# Richard McGrew

Richard McGrew is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 85.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 85
- Serving since: 2020-03-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7f9f1a8b-47a7-456d-bc5d-1e6ec32e8572

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7f9f1a8b-47a7-456d-bc5d-1e6ec32e8572 (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

McGrew sits at +0.15 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 82% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.02), from 48 donors and 592 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 38. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 57 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1113: TO RECOGNIZE THE DIVISION OF ARKANSAS STATE POLICE'S INTERSTATE CRIMINAL PATROL FOR WINNING TOP HONORS AT THE GULF COAST HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA… (in committee, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1113/
- HB 1646: TO REQUIRE CERTAIN MATERIALS TO BE STORED IN LOCKED COMPARTMENTS WITHIN A DESIGNATED AREA. (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1646/
- HB 1558: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION; TO CREATE A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT BROKER AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE LICENSE; AND TO… (became law, 2025-03-25) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1558/
- HB 1560: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS; AND TO REQUIRE PRICING INFORMATION FOR LIGHTING COMPONENTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1560/
- HB 1559: TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO SEEK A WAIVER TO THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM FOR COVERAGE FOR INPATIENT TREATMENT SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE USE… (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1559/
- HR 1043: TO SUPPORT THE NOMINATION OF FORMER GOVERNOR OF ARKANSAS MICHAEL DALE "MIKE" HUCKABEE AS UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL. (in committee, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1043/
- HR 1025: TO RECOGNIZE THE NATIONAL PARK COLLEGE NIGHTHAWKS MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (NJCAA) DIVISION II MEN'S NATIONAL… (in committee, 2024-04-24) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2024F/HR1025/
- HR 1088: TO CONGRATULATE THE STATE OF ISRAEL ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT AND TO EXTEND BEST WISHES TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND… (in committee, 2023-04-07) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HR1088/
- HB 1700: TO EXEMPT PROPERTY MANAGERS FROM LICENSURE BY THE ARKANSAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION; AND TO AMEND THE REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW. (passed one chamber, 2023-05-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1700/
- HB 1646: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS; AND TO REQUIRE PRICING INFORMATION FOR LIGHTING COMPONENTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. (passed one chamber, 2023-05-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1646/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $28.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/85
- Campaign site: https://www.richardmcgrewfordistrict22.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richard.mcgrew.94
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mcgrewstaterepdistrict22/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-mcgrew-9345a74b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7f9f1a8b-47a7-456d-bc5d-1e6ec32e8572