# Mike Cierpiot

Mike Cierpiot is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate for district 8.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2018-01-03
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/70c04c22-b1a9-4c3c-96f9-36761e63f3f8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/70c04c22-b1a9-4c3c-96f9-36761e63f3f8 (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

75% of Cierpiot’s itemized money in the 2022 cycle came from Missouri, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans.

## What Cierpiot says (MO 2025–26 session)

13 classified statements: 13 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 | Cierpiot | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.7% | 2.3% | 31 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 7.7% | 9.5% | 160 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 15.4% | 37.3% | 309 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

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

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.57 (standard error 0.06), from 141 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 7.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 15 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1791: Establishes contribution limits for self-funded candidates (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1791/
- SJR 65: Modifies provisions relating to initiative petitions (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SJR65/
- SB 838: Modifies certain provisions relating to the means of energy production (passed one chamber, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB838/
- SJR 66: Modifies provisions relating to property taxes (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SJR66/
- SB 935: Modifies provisions relating to ballot measures (in committee, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB935/
- SB 837: Requires all elections for local tax increases to be held at a general or primary election (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB837/
- SB 936: Reauthorizes an income tax deduction for certain savings accounts (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB936/
- SB 839: Moves school board elections to the November general election (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB839/
- SB 934: Modifies provisions relating to amending birth certificates (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB934/
- SJR 62: Modifies provisions relating to property taxes (in committee, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/SJR62/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $356.1K (State Senate Republicans median $34.5K). 75% 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.

- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/MikeCierpiot/status/2108982783414780333
- 2026-08-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/MikeCierpiot/status/2089013011264483819
- 2026-06-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/MikeCierpiot/status/2070928006491631667
- 2026-04-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/MikeCierpiot/status/2044763687429328954
- 2026-01-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/MikeCierpiot/status/2008566350999155184
- 2025-10-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/MikeCierpiot/status/1982631593530532150
- 2025-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/MikeCierpiot/status/1979894497753583815
- 2025-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/MikeCierpiot/status/1979903024203018624
- 2025-10-18 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/MikeCierpiot/status/1979672076010352672
- 2025-08-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/MikeCierpiot/status/1955983329234166137

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mo.gov/senators/member/08
- X: https://x.com/MikeCierpiot
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cierpiotmike/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikecierpiot/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/70c04c22-b1a9-4c3c-96f9-36761e63f3f8