# Melissa Douglas

Melissa Douglas is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 27.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 27
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9815268f-50dc-451b-9bb2-b36f3c556ac4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9815268f-50dc-451b-9bb2-b36f3c556ac4 (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

76% of Douglas’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.56 (standard error 0.12), from 15 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 14 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 3. 6.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 122 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3373: Establishes a liaison for postsecondary education for homeless pupils within the department of higher education and workforce development (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3373/
- HB 3121: Establishes the "Missouri Free School Meals Program" to reimburse schools for providing free breakfasts and lunches to all students and a tax deduction for… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3121/
- HB 2900: Modifies provisions governing Missouri empowerment scholarship accounts (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2900/
- HB 2723: Creates and modifies provisions relating to elementary and secondary education (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2723/
- HB 2721: Establishes the "Success for Homeless and Foster Youth in Higher Education Act" (introduced, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2721/
- HB 2720: Modifies provisions relating to the age for school entry (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2720/
- HB 2718: Modifies provisions relating to state identification cards for at-risk youth (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2718/
- HB 2722: Establishes the "Success for Homeless and Foster Youth in Higher Education Act" (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2722/
- HB 2719: Modifies provisions relating to the effect of suicide on life insurance policies (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2719/
- HB 1571: Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri working family tax credit act and makes the tax credit refundable (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1571/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $28.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 76% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2025&code=R&district=027
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissa.douglas.9887
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissa-douglas-8421133a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9815268f-50dc-451b-9bb2-b36f3c556ac4