# Brian Evans

Brian Evans is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 68.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 68
- Serving since: 2019-01-14
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a1614a7c-f5f0-4fe1-a2b1-c8390e4bf106

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a1614a7c-f5f0-4fe1-a2b1-c8390e4bf106 (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

Evans sits at +0.07 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 90% of State House Republicans.

## What Evans says (AR 2025–26 session)

190 classified statements: 190 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Evans | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 10.0% | 2.9% | 55 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 12.1% | 9.3% | 224 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 31.6% | 31.9% | 378 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.2% | 1.8% | 161 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.6% | 12.7% | 642 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.4% | 377 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 35% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 30% (State House Republicans 12%); Health 17% (State House Republicans 10%); Taxation 15% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Education 6.7% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.07 (standard error 0.03), from 64 donors and 290 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 9.6% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 13 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 38. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 72 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1001: AN ACT FOR THE ARKANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATION FOR THE 2025-2026 FISCAL YEAR. (became law, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HB1001/
- SB 535: TO CREATE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE ARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS AND THE ARKANSAS MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATION. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB535/
- HR 1080: TO RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF CABOT AS RECIPIENT IN 2024 OF A TRENDSETTER CITY AWARD FROM ARKANSAS BUSINESS AND AN HONORABLE MENTION IN THE ARKANSAS BUSINESS… (in committee, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1080/
- HR 1073: TO RECOGNIZE THE ARKANSAS 250 COMMISSION AS IT BEGINS ITS WORK TO CELEBRATE ARKANSAS'S RICH TWO-HUNDRED-FIFTY-YEAR HISTORY FROM THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION… (in committee, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1073/
- HCR 1006: TO PROVIDE FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND TO PROVIDE FOR A RECESS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (in committee, 2025-03-06) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HCR1006/
- HR 1049: TO AUTHORIZE RECESSES OF EITHER OR BOTH CHAMBERS FOR PERIODS OF FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR LONGER. (in committee, 2025-02-25) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1049/
- HR 1034: TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (in committee, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1034/
- SB 60: TO PROHIBIT A DIGITAL ASSET MINING BUSINESS FROM BEING LOCATED WITHIN A THIRTY-MILE RADIUS OF A MILITARY FACILITY; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB60/
- SCR 1: TO ADOPT THE JOINT RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SCR1/
- HR 1002: TO CONFIRM THE LEGISLATIVE JOINT AUDITING COMMITTEE'S SELECTION OF KEVIN WHITE AS THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR. (in committee, 2025-01-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1002/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $215.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 95% 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.

- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/ARStateRep68/status/2107199999599595790
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ARStateRep68/status/2107224392610816310
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/ARStateRep68/status/2106146484613976289
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/ARStateRep68/status/2103577660647751951
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ARStateRep68/status/2103611931919777818
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ARStateRep68/status/2103613488778326408
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/ARStateRep68/status/2103614451924779294
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ARStateRep68/status/2103235477868290105
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/ARStateRep68/status/2103239921683329413
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ARStateRep68/status/2103253605218423027

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/68
- X: https://x.com/ARStateRep68
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateRepBrianSEvans68/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arstaterep68/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-evans-ctb-3925b914/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a1614a7c-f5f0-4fe1-a2b1-c8390e4bf106