# Kendon Underwood

Kendon Underwood is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 16
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/42e0cedc-8165-45c0-988a-d3a414a521c6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/42e0cedc-8165-45c0-988a-d3a414a521c6 (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

69% of Underwood’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arkansas, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

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

114 classified statements: 114 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 | Underwood | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.8% | 2.9% | 329 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 4.4% | 9.3% | 480 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 18.4% | 31.9% | 595 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 1.8% | 428 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 14.0% | 12.7% | 310 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 4.4% | 1.4% | 73 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 33% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Government Operations and Politics 29% (State House Republicans 18%); Immigration 29% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Economics and Public Finance 19% (State House Republicans 12%); Health 9.5% (State House Republicans 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.35 (standard error 0.03), from 94 donors and 586 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 44. 65.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 30 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1822: THE OVERTIME BUT NOT OVERTAXED ACT. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1822/
- SB 472: TO CREATE THE VIOLATION OF PURCHASE OR POSSESSION OF AN E-LIQUID PRODUCT OR VAPOR PRODUCT BY A MINOR. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB472/
- HB 1764: AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING A VIOLATION OF AN ORDER OF PROTECTION. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1764/
- HB 1751: TO REQUIRE AN APPLICANT FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM BENEFITS TO ENGAGE IN JOB SEARCH ACTIVITIES WHILE THE APPLICATION IS BEING… (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1751/
- HB 1765: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DOMESTIC BATTERING IN THE THIRD DEGREE; AND TO AMEND THE OFFENSE CLASSIFICATION ENHANCEMENT BASED ON PRIOR ACTS. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1765/
- HB 1763: TO AMEND THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING ACT OF 2013; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL USE OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE DURING THE COMMISSION OF A HUMAN TRAFFICKING… (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1763/
- HB 1708: THE KEEP THE BONUS, AXE THE TAX: THE NO-TAX BONUS ACT. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1708/
- HB 1685: TO CREATE THE GROCERY TAX RELIEF ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES LEVIED ON FOOD AND FOOD INGREDIENTS, AS AFFIRMED BY REFERRED ACT 19… (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1685/
- SB 377: TO CREATE THE GROCERY TAX RELIEF ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE SALES AND USE TAXES LEVIED ON FOOD AND FOOD INGREDIENTS, AS AFFIRMED BY REFERRED ACT 19… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB377/
- SB 355: TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS. (became law, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB355/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $50.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 69% 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.

- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/KendonReese Underwood4AR/status/2106556706830385422
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/KendonReese Underwood4AR/status/2106562922767913249
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/KendonReese Underwood4AR/status/2106563728322052107
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/KendonReese Underwood4AR/status/2106568149050995124
- 2026-09-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/KendonReese Underwood4AR/status/2101834225670377849
- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/KendonReese Underwood4AR/status/2090047960692167157
- 2026-07-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KendonReese Underwood4AR/status/2078291041690534333
- 2026-07-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/KendonReese Underwood4AR/status/2078498131533013397
- 2026-07-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/KendonReese Underwood4AR/status/2077928187275686384
- 2026-07-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/KendonReese Underwood4AR/status/2075689171600003418

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/16
- Campaign site: https://www.underwood4arkansas.com/
- X: https://x.com/KendonReese
- X: https://x.com/Underwood4AR
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnderwoodforArkansas/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/underwoodforarkansas/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@kendonunderwood1678
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kendonunderwood
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendon-underwood-a44371b2/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/42e0cedc-8165-45c0-988a-d3a414a521c6