# Marcus Richmond

Marcus Richmond is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 52.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 52
- Serving since: 2015-01-12
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/41f3a186-d3b7-4b46-b3dc-2da6f89c902e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/41f3a186-d3b7-4b46-b3dc-2da6f89c902e (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

Richmond sits at +0.12 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 85% of State House Republicans.

## What Richmond says (AR 2025–26 session)

8 classified statements: 8 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 | Richmond | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.02), from 32 donors and 815 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 47. 44.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 62 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1042: TO RECOGNIZE THE MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL LADY TIGERS VOLLEYBALL TEAM AS THE 2025 CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1042/
- HR 1026: TO RECOGNIZE THE MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL TIGERS AS THE 2025 CLASS 3A FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1026/
- HR 1025: TO RECOGNIZE THE MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL LADY TIGERS VOLLEYBALL TEAM AS THE 2025 CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1025/
- HR 1016: TO AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF A NONAPPROPRIATION BILL TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTION FROM SHARIA LAW ACT AND TO REGULATE CERTAIN… (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1016/
- SB 298: TO REPEAL THE LAW CONCERNING THE SETTING ASIDE OF A DECREE TO QUIET TITLE TO LAND TO ALLOW FOR FINALITY IN QUIET TITLE ACTIONS. (became law, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB298/
- HB 1516: TO AMEND VARIOUS LAWS CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. (became law, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1516/
- HR 1036: TO RECOGNIZE ARKANSAS ACTOR JACOB LOFLAND FOR HIS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIELD OF ACTING, WHICH HAVE BROUGHT RENOWN TO HIM AND TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. (in committee, 2025-02-26) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1036/
- HB 1399: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF DONATION DEEDS AND HOMESTEAD DONATION DEEDS BY THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS. (became law, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1399/
- HB 1400: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE REDEMPTION OF A TAX-DELINQUENT PARCEL; AND TO EXEMPT DISABLED VETERANS FROM CERTAIN PENALTIES WHEN REDEEMING A TAX-DELINQUENT… (became law, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1400/
- HR 1079: TO RECOGNIZE THAT FEES FOR REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS CAUSE A FINANCIAL STRAIN FOR PERSONS AND TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH… (in committee, 2023-04-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HR1079/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.0K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 79% 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.

- 2026-08-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/huntr_56/status/2083915511197548990
- 2026-08-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/huntr_56/status/2084025818624475169
- 2026-07-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/huntr_56/status/2083121740901667319
- 2026-07-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/huntr_56/status/2082368861467472063
- 2026-07-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/huntr_56/status/2081557805530820711
- 2026-07-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/huntr_56/status/2081679785252855861
- 2026-07-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/huntr_56/status/2081171123824472416
- 2026-07-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/huntr_56/status/2081260926217670754

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/52
- X: https://x.com/huntr_56
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Richmond4StateRep
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-richmond-7332293a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/41f3a186-d3b7-4b46-b3dc-2da6f89c902e