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Gary J. Palmer

Republican · AL-6 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

AL-6 — U.S. House

Safe R 99%

Gary J. Palmer is on the ballot. Maurice Mercer vs. Gary Palmer. Runs on a newly enacted district map.

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Bio

Gary James Palmer is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Alabama's 6th congressional district since 2015. His district includes the wealthier parts of Birmingham, as well as most of its suburbs. Before becoming an elected official, Palmer co-founded and served as the longtime president of the Alabama Policy Institute, a conservative think tank.

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Record of service

In office
11.7 years
First took office
2015 (6 terms)
Seniority
126 of 439 by time served
Age
72
Leadership
  • House Republican Policy Committee Chair · 2019–2023
  • House Republican Policy Committee Chair · 2021–2025
District offices
  • Birmingham, AL · 205-968-1290
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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2019
$1.3M
2020
$1.3M
2021
$1.2M
2022
$1.1M
2023
$3.2M
2024
$1.8M
2025
$2.6M
Most recent filing (2025)
Assets
$1.6M – $3.6M
Liabilities
$0 – $0
Net worth
$1.6M – $3.6M
Since 2019
+$1.3M
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 31 assets reported
Canaan LLC$250k – $500k
Ann Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ Schwab Prime Advantage Money Fund- Investor Shares (SWVXX)$250k – $500k
Charles Schwab ⇒ Schwab Prime Advantage Money Fund- Investor Shares (SWVXX)$250k – $500k
Gary Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ Schwab Prime Advantage Money Fund- Investor Shares (SWVXX)$250k – $500k
Ann Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ OneAscent Core Plus Bond ETF (OACP)$100k – $250k
Ann Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ OneAscent International Equity ETF (OAIM)$50k – $100k
Ann Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ OneAscent Large Cap Core ETF (OALC)$50k – $100k
Charles Schwab ⇒ OneAscent Core Plus Bond ETF (OACP)$50k – $100k
Charles Schwab ⇒ OneAscent Large Cap Core ETF (OALC)$50k – $100k
Gary Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ OneAscent Core Plus Bond ETF (OACP)$50k – $100k
Gary Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ OneAscent Large Cap Core ETF (OALC)$50k – $100k
Ann Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ OneAscent Emerging Markets ETF (OAEM)$15k – $50k
Ann Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ OneAscent Enhanced Small and Mid Cap ETF (OASC)$15k – $50k
Ann Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ Quaker Investment Trust CCM Affordable Housing MBS ETF (OWNS)$15k – $50k
Ann Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ Strategy Shares Eventide High Dividend ETF (ELCV)$15k – $50k
Ann Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (VGIT)$15k – $50k
Charles Schwab ⇒ OneAscent Enhanced Small and Mid Cap ETF (OASC)$15k – $50k
Charles Schwab ⇒ OneAscent International Equity ETF (OAIM)$15k – $50k
Charles Schwab ⇒ Strategy Shares Eventide High Dividend ETF (ELCV)$15k – $50k
Charles Schwab ⇒ Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (VGIT)$15k – $50k
Gary Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ OneAscent Enhanced Small and Mid Cap ETF (OASC)$15k – $50k
Gary Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ OneAscent International Equity ETF (OAIM)$15k – $50k
Gary Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ Strategy Shares Eventide High Dividend ETF (ELCV)$15k – $50k
Gary Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF (VGIT)$15k – $50k
Charles Schwab ⇒ OneAscent Emerging Markets ETF (OAEM)$1k – $15k
Charles Schwab ⇒ Quaker Investment Trust CCM Affordable Housing MBS ETF (OWNS)$1k – $15k
Gary & Ann Palmer JT Schwab Accounts ⇒ Schwab Prime Advantage Money Fund- Investor Shares $1k – $15k
Gary & Ann Palmer JT Schwab Accounts ⇒ Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. - Series A Common Stoc$1k – $15k
Gary Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ OneAscent Emerging Markets ETF (OAEM)$1k – $15k
Gary Palmer Schwab IRA ⇒ Quaker Investment Trust CCM Affordable Housing MBS ETF (OWNS)$1k – $15k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.78
Healthcare
R+0.68
Immigration & Border
R+0.91
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.92
Environment & Energy
R+0.82
Crime & Policing
R+0.87
Defense & Veterans
R+0.71
Economy & Labor
R+0.79
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.60
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.41
Education
R+0.74
Government & Democracy
R+0.85
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+1.00

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Gary J. Palmer's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Republican Party
93%
Libertarian Party
64%
Democratic Party
28%
Green Party
19%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
15%
Communist Party USA
14%

On the political map

Gary J. Palmer (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightPalmer
Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Palmersits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Treating Palmer's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Most aligned

Jim Banks
R · IN · Senate
+100%
Virginia Foxx
R · NC-5 · House
+100%
Brian Babin
R · TX-36 · House
+100%
Scott DesJarlais
R · TN-4 · House
+100%
Darin LaHood
R · IL-16 · House
+100%

Least aligned

Cleo Fields
D · LA-6 · House
−98%
Adelita S. Grijalva
D · AZ-7 · House
−98%
Laura Friedman
D · CA-30 · House
−98%
Maxine Dexter
D · OR-3 · House
−98%
Yassamin Ansari
D · AZ-3 · House
−98%

Recent notable votes

YEA
SEED Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing
YEA
Fostering the Use of Technology to Uphold Regulatory Effectiveness in Supervision Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
GUARD Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Economy & Labor
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 210) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 213) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the ‘‘California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education

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