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Votes with the Republican majority 98% of the time; Harrell’s 2 recent breaks lean one way - voting yes where most Republicans voted no. official roll calls
Advocacy groups split on the record - Americans for Prosperity - Florida scores it 100, Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida 70 (5 published scorecards). published scorecards
Sponsored 41 bills and co-sponsored 12 on record; most recently SB 296 “Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence” (May 26, 2026). bill records
What we don’t cover yet 1 gaps
What we don’t cover yet
Campaign finance filings for this office aren’t wired in yet - when they’re sourced, they’ll appear here.
The record
official roll calls · every vote links to the bill
98%
Votes with the Republican majority.
Where both parties recorded a position on the same roll call, Harrell’s vote matched the Republican position 98% of the time. That makes the 2 recent breaks the clearest signal of where Harrell actually stands - they’re first, below. official roll calls · Jun 2, 2026
1,579 votes · 1,510 yes · 35 no · 23 excused · 10 not voting · 1 other
Where Harrell broke from the party - the high-signal votes
VOTED YES
Save our Homes from Excessive Property Taxes
Republicans voted no, 0–21 · SJR 2F · Jun 2, 2026
roll call
VOTED YES
Land Use and Development Regulations
Republicans voted no, 5–20; Harrell was one of the 5 in favor · HB 399 · Mar 13, 2026
roll call
Pattern: the breaks lean one way - voting yes where most Republicans voted no.
Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters
State Government18 votes · yes on 16, no on 0, 2 other
Criminal Justice16 votes · yes on 15, no on 0, 1 other
conference committee16 votes · yes on 16, no on 0
Health16 votes · yes on 16, no on 0
Education15 votes · yes on 14, no on 0, 1 other
One vote can touch several topics.
LATEST: YESProperty Tax AdministrationSB 4F · Jun 2, 2026CommitteesChair · Appropriations Committee on Higher EducationVice Chair · Health PolicyAppropriationsAppropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Filed as Gayle B. Harrell - Commission On Status Of Women · Gayle B. Harrell - Elected Constitutional Officer - matched to Gayle Harrell by name; the original names the filer.
5 ratings from advocacy groups, across 6 issue areas. Scores are shown on a shared 0–100 scale so groups can be read side by side, with each group’s own published score kept next to it. Every score is the group’s opinion, never our verdict, and every row links to the scorecard.
third-party academic estimates - never our verdict
Left–right estimates (academic)
Shor-McCarty · votesCenter-Right
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More conservative than 71% of Florida Senate members
Details
Score+0.49 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale
BasisFrom roll-call votes
Party median0.01 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+0.48)
Compared with173 members of Florida Senate members (1996–2022)
Covers2001–2022
● This person Democrats (69) Republicans (104)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 · donorsConservative
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More liberal than 51% of 2022 Florida Senate candidates
Details
Score+0.84 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale
BasisFrom campaign donors
Party median0.10 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+0.95)
Compared with83 members of 2022 Florida Senate candidates
Covers2000–2022
● This person Democrats (37) Republicans (45)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.
“Aaron Hawkins was the Democratic candidate for Florida State Senate District 31 in the 2024 election. He was defeated by incumbent Gayle Harrell in the general election held on November 5, 2024.”
