# Tony Furman

Tony Furman is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 82.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 82
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/55779b79-fd86-4991-882f-05819d80a87d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55779b79-fd86-4991-882f-05819d80a87d (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

Furman has 4 classified statements in the AR 2025–26 session.

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

4 classified statements: 4 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 | Furman | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 50.0% | 12.7% | 5 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.03), from 94 donors and 293 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 39.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 642: TO CREATE THE FAMILIES' RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB642/
- HB 1306: CONCERNING CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR A CHURCH OR OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP; AND TO PROVIDE CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR VOLUNTEER SECURITY PERSONNEL IN A CHURCH OR OTHER PLACE OF… (in committee, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1306/
- SB 431: AMENDING ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE HANDLING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS. (in committee, 2023-05-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/SB431/
- SB 293: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE CORRECTION OF ERRORS ON BALLOTS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION PROCEDURES; AND TO CREATE A PROCEDURE FOR CANDIDATE… (became law, 2023-03-24) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/SB293/
- HB 1457: TO ESTABLISH THE ARKANSAS POLL WATCHERS BILL OF RIGHTS ACT OF 2023; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING POLL WATCHERS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION… (became law, 2023-04-04) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1457/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $76.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% 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.

- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTonyFurman/status/2090102130996887778
- 2026-08-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepTonyFurman/status/2089853743898747114
- 2025-06-12 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/RepTonyFurman/status/1933248060039045418
- 2025-01-14 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/RepTonyFurman/status/1878992447470248197

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/82
- X: https://x.com/RepTonyFurman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyFurmanAR/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tony.furman/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55779b79-fd86-4991-882f-05819d80a87d