# Stetson Painter

Stetson Painter is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 3.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 3
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/120ce349-5d8a-4fa6-902e-4fa39945d7d7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/120ce349-5d8a-4fa6-902e-4fa39945d7d7 (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 Painter’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arkansas, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.03), from 70 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 52. 60.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 37 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1041: TO RECOGNIZE THE MOUNTAIN HOME HIGH SCHOOL BOMBERS AS THE 2025 CLASS 5A GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1041/
- HR 1040: TO RECOGNIZE THE MOUNTAIN HOME HIGH SCHOOL BOMBERS AS THE 2025 CLASS 5A BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1040/
- HR 1017: TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE MAY 2026 AS AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS AWARENESS MONTH IN THIS STATE. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1017/
- HB 2001: TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TOWING AND RECOVERY REFORM AND EFFICIENCY ACT OF 2025; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS TOWING AND RECOVERY BOARD; AND TO… (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB2001/
- HB 1897: TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS TOWING AND RECOVERY REFORM AND EFFICIENCY ACT OF 2025; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS TOWING AND RECOVERY BOARD; AND TO… (in committee, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1897/
- HB 1898: TO CREATE THE REGULATORY DIVISION AND THE REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; AND TO ALLOW PERSONNEL OF THE… (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1898/
- SB 550: TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE ARKANSAS LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY COMMISSION TO THE ARKANSAS BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB550/
- HB 1638: TO MODERNIZE REFERENCES TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES; AND TO AMEND ARMED FORCES AND UNIFORMED SERVICES LISTINGS TO INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE. (became law, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1638/
- HR 1061: TO RECOGNIZE THE MOUNTAIN HOME BOMBERS HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' INDOOR TRACK TEAM AS THE CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1061/
- HCR 1007: TO ENCOURAGE THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO REEVALUATE THE MEDICARE PHYSICIAN FEE SCHEDULE LOCALITY STRUCTURE AND ENSURE ACCURATE GEOGRAPHIC PRACTICE COST… (in committee, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HCR1007/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $76.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 83% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/3
- Campaign site: https://www.stetsonpainter.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Stetson-Painter-Arkansas-House-of-Representatives-District-03-100075944023840/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stetson-painter-mpa-077b16122/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/120ce349-5d8a-4fa6-902e-4fa39945d7d7