# Hope Duke

Hope Duke is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 12
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8f4c182b-d257-45b7-8c34-c4c1f12bb4f6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8f4c182b-d257-45b7-8c34-c4c1f12bb4f6 (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

90% of Duke’s itemized money in the 2022 cycle came from Arkansas, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.36 (standard error 0.04), from 17 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 50% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 28. 71.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 21 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1097: TO RECOGNIZE THE GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL LIONS WRESTLING TEAM AS THE 2025 CLASS 4A STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1097/
- HB 1793: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE USE OF POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1793/
- HB 1794: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL ESTATE LICENSEES; AND TO CREATE CONTINUING EDUCATION EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN REAL ESTATE… (became law, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1794/
- HB 1705: TO REQUIRE INFORMATION CONCERNING HOW THE RELIGIOUS AND MORAL BELIEFS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS INFLUENCED THE FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE EMBEDDED INTO… (became law, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1705/
- HB 1640: TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "ADMINISTRATOR" AS IT RELATES TO ETHICAL GUIDELINES AND PROHIBITIONS; AND TO AMEND THE RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT SPECIFIC TO… (became law, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1640/
- SB 314: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING SEXUAL SOLICITATION; AND TO AMEND THE PENALTIES FOR THE OFFENSE OF SEXUAL SOLICITATION. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB314/
- SB 164: TO AUTHORIZE A PUBLIC SCHOOL TO EMPLOY OR ACCEPT AS A VOLUNTEER A CHAPLAIN. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB164/
- HR 1007: TO RECOGNIZE THE GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL LADY LIONS GIRLS' CROSS COUNTRY TEAM AS THE 2022 AND 2023 4A STATE CHAMPIONS AND 4A-1 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2024-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2024F/HR1007/
- HR 1006: TO RECOGNIZE THE GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL LIONS BOYS' WRESTLING TEAM AS THE 2024 4A STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2024-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2024F/HR1006/
- HR 1008: TO RECOGNIZE THE GRAVETTE HIGH SCHOOL LADY LIONS GIRLS' SOFTBALL TEAM AS THE 2023 4A STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2024-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2024F/HR1008/

## Campaign money (2022 cycle)

Itemized receipts $19.7K (State House Republicans median $1,620). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/12

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8f4c182b-d257-45b7-8c34-c4c1f12bb4f6