# Rebecca Burkes

Rebecca Burkes is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 11.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 11
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8f012092-5f3f-4047-8047-f2520efe0fad

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8f012092-5f3f-4047-8047-f2520efe0fad (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

73% of Burkes’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Arkansas, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.03), from 53 donors and 291 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 48. 70.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 23 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1936: AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ELECTION TO CERTAIN MUNICIPAL OFFICES. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1936/
- SB 567: TO AMEND AND MODERNIZE THE LAW CONCERNING THE APPORTIONMENT OF INCOME DERIVED FROM MULTISTATE OPERATIONS; AND TO CHANGE THE METHOD FOR SOURCING OF RECEIPTS… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB567/
- SB 456: TO CREATE THE HOME OPPORTUNITIES MADE EASIER ACT. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB456/
- HB 1789: TO RESTRICT A LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ISSUING AN IDENTIFICATION CARD TO AN INDIVIDUAL IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. (became law, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1789/
- HB 1729: TO AMEND THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ACT; AND TO PROVIDE THAT A HOMESTEAD OWNED BY A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IN CERTAIN… (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1729/
- SB 329: TO CREATE THE ONLINE MARKETPLACE GUARANTEES ACT. (became law, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB329/
- HB 1565: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DUTIES OF A COUNTY PROPERTY ASSESSOR; AND TO PERMIT A PROPERTY OWNER TO OPT OUT OF HAVING THE PROPERTY OWNER'S INFORMATION… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1565/
- HB 1486: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE MARKET VALUE OF CERTAIN SURPLUS PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION. (became law, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1486/
- SB 206: TO AMEND THE RIGHT TO READ ACT; AND TO AMEND THE AMOUNT OF THE LITERACY TUTORING GRANT AWARDED UNDER THE RIGHT TO READ ACT. (became law, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB206/
- SB 181: TO AMEND THE LIBRARY LAW; TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STATE LIBRARIAN; AND TO AMEND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REGIONAL LIBRARY SYSTEM DIRECTORS. (became law, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB181/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $56.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 73% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/11
- Campaign site: https://www.rebeccaburkes.com/
- X: https://x.com/rebeccaburkes
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebecca.burkes/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-burkes/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8f012092-5f3f-4047-8047-f2520efe0fad