# Cathy Loy

Cathy Loy is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 163.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 163
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0d50b579-ab89-4b9c-ae24-eb0d4216f3bd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d50b579-ab89-4b9c-ae24-eb0d4216f3bd (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

83% of Loy’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## What Loy says (MO 2025–26 session)

688 classified statements: 688 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Loy | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.7% | 2.9% | 426 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 6.1% | 9.3% | 408 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 24.3% | 31.9% | 496 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.7% | 1.8% | 293 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.8% | 12.7% | 487 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.1% | 1.4% | 440 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 31% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 12% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Energy 9.6% (State House Republicans 4.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.05), from 83 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 18 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 27. 31.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 80 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 40: Requests the Governor to clarify the duties of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and authorize certain actions by the Commissioner of the… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HCR40/
- HB 2909: Requires instruction on human sexuality and development in schools (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2909/
- HB 2872: Creates, repeals, and modifies provisions relating to literacy of elementary school students (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2872/
- HB 2556: Specifies that certain medical titles or specialty designations are reserved for the use of licensed physicians (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2556/
- HB 2443: Modifies provisions governing degrees offered by institutions of postsecondary education (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2443/
- HB 2442: Modifies provisions governing responsibilities of the department of elementary and secondary education (introduced, 2025-12-18) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2442/
- HB 2417: Establishes the "Parents' Bill of Rights of 2026" (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2417/
- HB 2418: Establishes the "Missouri Crime Victims Fund" (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2418/
- HB 2406: Creates new provisions for the adoption of administrative rules (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2406/
- HB 2419: Modifies provisions relating to medication abortion (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2419/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $43.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CJheartart/status/2114695163050140110
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/CJheartart/status/2114462924689326130
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CJheartart/status/2113037107900137709
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/CJheartart/status/2112582135718490466
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/CJheartart/status/2112281362732630163
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/CJheartart/status/2111610818588541219
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/CJheartart/status/2111875880217960809
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/CJheartart/status/2111895154944532827
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/CJheartart/status/2110934838102376829
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/CJheartart/status/2110541082580668891

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/memberdetails.aspx?district=163&year=2025&code=R
- Campaign site: https://www.cathyjo4mo163.com/
- X: https://x.com/CJheartart
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cathyjoloyformo/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cathy.sinclairloy
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathy-jo-loy

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0d50b579-ab89-4b9c-ae24-eb0d4216f3bd