# Richard West

Richard West is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 102.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 102
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4209f53e-18f3-4c9e-8183-caa385c319ec

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4209f53e-18f3-4c9e-8183-caa385c319ec (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

West sits at +0.59 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 85% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.59 (standard error 0.05), from 92 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 85% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 29 bills: 29 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 12. 27.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 86 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1717: Modifies provisions relating to alternative therapies and treatments, including psilocybin (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1717/
- HB 3431: Authorizes pay increases for certain employees of the general assembly with college degrees (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3431/
- HB 3171: Repeals provisions relating to certain penalties for failure to deliver personal property lists (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3171/
- HB 3145: Modifies provisions relating to the direct shipping of alcoholic beverages (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3145/
- HB 2946: Reduces the assessment percentage of tangible personal property over a period of years (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2946/
- HB 2961: Creates provisions relating to ibogaine treatment (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2961/
- HB 2962: Allows the state to appropriate money to the Missouri-St. Louis Metropolitan Airport Authority (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2962/
- HB 2947: Restricts the use of revenues derived from taxes levied on airports (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2947/
- HB 2839: Modifies provisions governing a high school examination on American history, institutions, and civics (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2839/
- HB 2837: Modifies provisions for appointment of members to the bi-state development agency (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2837/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=102
- Campaign site: https://www.gowestformissouri.com/
- X: https://x.com/gowestformo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caninekopz
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-west-5b66956b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4209f53e-18f3-4c9e-8183-caa385c319ec