Former representative · Alabama's 1st district
Jerry L. Carl
Jerry L. Carl served in Congress from 2021 to 2025, last as a Republican representative for Alabama's 1st district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 8, and cast 830 of 850 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Jan 3, 2021
- Last term ended
- Jan 3, 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 1,222 | 0.7%8 of 1,222 · rank 373 of 442 | 98%830 of 850 · rank 210 of 442 | 70 became law | 10%24 of 235 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 0.5%5 of 997 · rank 318 of 443 | 97%553 of 569 · rank 277 of 443 | 100 became law | 22%48 of 217 |
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 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
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.
- Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 144–277· Against party
- Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 121–298· Against party
- Jul 23, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 115–305· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 212–212· Against party
- Nov 7, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 133–295· Against party
- Oct 26, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 122–299· Against party
- Oct 26, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 123–300· Against party
- Oct 26, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 115–306· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34
- Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 404–1
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 369–37
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 373–33
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 311–96· Against party
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 402–12
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–201
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 348–39
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–12
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 390–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
17 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced1694%
- Passed one chamber15.9%
Policy areas
- Government Operations and Politics5
- Energy3
- Environmental Protection2
- Health2
- Armed Forces and National Security1
- Immigration1
- Native Americans1
- Public Lands and Natural Resources1
Latest activity
- H.R. 897 Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection ActPassed one chamber· Environmental Protection· Jul 9, 2024
- H.R. 6180 Poarch Band of Creek Indians Lands ActIntroduced· Native Americans· Jun 26, 2024
- H.Res. 1280 Commending the University of South Alabama on the occasion of its 60th anniversary and its years of service to the State of Alabama and the United States.Introduced· Health· Jun 7, 2024
- H.R. 7080 Earn Your Keep ActIntroduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jan 25, 2024
- H.Res. 732 Expressing support for the designation of September 30, 2023, through October 7, 2023, as "National Student Athlete Mental Health Week".Introduced· Sports and Recreation· Sep 27, 2023
- H.R. 1442 No Pensions for Lying Bureaucrats ActIntroduced· Government Operations and Politics· Mar 8, 2023
- H.R. 356 Unleashing American Energy ActIntroduced· Energy· Feb 21, 2023
- H.R. 5969 Border Security is National Security Act of 2021Introduced· Immigration· Nov 1, 2022
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
No committee seats are listed.
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to Alabama's 1st 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
- $903.3M
- Per resident
- $1,240
- Rank in Alabama
- 3 of 7
- Contract actions
- 1,931
- New awards: 1,197
By fiscal year
- 780.9MFY2017
- 1.7BFY2018
- 1.6BFY2019
- 607.3MFY2020
- 648.1MFY2021
- 1.3BFY2022
- 755MFY2023
- 1.9BFY2024
- 1.9BFY2025
- 903.3MFY2026
Top buyers
- U.S. Coast Guard$366.5M41%Department of Homeland Security
- Department of the Navy$333.5M37%Department of Defense
- Department of the Army$131.6M15%Department of Defense
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Public Buildings Service$9.2M1.0%General Services Administration
- Department of Homeland Security
- Agricultural Marketing Service$6.5M0.7%Department of Agriculture
- Federal Emergency Management Agency$6.1M0.7%Department of Homeland Security
Top recipients
- AUSTAL USA, LLC$355.2M39%31 awards
- ALABAMA SHIPYARD LLC$117.1M13%14 awards
- BIRDON AMERICA INC$105.4M12%3 awards
- WATERMAN TRANSPORT INC$47.7M5.3%9 awards
- NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY$45.7M5.1%1 award
- AIRBUS DS MILITARY AIRCRAFT, INC.$20.9M2.3%94 awards
- DETYENS SHIPYARDS INC$19.5M2.2%1 award
- JACOBS GOVERNMENT SERVICES COMPANY$18.5M2.1%1 award
- WOOLPERT, INC.$15.4M1.7%6 awards
- TAI HOLDINGS, INC$13.7M1.5%1 award
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
- $1.2M
- through Jul 22, 2026
- Cash on hand
- $366.6K
- From committees
- $389.1K
- 111 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $18.5K
- 7 PACs · 5% of committee money
Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026
| PAC sponsor | Given | Matched contract recipient | Its contracts, FY2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| blue cross blue shield of alabamablue cross blue shield of alabama pac | $10K | BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF ALABAMAAI match · 98% · the same organization | — |
| l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac | $3,500 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $115.4M |
| austal usa llcaustal usa llc federal political action committiee | $2,500 | AUSTAL USA, LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization | $361.2M |
| national community pharmacists associationnational community pharmacists association - pac | $2,000 | NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| elbit systems of america llcelbit systems of america llc political action committee (elbit america pac) | $2,000 | ELBIT SYSTEMS OF AMERICA LLCAI match · 100% · the same organization | — |
| huntsman corporationhuntsman corporation pac (huntsman pac) | $1,000 | HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family | $0 |
| hanwha defense usa inc.hanwha defense usa inc. political action committee | $1,000 | HANWHA DEFENSE USA, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization | $2.4M |
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.2M | $389.1K | $18.5K7 PACs · 5% of committee money |
| 2024 | $2.2M | $677.9K | $153.6K40 PACs · 23% of committee money |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $495K | $109K29 PACs · 22% 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 1st districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · Alabama's 1st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
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.