# Will Barclay

Will Barclay is a Republican member of the New York House for district 120.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New York House, district 120
- Serving since: 2013-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/285393ce-64cc-4c07-88ac-79fe18e1fc6b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/285393ce-64cc-4c07-88ac-79fe18e1fc6b (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

57% of Barclay’s statements criticize a policy, 6.1 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%.

## What Barclay says (NY 2025–26 session)

782 classified statements: 782 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 | Barclay | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.0% | 2.9% | 393 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 56.6% | 9.3% | 3 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 84.3% | 31.9% | 7 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.2% | 1.8% | 157 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 11.3% | 12.7% | 367 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 5.4% | 1.4% | 50 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 24% (State House Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 22% (State House Republicans 11%); Energy 18% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Government Operations and Politics 10% (State House Republicans 18%); Environmental Protection 9.7% (State House Republicans 1.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.01), from 88 donors and 1,179 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 62% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 96.4% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 88% (92.9%). 46 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10586 Extends provisions relating to public hearings on proposed rules · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10586/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10001 Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10001/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10655 Relates to the compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; repealer · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10655/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9862 Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9862/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9027 Authorizes the village of Ellicottville to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9027/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 7607 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Lt. Gary A. Scott · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S7607/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 10550 Authorizes the Church of Pentecost, USA, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10550/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 8453 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to William Cornell · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8453/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9969 Authorizes the town justice of the town of Dix to be a nonresident of such town · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9969/
- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · Assembly Vote · S 9983 Authorizes Joseph Fredrick to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be eligible for employment as a… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9983/

## Legislation (NY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 67 bills: 67 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 59. 19.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 64 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- K 1424: Honoring Ed Gosek upon the occasion of his retirement after 36 years of distinguished service to SUNY Oswego (passed one chamber, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1424/
- A 11212: Permits the town of Redfield, Oswego county, to designate certain roads as minimum maintenance roads (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11212/
- K 1208: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Oswego Fire Department (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1208/
- K 1174: Recognizing the Town of Granby upon the occasion of its designation as a New York Association of Towns Town of Excellence, and commending Supervisor John Snow… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1174/
- K 1173: Congratulating the Oswego Sub Shop upon the occasion of its designation as recipient of the 2025 New York State Family-Owned Business of the Year Award by the… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1173/
- A 10891: Exempts school districts located within a nuclear emergency planning zone from zero-emission school bus requirements (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10891/
- A 9585: Relates to the establishment of the small business child & dependent care savings program (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9585/
- A 9527: Makes the first one hundred thousand dollars of an individuals' private pension non-taxable (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9527/
- A 9207: Enacts Retain-NY by implementing tuition tax credits and increasing the amount of an allowable deduction (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9207/
- A 9199: Exempts the Caughdenoy Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. from the forty-five percent limit on non-resident members (in committee, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9199/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $91.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 96% 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.

- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/WillABarclay/status/2110380459985424400
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/WillABarclay/status/2110398867888095346
- 2026-05-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/WillABarclay/status/2056446806859391422
- 2026-05-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/WillABarclay/status/2054216496990044633
- 2026-05-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/WillABarclay/status/2051282944904364105
- 2026-03-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/WillABarclay/status/2037172744131940775
- 2026-03-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/WillABarclay/status/2036832507153297638
- 2026-02-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/WillABarclay/status/2027108945681141912
- 2026-02-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/WillABarclay/status/2024476342687821979
- 2026-02-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/WillABarclay/status/2024509335607320927

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/William-A-Barclay
- X: https://x.com/WillABarclay
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AssemblymanWillBarclay/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-barclay-b23a5323/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/285393ce-64cc-4c07-88ac-79fe18e1fc6b