Nikki Merritt

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 9 · Democratic

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375 roll-call votes on record - 220 yes, 116 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Georgia’s abortion debate returns to the spotlight four years after Dobbs ruling” (WCTV (CBS Tallahassee), Jun 24, 2026). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Senator, District 9 (Georgia) since Jan 2021. legis.ga.gov ↗

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The record

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375

Roll-call votes on record.

375 votes · 220 yes · 116 no · 31 excused · 8 not voting. 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 · Jun 23, 2026

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

Local Government13 votes · yes on 8, no on 4, 1 other

Sales Tax9 votes · yes on 0, no on 9

Taxes8 votes · yes on 3, no on 5

State Budget8 votes · yes on 4, no on 3, 1 other

State Government7 votes · yes on 5, no on 1, 1 other

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: NOStephens County; ad valorem taxes; homestead property determined annually for the special district based upon the proceeds of a new Local Homestead Option Sales Tax (LHOST); provide homestead exemptionSB 6EX · Jun 23, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 97% of Georgia Senate members

Details

Score−1.15 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.55 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.60)

Compared with213 members of Georgia Senate members (1993–2022)

Covers2021–2022

● This person Democrats (87) Republicans (126)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 · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 86% of 2022 Georgia Senate candidates

Details

Score−0.94 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.17 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.77)

Compared with70 members of 2022 Georgia Senate candidates

Covers2020–2022

● This person Democrats (32) Republicans (38)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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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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