# Justin Ruffridge

Justin Ruffridge is a Republican member of the Alaska House for district 7.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Alaska House, district 7
- Serving since: 2023-01-17
- Current term: AK 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/722ec3e9-7e0d-4dda-bf19-11d873df7031

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/722ec3e9-7e0d-4dda-bf19-11d873df7031 (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

Ruffridge sits at +0.03 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 94% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.03 (standard error 0.05), from 190 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 5.8% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AK 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 10. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Alaska House 22.1%; rank 32 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HJR 35: Urging federal fisheries managers to reduce trawl bycatch, maintain existing bycatch limits, and strengthen enforcement; and supporting federal efforts aimed… (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HJR35/
- HB 330: An Act relating to access to electronic health records. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB330/
- HB 337: An Act extending the governor's October 9, 2025, declaration of a disaster emergency in response to the 2025 West Coast Storm; and providing for an effective… (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB337/
- HB 361: An Act relating to sport fishing guides. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB361/
- HB 313: An Act relating to professional employee organizations in public schools; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB313/
- HB 273: An Act relating to direct health care agreements; relating to dental health care insurance plans and dental loss ratios; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB273/
- HB 161: An Act relating to minimum paid sick leave requirements; and providing for an effective date. (in committee, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB161/
- HB 144: An Act relating to prior authorization requests for medical care covered by a health care insurer; relating to a prior authorization application programming… (in committee, 2025-04-28) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/34/HB144/
- HB 371: An Act relating to medical review organizations; relating to the definitions of 'health care provider' and 'review organization'; and relating to the duties… (became law, 2024-10-09) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/33/HB371/
- HB 309: An Act relating to the practice of optometry; and relating to the delegation of routine services of optometry. (became law, 2024-10-09) https://openstates.org/ak/bills/33/HB309/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://akleg.gov/legislator.php?id=ruf
- Campaign site: https://www.repruffridge.com/
- X: https://x.com/jmruffridge
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jruffridge
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-ruffridge-a803a0133

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/722ec3e9-7e0d-4dda-bf19-11d873df7031