# Bennie Cook

Bennie Cook is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 143.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 143
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9c485ac1-4ad5-4466-9392-a9014827ef56

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c485ac1-4ad5-4466-9392-a9014827ef56 (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

100% of Cook’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.05), from 109 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 66 bills: 65 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 13. 27.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 88 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1980: Creates provisions relating to peer review committees (passed one chamber, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1980/
- HB 1977: Modifies provisions relating to civil detention procedures (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1977/
- HB 3516: Establishes the "Emmett Kelly Sr Memorial Highway" in Texas County (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3516/
- HB 3535: Expands certain powers given to peace officers employed by the state fire marshal when certain exigent circumstances exist (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3535/
- HB 3499: Modifies the duties of a pharmacist (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3499/
- HB 3498: Allows a law enforcement officer to arrest a parolee or probationer without a warrant in certain circumstances and requires conditions and terms of probation… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3498/
- HB 3408: Creates the designation of "Missouri Rock Island Trail Communities" (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3408/
- HB 3407: Designates the city of Belle as the "Cowbell Capital of Missouri" (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3407/
- HB 3355: Establishes the offense of impeding, threatening, or harassing a first responder (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3355/
- HJR 191: Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing a joint committee on conservation oversight (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HJR191/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=143
- Campaign site: https://benniecook.com/
- X: https://x.com/BennieCookMO
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BennieCookforStateRepresentative/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateRepresentativeBennieCook/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9c485ac1-4ad5-4466-9392-a9014827ef56