# Ben Keathley

Ben Keathley is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 101.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 101
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1f082953-c9f5-4a72-a281-cdb9fe4bda5e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1f082953-c9f5-4a72-a281-cdb9fe4bda5e (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

27% of Keathley’s statements criticize a policy, 2.9 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%.

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

231 classified statements: 231 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 | Keathley | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.0% | 2.9% | 232 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 27.3% | 9.3% | 50 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 55.4% | 31.9% | 74 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 1.8% | 357 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 17.8% | 12.7% | 218 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.7% | 1.4% | 218 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 51% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 17% (State House Republicans 15%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State House Republicans 12%); Transportation and Public Works 5.5% (State House Republicans 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.05), from 136 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 62% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 46 bills: 45 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 5. 37.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 68 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2559: Requires the general assembly to approve proposed administrative rules (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2559/
- HB 2085: Modifies provisions relating to tobacco product regulations (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2085/
- HB 3465: Establishes provisions relating to the severability of provisions within legislation (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3465/
- HB 3327: Modifies provisions relating to the establishment of certain entertainment districts (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3327/
- HB 3199: Modifies provisions relating to the establishment of certain entertainment districts (introduced, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3199/
- HB 3160: Modifies provisions relating to injunctions (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3160/
- HB 3128: Creates new provisions relating to prohibiting foreign influence on lobbying activities (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3128/
- HB 3129: Establishes the "Physician Assistant Licensure Compact" (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3129/
- HB 3055: Modifies provisions relating to the ordering and administration of ketamine for mental health purposes (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3055/
- HB 3054: Modifies provisions relating to the circuit court of Cole County, including its appellate district and venue of certain cases (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3054/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $60.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% 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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/benKeath/status/2113024992971501572
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/benKeath/status/2113025092942811607
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/benKeath/status/2112624764930171175
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/benKeath/status/2110522607309037743
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/benKeath/status/2109040281349754899
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/benKeath/status/2107852512820613443
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/benKeath/status/2106856518335238270
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/benKeath/status/2105719124886257791
- 2026-09-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/benKeath/status/2098846295800582574
- 2026-08-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/benKeath/status/2092015927164281168

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=101
- Campaign site: https://www.benkeathley.com/
- X: https://x.com/benKeath
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BenKumarKeathley/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benkeath/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1f082953-c9f5-4a72-a281-cdb9fe4bda5e