# David Casteel

David Casteel is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 97.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 97
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6db49039-f2b0-42ea-990d-92ffef2494c3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6db49039-f2b0-42ea-990d-92ffef2494c3 (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

Casteel reported $134.4K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.36 (standard error 0.06), from 90 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 51% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 29 bills: 27 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 5. 51.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 30 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2586: Revises the par value of membership shares and allows for participation in board meetings by telephone or electronic means (became law, 2026-07-13) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2586/
- HB 2105: Allows landlords to apportion charges to tenants for water and sewer utility service (passed one chamber, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2105/
- HB 1917: Creates new provisions relating to public water supply districts (passed one chamber, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1917/
- HB 3320: Creates provisions relating to the regulation of community water systems (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3320/
- HB 3328: Establishes the Missouri Disaster Mediation Act and Missouri Stronger Homes Program relating to disasters (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3328/
- HB 3221: Prohibits state funding for low-earning outcome degree programs (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3221/
- HB 3205: Establishes provisions relating to the funding of legal actions, including foreign funding and litigation funding agreements (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3205/
- HB 3118: Modifies provisions relating to benevolent tax credits (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3118/
- HB 2957: Modifies provisions relating to respiratory care practitioners (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2957/
- HB 2585: Modifies provisions relating to grants for certain workforce training programs (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2585/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $134.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=097
- Campaign site: https://electdavidcasteel.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectDavidCasteel/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6db49039-f2b0-42ea-990d-92ffef2494c3