# James Eaton

James Eaton is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 26.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 26
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/43843e57-ce6c-45a5-877c-eca55b1c14e6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43843e57-ce6c-45a5-877c-eca55b1c14e6 (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

Eaton has served since 2025.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.10), from 8 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 39. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 27 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1007: TO AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF A NONAPPROPRIATION BILL TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR COUNTIES USING CERTAIN STATE TAX REVENUES; AND TO CREATE THE EQUAL… (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1007/
- SB 503: TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AN EMPLOYER MUST HAVE TO BE MANDATED TO FILE AN ANNUAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING STATEMENT ELECTRONICALLY; AND TO REQUIRE THE… (became law, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB503/
- SB 502: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING ACT OF 1965; AND TO REQUIRE THE ELECTRONIC FILING OF A FORM 1099 IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB502/
- SB 494: TO REDUCE THE NUMBER AND TYPES OF PERMITS ISSUED BY ARKANSAS TOBACCO CONTROL; AND TO CONSOLIDATE SEVERAL PERMITS INTO A SINGLE PERMIT UNDER THE ARKANSAS… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB494/
- SB 495: TO AMEND DEFINITIONS USED UNDER THE ARKANSAS TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX ACT OF 1977; AND TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "INVOICE" AND THE DEFINITION OF "INVOICE PRICE"… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB495/
- SB 370: TO TRANSFER THE ARKANSAS WINE PRODUCERS COUNCIL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, HERITAGE, AND TOURISM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (became law, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB370/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $29.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://arkansashouse.org/district/26

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/43843e57-ce6c-45a5-877c-eca55b1c14e6