Thomas Albert

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 18 · Republican Party

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217 roll-call votes on record - 103 yes, 114 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Dodgers expect Shohei Ohtani to pitch next week as they manage his knee ailment” (Porterville Recorder, Jul 18, 2026) - one of 3 stories across the spectrum (Left 1 · Center 2 · Right 0). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Senator, District 18 (Michigan) since Jan 2023. github.com ↗

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The record

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217

Roll-call votes on record.

217 votes · 114 no · 103 yes. 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 · Oct 14, 2026

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

State Government4 votes · yes on 2, no on 2

Education3 votes · yes on 2, no on 1

Health Care3 votes · yes on 2, no on 1

State Budget3 votes · yes on 2, no on 1

Health Occupations3 votes · yes on 3, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: NOVehicles: title; requirements for transfer of title by a dealer; provide for.HB 5356 · Oct 14, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 76% of Michigan House members

Details

Score+0.73 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.03 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+0.70)

Compared with649 members of Michigan House members (1996–2022)

Covers2017–2022

● This person Democrats (312) Republicans (336)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

More conservative than 63% of 2022 Michigan Senate candidates

Details

Score+0.98 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.07 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.05)

Compared with105 members of 2022 Michigan Senate candidates

Covers2016–2022

● This person Democrats (49) Republicans (56)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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