# Ray Reed

Ray Reed is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 83.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 83
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/41f72deb-7981-4053-bb15-7eb3580b9ade

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/41f72deb-7981-4053-bb15-7eb3580b9ade (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

26% of Reed’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

335 classified statements: 335 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Reed | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.6% | 2.5% | 182 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 14.3% | 10.4% | 219 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 33.4% | 39.2% | 475 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.8% | 2.9% | 394 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 8.4% | 14.4% | 478 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.0% | 185 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 31% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 22% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Armed Forces and National Security 13% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Immigration 13% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Economics and Public Finance 8.9% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.51 (standard error 0.03), from 381 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 17 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 12. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 140 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2524: Modifies existing provisions and creates new provisions regarding cooperation with federal authorities on immigration matters and training for law enforcement… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2524/
- HB 2525: Prioritizes the use of organized labor for state contracts in certain industries (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2525/
- HB 2522: Establishes provisions relating to the issuance of professional and occupational licenses to certain individuals with federal employment authorizations (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2522/
- HB 2520: Prohibits Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from concealing their identity or wearing masks that conceal their identity when performing… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2520/
- HB 2521: Abolishes the death penalty and specifies that any person sentenced to death must be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2521/
- HB 2518: Creates provisions relating to professional licenses issued to DACA recipients (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2518/
- HB 2519: Modifies provisions relating to hate offenses and establishes new programs that provide assistance to victims of such offenses (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2519/
- HB 2523: Modifies provisions relating to firearms (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2523/
- HB 1517: Prioritizes the use of organized labor for state contracts in certain industries (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1517/
- HB 1518: Prohibits discriminatory school or college mascots (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1518/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $177.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 26% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RayReedMO/status/2114762206021648880
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RayReedMO/status/2113801690696561035
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RayReedMO/status/2114080845556260868
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RayReedMO/status/2113343024608457019
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RayReedMO/status/2111470620827439363
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/RayReedMO/status/2110181443057996229
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/RayReedMO/status/2109868476743717147
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/RayReedMO/status/2106549431369633872
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/RayReedMO/status/2105657743516545512
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RayReedMO/status/2105316380237033617

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2025&code=R&district=083
- X: https://x.com/RayReedMO
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rayreedmo/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RayReedMissouri
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rayreedmo
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rayreedmo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raymondreed1113/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/41f72deb-7981-4053-bb15-7eb3580b9ade