# Eric Woods

Eric Woods is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 18.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 18
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/76bc7488-cc9e-4b47-91da-4557fb577ff5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/76bc7488-cc9e-4b47-91da-4557fb577ff5 (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

0% of the 22 bills Woods sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Missouri House.

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

190 classified statements: 190 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Woods | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 9.5% | 2.5% | 57 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 30.5% | 10.4% | 38 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 48.4% | 39.2% | 242 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 3.2% | 14.4% | 617 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 2.1% | 1.0% | 112 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 42% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (State House Democrats 11%); Taxation 15% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Labor and Employment 12% (State House Democrats 5.7%); Health 11% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.53 (standard error 0.05), from 283 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 10. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 140 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3512: Creates provisions relating to automatic renewal or continuous service offers for consumers and cancellation mechanisms (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3512/
- HB 3402: Allows collector to waive fees and penalties if tax payer made a good faith effort to pay (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3402/
- HB 3403: Creates a new state holiday for election day and requires colleges and universities to close unless used as a polling place (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3403/
- HB 3378: Designates "Firefighter Paramedic Graham J Hoffman Memorial Highway" in Platte County (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3378/
- HB 3258: Creates new provisions relating to employment practices involving warehouse distribution centers (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3258/
- HB 3182: Creates new class three election offenses (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3182/
- HB 3181: Modifies the procedure for filling a vacancy in the general assembly (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3181/
- HB 2829: Requires arbitration agreements for certain disputes to be in a separate agreement (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2829/
- HB 2738: Restricts areas relating to mining operations (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2738/
- HB 2734: Modifies provisions governing local senior citizens' services fund taxes (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2734/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% 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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/EricWoods/status/2113351889160953874
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/EricWoods/status/2112686409375211617
- 2026-09-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EricWoods/status/2101830227647136060
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EricWoods/status/2100636853284061260
- 2026-09-08 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/EricWoods/status/2097345505407729838
- 2026-09-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/EricWoods/status/2096625240025764133
- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EricWoods/status/2095679647115604251
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EricWoods/status/2095633704282472503
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/EricWoods/status/2095638741230465409
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/EricWoods/status/2095215271451513031

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=018
- Campaign site: https://www.woodsformissouri.com/
- X: https://x.com/EricWoods
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EricWoodsMO/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ericwoodsmo/?hl=en
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EricWoodsMO
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-woods-13743549/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/76bc7488-cc9e-4b47-91da-4557fb577ff5