# Rick McClure

Rick McClure is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 29
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9b76655d-a7c5-474d-8a35-5a30e8bf9d3a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9b76655d-a7c5-474d-8a35-5a30e8bf9d3a (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

McClure sits at +0.05 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 93% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.03), from 37 donors and 275 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.4% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 40.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1920: TO TRANSFER GENERAL REVENUE TO THE AGING AND ADULT SERVICES FUND ACCOUNT TO BE USED FOR FOOD SERVICES BENEFITING THE ELDERLY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (in committee, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1920/
- SB 412: TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO SET THE PER-MILE AMOUNT FOR THE INCOME TAX DEDUCTION FOR TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES BY… (became law, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB412/
- HB 1566: TO REQUIRE ADOPTION OF A STATEWIDE PRACTICAL NURSING PROGRAM CORE CURRICULUM TO INCREASE CONSISTENCY IN PRACTICAL NURSING EDUCATION. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1566/
- HB 1567: TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "MOTOR VEHICLE RACING FACILITY" RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE RACING FACILITY PERMITS IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1567/
- HR 1009: TO AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF A NONAPPROPRIATION BILL TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023 AND TO PROHIBIT FOREIGN-PARTY-CONTROLLED OWNERSHIP OF… (in committee, 2024-04-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2024F/HR1009/
- HB 1799: TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS DATA CENTERS ACT OF 2023; AND TO CLARIFY THE REGULATION OF THE DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS. (became law, 2023-04-13) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1799/
- HB 1710: TO ESTABLISH THE RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. (became law, 2023-04-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1710/
- HB 1636: TO AUTHORIZE REVENUE BONDS TO BE ISSUED FOR A WATER SYSTEM, SEWER SYSTEM, OR COMBINED WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM FOR WHICH A RECEIVER HAS BEEN APPOINTED. (became law, 2023-04-11) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1636/
- HB 1551: CONCERNING COMMUNITY COLLEGES. (became law, 2023-04-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1551/
- SB 341: TO AMEND THE COMMERCIAL DRIVER ALCOHOL AND DRUG TESTING ACT TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION REGULATIONS. (became law, 2023-04-11) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/SB341/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $36.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 85% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/29
- Campaign site: https://rick29.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rick.mcclure.7712
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rickforrep29/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rickmcclure7840

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9b76655d-a7c5-474d-8a35-5a30e8bf9d3a