# Darin Chappell

Darin Chappell is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 137.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 137
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1cd15a85-b074-4d67-8fcd-1cbccfc924f4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1cd15a85-b074-4d67-8fcd-1cbccfc924f4 (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

Chappell sits at +0.78 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 95% of State House Republicans.

## What Chappell says (MO 2025–26 session)

21 classified statements: 21 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 | Chappell | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 14.3% | 2.9% | 26 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 4.8% | 9.3% | 462 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 19.1% | 31.9% | 582 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 9.5% | 12.7% | 409 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 75% (State House Republicans 18%); Law 50% (State House Republicans 3.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.78 (standard error 0.05), from 188 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 5. 38.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 67 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2682: Renames the "Missouri Student Religious Liberties Act" the "Missouri Safeguarding Personal Expression at K-12 Schools (SPEAKS) Act" and creates provisions… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2682/
- HB 3423: Modifies provisions relating to judges (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3423/
- HJR 154: Proposes a constitutional amendment relating to MO HealthNet work requirements (passed one chamber, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HJR154/
- HB 3172: Requires state departments to exhaust all available funds before spending money allocated from general revenue (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3172/
- HJR 162: Requires a twenty percent voter turnout for certain property tax elections (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HJR162/
- HCR 25: Expresses support for actions taken to end motorcycle profiling (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HCR25/
- HB 2689: Requires a state agency to repeal two existing rules before enacting a new one (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2689/
- HB 2692: Modifies provisions relating to the assessed valuation of residential real property (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2692/
- HB 2688: Specifies that an unborn child, at any stage of development, is subject to the protections of the 5th and 14th Amendments of the United States Constitution (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2688/
- HJR 153: Proposes a constitutional amendment changing various provisions relating to judges (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HJR153/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 99% 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.

- 2026-07-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DKChappell/status/2082219895933006106
- 2026-06-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/DKChappell/status/2071640348334408149
- 2026-06-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/DKChappell/status/2069777067567165859
- 2026-06-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DKChappell/status/2064566019918561598
- 2026-06-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DKChappell/status/2064123669098438942
- 2026-05-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/DKChappell/status/2059653945497166095
- 2025-12-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/DKChappell/status/2002868238024392800
- 2025-10-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/DKChappell/status/1983724203649200265
- 2025-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/DKChappell/status/1978973616948539579
- 2025-10-15 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/DKChappell/status/1978561366072959451

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=137
- Campaign site: https://www.chappell4mo.com/
- X: https://x.com/DKChappell
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Chappell4MO/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1cd15a85-b074-4d67-8fcd-1cbccfc924f4