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Gary J. Palmer

Gary J. Palmer

Republican · AL U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

12 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2015

  • Representative AL-6 2015–present

Background

  • background Born May 14, 1954
  • background Co-founded and served as president of Alabama Policy Institute
  • role U.S. representative for Alabama's 6th district since 2015
  • role Member of House Freedom Caucus
  • role Chair of Republican Policy Committee (2019–2025)

Campaign finance

2016 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House AL-06 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,232,446 raised
  • $769,978 spent
  • $652,180 cash on hand
$1.23M
$1.22M
$931.34K
Itemized (≥ $200)$919.35K
Unitemized (< $200)$11.99K
Other committees (PACs)$285.26K
Offsets to expenditures$14.84K
Other receipts$1.00K
$769.98K
Operating expenditures$593.69K
Contribution refunds$15.75K
Other disbursements$160.54K
Cash on hand$652.18K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through December 31, 2016 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2016)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Gary J. Palmer campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2014$1,880,022$1,690,309$189,713
2016$1,232,446$769,978$652,180
2018$1,216,731$1,496,360$372,551
2020$919,678$921,542$370,688
2022$1,278,903$1,203,525$446,066
2024$1,728,601$2,021,428$153,239
2026$1,011,566$907,144$257,661

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 16
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 144 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 1
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 16 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 7
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 255
    Disclosed stock trades →

    106 tickers · 220 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

  • 4
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Gary J. Palmer. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (7)

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • NULL $215,400
  • ARD CONTRACTING $23,300
  • WELLBORN CABINETS $13,500
  • HAMMER LGC $13,200
  • NEWCASTLE CONSTRUCTION $13,200
  • BRASFIELD GORRIE $10,000
  • AAA COOPER TRUCKING $6,600
  • MILKHOUSE PARTNERS LLC $6,600
  • SCIENTIFIC LABORATORIES LLC $6,600
  • PILOT CATASTROPHE SERVICES $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $131,018 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

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Issue positions (1)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Palmer, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Palmer most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Palmer connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (160)

Data from Congress.gov

160
Page 1 of 7 · 160 bills
  • HJRES 211Providing congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards; Notice of Decision Granting a Waiver of Clean Air Act Preemption for California's 2009 and Subsequent Model Year Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New Motor Vehicles".sponsoredAug 5, 2026
  • HR 9936PERFORM ActcosponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HR 9849Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 21, 2026
  • HR 9720D.C. Taxing Authority Review ActcosponsoredJul 15, 2026
  • HR 9701Daughters of the American Revolution Membership Integrity Act.cosponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • HR 9617CHARM ActsponsoredJul 8, 2026
  • HR 9589Declaration of Independence Reaffirmation Act of 2026cosponsoredJul 1, 2026
  • HR 9473Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal ActcosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9453End EPA Abuse Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 24, 2026
  • HR 9422Medicaid RAC Improvement Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 23, 2026
  • HRES 1335Condemning actors seeking to defraud the United States Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that governmentwide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the United States, and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment.cosponsoredJun 2, 2026
  • HRES 1314America 250 Commemorative Flag Act.cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8781Title IX Clarification Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HR 8571TREY'S LawcosponsoredApr 28, 2026
  • HR 8481Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026cosponsoredApr 22, 2026
  • HR 8467ZOMBIE ActsponsoredApr 22, 2026
  • HR 8403To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to modify the definition of food.cosponsoredApr 20, 2026
  • HR 7974To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure real-time public access to Federal award information.cosponsoredMar 17, 2026
  • HR 7934Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2026sponsoredMar 15, 2026
  • HR 7678Gun Owner Registration Information Protection ActcosponsoredFeb 24, 2026
  • HR 7651Chloe Cole Act of 2026cosponsoredFeb 22, 2026
  • HRES 1051Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Mardi Gras and the celebration's origins in Mobile, Alabama.cosponsoredFeb 9, 2026
  • HR 7296SAVE America ActcosponsoredJan 29, 2026
  • HR 7156SCAM ActcosponsoredJan 19, 2026
  • HRES 998Commending President Trump, his administration, and the brave men and women of the Armed Forces, Intelligence Community, and Justice Department for the remarkable success of "Operation Absolute Resolve".cosponsoredJan 13, 2026
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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.

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