# Alan Clark

Alan Clark is a Republican member of the Arkansas Senate for district 7.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6448d3df-2802-44a1-a142-7c3cc136d0a5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6448d3df-2802-44a1-a142-7c3cc136d0a5 (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

Clark sits at +0.17 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 77% of State Senate Republicans.

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

2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Clark | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 50.0% | 2.3% | 1 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 37.3% | 92 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 50.0% | 15.4% | 5 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 100% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%); Crime and Law Enforcement 0% (State Senate Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.02), from 309 donors and 796 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 40 bills: 39 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 21 passed both, 20 became law. Cosponsored 28. 70.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas Senate 60.4%; rank 13 of 31).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1977: TO CREATE THE PROTECTING CHILDHOOD INNOCENCE IN LIBRARIES ACT. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1977/
- HB 1964: TO MOVE THE CHILD WELFARE OMBUDSMAN DIVISION AND THE JUVENILE OMBUDSMAN DIVISION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1964/
- HB 1916: TO AMEND THE PROTECTING MINORS FROM MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACT OF 2023; AND TO INCLUDE GENDER-AFFIRMING INTERVENTIONS AS A RIGHT OF ACTION FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1916/
- HB 1839: TO AMEND THE PROCEDURES FOR THE DECLARATION OF LEGAL DEATH OF A MISSING PERSON. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1839/
- HB 1824: TO CREATE THE DOG AND CAT RESCUE ACT: DAISY'S LAW. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1824/
- HB 1829: TO AMEND THE DOMESTIC ABUSE ACT OF 1991; TO PROVIDE FOR REMOTE TESTIMONY IN CERTAIN INSTANCES IN A HEARING UNDER THE DOMESTIC ABUSE ACT OF 1991; AND TO… (passed one chamber, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1829/
- HB 1838: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PROBATE ACTIONS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ADOPTION AND GUARDIANSHIP. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1838/
- SB 471: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CANDIDATES FOR NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS; AND TO ALLOW CERTAIN CANDIDATES FOR NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS TO USE THE TITLE OF THE… (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB471/
- SB 464: TO AMEND THE LAWS CONCERNING SALES OF RAW MILK; TO ALLOW SALES OF RAW MILK AND RAW MILK PRODUCTS AT LOCATIONS OTHER THAN THE FARM WHERE THE RAW MILK OR RAW… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB464/
- SB 438: TO PERMANENTLY BAN FROM COACHING A COACH OR AN ATHLETICS PERSONNEL MEMBER WHO RECRUITS A STUDENT. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB438/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $82.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 98% 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.

- 2025-09-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlanClark4AR/status/1968146629749510525
- 2025-06-01 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/AlanClark4AR/status/1929267661264855525

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Legislators/Detail?member=A.+Clark&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R
- X: https://x.com/AlanClark4AR
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorAlanClark
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-clark-835a129/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6448d3df-2802-44a1-a142-7c3cc136d0a5