# Carolyn Caton

Carolyn Caton is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 33.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 33
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/34df0cd7-f366-4d01-a1e7-d6241e34deec

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/34df0cd7-f366-4d01-a1e7-d6241e34deec (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

Caton sits at +0.53 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 78% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.53 (standard error 0.05), from 166 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 20. 44.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 48 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2741: Modifies commercial driver's license requirements for foreign applicants (passed one chamber, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2741/
- HB 3497: Establishes the "Death with Dignity Act" (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3497/
- HB 3494: Modifies provisions for boards of election commissioners (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3494/
- HB 3428: Credits moneys remaining in expired funds to general revenue (in committee, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3428/
- HB 3313: Creates provisions relating to court-ordered involuntary outpatient treatment for persons with mental disorders (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3313/
- HB 3173: Prohibits the possession and sale of certain mitragynine-derived products (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3173/
- HB 2999: Modifies provisions relating to the practice of optometry (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2999/
- HB 2995: Creates provisions relating to the licensing of radon industry professionals and businesses (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2995/
- HB 2977: Prohibits the act of registering a motor vehicle in another state with the intent to circumvent the titling and registration requirements of this state (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2977/
- HB 2923: Establishes the "Homestead Improvement Property Tax Relief Act" exempting qualifying improvements to a homestead from real property taxation (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2923/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $62.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/memberdetails.aspx?district=033&year=2025&code=R
- Campaign site: https://www.carolynformo.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089495642753
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-caton-829a838/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/34df0cd7-f366-4d01-a1e7-d6241e34deec