# Josh Hurlbert

Josh Hurlbert is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 8
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1da3a25b-64fa-48d4-8441-e1dca4526f7f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1da3a25b-64fa-48d4-8441-e1dca4526f7f (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

51% of Hurlbert’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

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

298 classified statements: 298 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 | Hurlbert | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.3% | 2.9% | 357 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 8.7% | 9.3% | 315 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 30.5% | 31.9% | 398 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 7.0% | 12.7% | 479 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.3% | 1.4% | 412 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 51% (State House Republicans 15%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 16% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 14% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Energy 5.5% (State House Republicans 4.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.04), from 95 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 26. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 76 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3489: Establishes provisions relating to college and career readiness assessments (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3489/
- HB 3485: Authorizes private school students to participate in extracurricular activities at public schools under certain conditions (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3485/
- HB 3240: Modifies the definition of sanctuary policy (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3240/
- HB 3239: Establishes and modifies provisions relating to adult education (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3239/
- HB 2807: Modifies certain provisions relating to the renewable energy (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2807/
- HB 2764: Requires port authorities to obtain voter approval to incur indebtedness for developments located more than two thousand feet from the shoreline of the… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2764/
- HB 2248: Modifies provisions for utility growth projects (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2248/
- HB 2158: Modifies provisions of the "Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program" tax credit (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2158/
- HB 2154: Enacts provisions governing adult student access to virtual schools (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2154/
- HB 2159: Creates provisions relating to licensure of naturopathic doctors (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2159/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $39.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 51% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/joshhurlbert/status/2113824486151618804
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/joshhurlbert/status/2113602780174660081
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/joshhurlbert/status/2113090750850146391
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/joshhurlbert/status/2113347358448635920
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/joshhurlbert/status/2112736597103833123
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/joshhurlbert/status/2112876560420389123
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/joshhurlbert/status/2112578687103087046
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/joshhurlbert/status/2112598037050855606
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/joshhurlbert/status/2112151785540657539
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/joshhurlbert/status/2112270226456981898

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=008
- Campaign site: https://joshhurlbert.com/
- X: https://x.com/joshhurlbert
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/josh.hurlbert
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshhurlbert/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-hurlbert-74348439/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1da3a25b-64fa-48d4-8441-e1dca4526f7f