Gerald Allen

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89 roll-call votes on record - 80 yes, 7 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 21 (Alabama) since Nov 2010. github.com ↗

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89

Roll-call votes on record.

89 votes · 80 yes · 7 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

Employment10 votes · yes on 9, no on 1

Education10 votes · yes on 10, no on 0

Taxation & Revenue6 votes · yes on 5, no on 0, 1 other

State Government6 votes · yes on 5, no on 1

Occupational Licensing Boards6 votes · yes on 5, no on 1

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESAlabama Clean Indoor Air Act, renamed Vivian Davis Figures Clean Indoor Air Act; vaping included as prohibited smoking in public places.SB 9 · Apr 9, 2026

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Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 63% of Alabama Senate members

Details

Score+0.97 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.04 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.01)

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

Covers1996–2022

● 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

More conservative than 81% of 2022 Alabama Senate candidates

Details

Score+1.15 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.06 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+1.08)

Compared with68 members of 2022 Alabama Senate candidates

Covers1998–2022

● 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 ↗

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