Representative · Alabama's 6th district

Gary J. Palmer

Gary J. Palmer is a Republican representative for Alabama's 6th district, in Congress since 2015. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 8, and cast 459 of 466 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 6, 2015
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	1.2%8 of 675 · rank 294 of 439	98%459 of 466 · rank 199 of 439	161 became law	7%11 of 155
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	2.0%24 of 1,222 · rank 251 of 442	99%832 of 837 · rank 32 of 442	510 became law	3%4 of 141
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.9%9 of 997 · rank 238 of 443	99%560 of 565 · rank 128 of 443	90 became law	10%12 of 125

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.67+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
H.R. 1346: To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes.Nay
May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
S. 2503: ROTOR ActYea
Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 4, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–302· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–307· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 127–299· Against party
H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 124–303· Against party
H.R. 8771: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 109–303· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
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".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
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".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Alabama's 6th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: $411.6M
Per resident: $569
Rank in Alabama: 5 of 7
Contract actions: 4,418; New awards: 2,593

By fiscal year

199.8MFY2017
213.7MFY2018
195.7MFY2019
198MFY2020
199.2MFY2021
444.4MFY2022
246MFY2023
271.7MFY2024
202.6MFY2025
411.6MFY2026

Top buyers

Department of State$165.2M40%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$151.7M37%
Department of Justice
Department of Veterans Affairs$35.3M8.6%
Defense Logistics Agency$26M6.3%
Department of Defense
Federal Acquisition Service$8.3M2.0%
General Services Administration
U.S. Secret Service$5.7M1.4%
Department of Homeland Security
Federal Bureau of Investigation$4M1.0%
Department of Justice
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3.4M0.8%

Top recipients

CADDELL CONSTRUCTION CO. (DE), LLC$163.2M40%
1 award
NAPHCARE LLC$151.4M37%
783 awards
C & C CONTRACTORS LLC$31.1M7.6%
1 award
SYSCO CENTRAL ALABAMA INC$12.7M3.1%
1,156 awards
ALTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.$12.3M3.0%
40 awards
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.$8.2M2.0%
3 awards
EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC$6.5M1.6%
18 awards
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM$6.4M1.6%
28 awards
BL HARBERT INTERNATIONAL LLC$3.2M0.8%
4 awards
BODWE-KVG JV LLC$1.8M0.4%
2 awards

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $1.1M; through Jul 22, 2026
Cash on hand: $260.7K
From committees: $482K; 155 committees
From contractor PACs: $102.5K; 41 PACs · 21% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
alabama power companyalabama power co employees federal political action cmte (apc employees federal pac)	$10K	ALABAMA POWER COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$19M
the westervelt companythe westervelt company political action committee	$10K	THE WESTERVELT COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)	$7,500	AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
exxon mobil corporationexxon mobil corporation political action committee (exxonmobil pac)	$5,000	EXXON MOBIL CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac	$5,000	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization	$6.6M
national community pharmacists associationnational community pharmacists association - pac	$3,500	NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)	$3,500	HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$260.5M
tyson foods inc.tyson foods inc political action committee (typac)	$3,500	TYSON FOODS INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$226.3M
international paperinternational paper political action committee (ip-pac)	$3,000	INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	—

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.1M	$482K	$102.5K41 PACs · 21% of committee money
2024	$1.7M	$592.7K	$114K35 PACs · 19% of committee money
2022	$1.3M	$399.5K	$72.5K20 PACs · 18% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Alabama's 6th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Alabama's 6th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Alabama's 6th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Alabama's 6th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
House · Alabama's 6th districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
House · Alabama's 6th districtJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2017

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: palmer.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-4921
Office: 170 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.