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESState Health Planning and Development Agency; Rural Health Antitrust Immunity Act created, collaboration among rural health care providers authorized; certification and supervision framework established, limited immunity from state and federal antitrust laws providedHB 605 · Apr 9, 2026

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More liberal than 52% of Alabama Senate members

Details

Score+0.83 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.18 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.01)

Compared with101 members of Alabama Senate members (1996–2022)

Covers2011–2022

● This person Democrats (38) Republicans (62)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

At the median of 2022 Alabama Senate candidates

Details

Score+1.06 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.03 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.08)

Compared with68 members of 2022 Alabama Senate candidates

Covers2012–2022

● This person Democrats (21) Republicans (43)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 ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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