# Matt Duffield

Matt Duffield is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 53.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 53
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/487bf09e-e78f-467c-b671-3b4c881f4341

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/487bf09e-e78f-467c-b671-3b4c881f4341 (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

Duffield sits at +0.03 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 94% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.03 (standard error 0.03), from 422 donors and 285 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 6.2% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 27 bills: 26 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 28. 14.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 74 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1046: TO RECOGNIZE THE ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY GOLDEN SUNS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FOR WINNING THE GREAT AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1046/
- HR 1048: TO RECOGNIZE THE ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY GOLDEN SUNS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FOR WINNING THE GREAT AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1048/
- HR 1047: TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS OF COACH DAVE WILBERS OF THE ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY GOLDEN SUNS AND TO CONGRATULATE COACH WILBERS ON HIS RETIREMENT. (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1047/
- HR 1119: REQUESTING THAT SENATOR KING BE AUTHORIZED TO PURSUE THE CONSIDERATION OF SJR 6 AS A THIRD PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. (introduced, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1119/
- SB 613: TO CREATE AN ELECTION PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE FLUORIDATION OF A PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB613/
- HB 1860: TO MODIFY THE PERIOD THAT A VISITING QUALIFYING PATIENT REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD IS VALID; AND TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR RENEWAL OF A QUALIFYING PATIENT… (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1860/
- HB 1861: TO MAKE OPERATION OF AN ILLEGAL ONLINE CASINO OR SPORTS BETTING A FELONY; TO CREATE THE INTERACTIVE GAMING ACT; TO REGULATE INTERNET GAMING AND INCLUDE NAME,… (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1861/
- SB 524: TO MAKE OPERATION OF AN ILLEGAL ONLINE CASINO OR SPORTS BETTING A FELONY; TO CREATE THE INTERACTIVE GAMING ACT AND TO INCLUDE NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS DRAWING… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB524/
- HR 1094: TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE OF FOOD INSECURITY; TO ACKNOWLEDGE SCHOOL BREAKFAST MONTH IN ARKANSAS; AND TO WORK TOWARD A SOLUTION TO THE ISSUE OF FOOD… (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1094/
- SB 526: TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF DISPOSABLE VAPOR PRODUCTS FROM A PROHIBITED FOREIGN PARTY. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB526/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $62.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/53
- Campaign site: https://mattduffield.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ibackmatt/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/matt.duffield.735/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattduffieldar/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwHXIzWXZAhCieDorxLl2Vw

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/487bf09e-e78f-467c-b671-3b4c881f4341