# Aaron Pilkington

Aaron Pilkington is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 45.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 45
- Serving since: 2017-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7dff69f1-609b-4230-9937-b8bbc239f5b5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7dff69f1-609b-4230-9937-b8bbc239f5b5 (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

50% of Pilkington’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arkansas, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

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

894 classified statements: 894 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Pilkington | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.8% | 2.9% | 249 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 2.8% | 9.3% | 558 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 17.0% | 31.9% | 617 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.6% | 1.8% | 488 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.4% | 12.7% | 655 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.1% | 1.4% | 282 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 32% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 13% (State House Republicans 10%); Economics and Public Finance 11% (State House Republicans 12%); Housing and Community Development 9.2% (State House Republicans 3.4%); International Affairs 9.2% (State House Republicans 1.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.01), from 51 donors and 849 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 44 bills: 44 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 42. 40.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 63 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HMR 1002: TO REMEMBER REPRESENTATIVE STANLEY JACK "STAN" BERRY FOR HIS SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY AND TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HMR1002/
- HMR 1001: IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF SENATOR GARY DON STUBBLEFIELD AND IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY. (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HMR1001/
- SB 622: TO REMOVE THE PROHIBITION ON A TIRE RETAILER FROM CHARGING OTHER FEES TO A PERSON WHO PURCHASES THE SERVICE OF REMOVAL OF A TIRE FROM A RIM. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB622/
- SB 615: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ENERGY; AND TO REGULATE NONEXPORT FACILITIES. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB615/
- SB 576: TO AMEND THE COVERAGE OF CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORS WITHIN THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB576/
- HB 1889: TO AMEND THE LIMITATIONS ON ACCESS TO A DISPENSARY OR CULTIVATION FACILITY; AND TO AUTHORIZE A DISPENSARY TO DELIVER ORDERS VIA A DELIVERY VEHICLE OR VIA A… (passed both chambers, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1889/
- HB 1882: TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF ENROLLABLE MEDICAID BENEFICIARY POPULATION AND ALLOW THE GOVERNOR TO DESIGNATE MEDICAID POPULATIONS TO BE ENROLLED UNDER THE… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1882/
- SB 441: TO CREATE THE JUNK LAWSUIT PREVENTION ACT OF 2025. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB441/
- HB 1770: TO ESTABLISH THE PREGNANCY PARKING ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PARKING FOR A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY; AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A TEMPORARY… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1770/
- HB 1723: TO AMEND INITIATED ACT 1 OF 2000, ALSO KNOWN AS THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS ACT; AND TO DIRECT THE ARKANSAS MINORITY HEALTH COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH AND… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1723/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $59.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 50% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/pilkingtonforar/status/2114745708968579513
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/pilkingtonforar/status/2114745724143546736
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/pilkingtonforar/status/2114745732594847751
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/pilkingtonforar/status/2114745741671379262
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/pilkingtonforar/status/2114745748361265303
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/pilkingtonforar/status/2114745754325803209
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/pilkingtonforar/status/2114745762102087988
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/pilkingtonforar/status/2114745767642440107
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/pilkingtonforar/status/2114745773992882500
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/pilkingtonforar/status/2114745776744087556

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Legislators/Detail?member=Pilkington&ddbienniumsession=2023/2023R
- Campaign site: http://www.pilkingtonforar.com/
- X: https://x.com/pilkingtonforar
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PilkingtonforAR
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ampilkington/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-pilkington-mha-37619822/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7dff69f1-609b-4230-9937-b8bbc239f5b5