# Ron Caldwell

Ron Caldwell is a Republican member of the Arkansas Senate for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a7626d1d-fcc7-4c01-ad87-48a28faf7245

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a7626d1d-fcc7-4c01-ad87-48a28faf7245 (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

Caldwell sits at +0.02 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 91% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.02 (standard error 0.01), from 317 donors and 664 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 9.0% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 15 bills: 13 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 26. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas Senate 60.4%; rank 16 of 31).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 639: TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS WIND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ACT. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB639/
- SB 629: TO ALLOW AN OFFICER OF A CLOSELY HELD CORPORATION TO REPRESENT THE CORPORATION IN COURT FOR THE PURPOSE OF EVICTION PROCEEDINGS AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER… (passed both chambers, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB629/
- SB 496: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PERMITS FOR SPECIAL CARGOES; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT FOR SPECIAL CARGO TRANSPORTED BY A FARM… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB496/
- 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/
- HB 1716: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES BY THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; AND TO PROHIBIT THE… (became law, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1716/
- HB 1591: TO COMBINE THE OFFICES OF TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR IN ARKANSAS COUNTY. (became law, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1591/
- HB 1590: TO COMBINE THE OFFICES OF TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR IN WOODRUFF COUNTY. (became law, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1590/
- HB 1564: TO MODIFY MOTOR VEHICLE RACING FACILITY PERMITS AND TO SET CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON A MOTOR VEHICLE RACING FACILITY IN CERTAIN RURAL LOCATIONS; AND TO DECLARE… (in committee, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1564/
- HB 1558: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION; TO CREATE A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT BROKER AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE LICENSE; AND TO… (became law, 2025-03-25) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1558/
- HB 1560: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS; AND TO REQUIRE PRICING INFORMATION FOR LIGHTING COMPONENTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1560/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $388.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/ronald-caldwell/
- X: https://x.com/RonRCaldwell
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ronald.caldwell.79/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronald-caldwell-258b4a70/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a7626d1d-fcc7-4c01-ad87-48a28faf7245