# Lincoln Hough

Lincoln Hough is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate for district 30.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 30
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/934fdfca-5cdf-4c67-a3b0-b23e433f87f6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/934fdfca-5cdf-4c67-a3b0-b23e433f87f6 (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

Hough reported $665.5K in the 2024 cycle, the highest of 112 State Senate Republicans (median $28.3K).

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

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

| Label | Hough | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 100.0% | 37.3% | 1 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 100% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%); Crime and Law Enforcement 0% (State Senate Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.68 (standard error 0.04), from 480 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 6.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 19 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1752: To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1752/
- SB 1760: To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Social Services, and the several divisions and programs thereof (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1760/
- SB 1753: To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Revenue and Department of Transportation (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1753/
- SB 1763: To appropriate money for capital improvement and other purposes for the several departments and offices of state government (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1763/
- SB 1751: To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1751/
- SB 1756: To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Commerce and Insurance,… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1756/
- SB 1766: To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, distributions, purchase of equipment, planning expenses, capital improvement projects, and equipment… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1766/
- SB 1761: To appropriate state funding for Elected Officials, the Office of Public Defender, the Judiciary, and the General Assembly (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1761/
- SB 1755: To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Natural Resources, and the… (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1755/
- SB 1758: To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Corrections (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1758/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $665.5K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 93% 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.

- 2025-01-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/lincolnhough/status/1876324424670192043

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mo.gov/senators/member/30
- X: https://x.com/lincolnhough
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lincolnhough/
- LinkedIn: https://lincolnhough.com/about/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/934fdfca-5cdf-4c67-a3b0-b23e433f87f6