# Joey Carr

Joey Carr is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 34.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 34
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/99d5591e-13f9-40af-90f4-97c5f958031a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/99d5591e-13f9-40af-90f4-97c5f958031a (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

Carr sits at +0.06 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 92% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.06 (standard error 0.03), from 69 donors and 296 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.1% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 14 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 44. 77.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 15 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1019: TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE NUCOR DAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL ON APRIL 15, 2026. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1019/
- HB 1948: TO AMEND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE OFFENSE OF NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE IS COMMITTED; AND TO REPEAL THE ABILITY OF A PROSECUTING ATTORNEY OR DEFENDANT TO… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1948/
- HB 1941: CONCERNING DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; AND TO PROTECT ARKANSAS STUDENTS BY ENSURING THE EFFICIENT DISPOSITION OF ETHICS COMPLAINTS AGAINST… (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1941/
- HB 1938: TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE CREATION OF DISTRICT STRATEGIC PLANS AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DIVISION OF ELEMENTARY AND… (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1938/
- HB 1939: TO AMEND ELIGIBILITY FOR TEACHER INCENTIVE AND MERIT PAY; TO AMEND REQUIREMENTS FOR SUMMATIVE EVALUATIONS; AND TO AMEND SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE… (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1939/
- HB 1803: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PLACEMENT OF A MONUMENT ON THE STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS IN RECOGNITION AND HONOR OF MAURICE LEE “FOOTSIE” BRITT. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1803/
- HB 1810: TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND AND THE ARKANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (became law, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1810/
- HB 1757: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING RAILROADS; AND TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF TAMPERING WITH RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE. (became law, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1757/
- SB 429: TO EXPAND THE SEALING OF CRIMINAL RECORDS FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING; TO PROVIDE THAT VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS; AND TO PROVIDE A… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB429/
- HB 1733: TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS CODE CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS BETTER CHANCE PROGRAM ACT. (became law, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1733/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $119.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/34
- X: https://x.com/aestigers
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Rep-Joey-Carr/pfbid037s7tsHVm6B4PRQeY76nzjatz4VLP8M9sp776vjL5VKW9be4kkCpj2mMYoVmbHXnml/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@arkstaterepjoeycarr

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/99d5591e-13f9-40af-90f4-97c5f958031a