# Dale Wright

Dale Wright is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 116.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 116
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/616dd247-4438-44de-97b4-cd3a5a3e554d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/616dd247-4438-44de-97b4-cd3a5a3e554d (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

Wright reported $250 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.09), from 27 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1591: Increases the cigarette tax from $0.17 per pack of 20 cigarettes to $0.37 per pack or an amount equal to the lowest tax levied by any other state, whichever… (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1591/
- HB 474: Creates provisions relating to payments for prescription drugs (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB474/
- HB 330: Modifies provisions relating to certain local taxes (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB330/
- HB 2074: Increases matching state funds available for various regional planning commissions (in committee, 2024-01-23) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2024/HB2074/
- HB 1809: Establishes authority for cities to issue municipal search warrants for ordinance violations (in committee, 2024-05-17) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2024/HB1809/
- HB 1628: Creates provisions relating to cost-sharing under health benefit plans (in committee, 2024-05-02) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2024/HB1628/
- HB 1627: Creates provisions relating to payments for prescription drugs (in committee, 2024-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2024/HB1627/
- HB 1629: Eliminates the term limit for the director of the Missouri ethics commission (in committee, 2024-05-17) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2024/HB1629/
- HB 442: Creates provisions relating to cost-sharing under health benefit plans (passed one chamber, 2023-05-04) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2023/HB442/
- HB 420: Repeals the interstate compact for supervision of parolees and probationers and modifies the interstate compact for adult offender supervision (in committee, 2023-03-09) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2023/HB420/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $250 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=116
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-wright-b5903619/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/616dd247-4438-44de-97b4-cd3a5a3e554d