# Alex Riley

Alex Riley is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 134.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 134
- Serving since: 2021-01-06
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b11b5a8d-08e8-4cf3-802c-42a842102cfa

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b11b5a8d-08e8-4cf3-802c-42a842102cfa (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

Riley sits at +0.80 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans.

## What Riley says (MO 2025–26 session)

28 classified statements: 28 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 | Riley | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 7.1% | 31.9% | 726 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.1% | 1.8% | 30 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 10.7% | 12.7% | 383 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 50% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Government Operations and Politics 50% (State House Republicans 18%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.80 (standard error 0.04), from 441 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 18 bills: 7 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 5. 38.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 64 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1: Informs the Governor and the Senate that the House is convened for the 2026 veto session (introduced, 2026-09-16) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HR1/
- HR 2: Informs the Senate that the House adopted no motions to override the veto of certain bills (introduced, 2026-09-16) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HR2/
- HR 3951: Grants the use of the House Chamber to the Jefferson City Chapter of the Federalist Society on February 20, 2026, from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HR3951/
- HR 3873: Informs the Governor that the 103rd General Assembly, Second Regular Session, is organized and ready for business (introduced, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HR3873/
- HR 3872: Informs the Senate that the House is duly convened and is in session ready for consideration of business (introduced, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HR3872/
- HCR 22: Convenes a joint session to receive a message from the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HCR22/
- HCR 21: Convenes a joint session for the State of the State Address (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HCR21/
- HR 1: Informs the Governor and the Senate that the House is convened for the 2025 Second Extraordinary Session (introduced, 2025-09-09) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025S2/HR1/
- HR 196: Grants the use of the House Chamber to the Jefferson City Chapter of the Federalist Society on February 21, 2025, from 7:30 am to 4:30 pm (in committee, 2025-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HR196/
- HR 2: Establishes the elected permanent officers of the 103rd General Assembly (introduced, 2025-01-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HR2/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $513.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% 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.

- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlexRileyMO/status/2098432778056425522
- 2026-08-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AlexRileyMO/status/2084667106323271749
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlexRileyMO/status/2073429519864635515
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlexRileyMO/status/2058927492476363064
- 2026-04-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlexRileyMO/status/2040830579201958333
- 2026-02-24 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/AlexRileyMO/status/2026327275352830410
- 2026-02-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlexRileyMO/status/2024942907845746751
- 2026-01-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlexRileyMO/status/2006750491334566392
- 2025-12-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlexRileyMO/status/2004231341609779377
- 2025-12-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/AlexRileyMO/status/1997017807871946888

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=134
- Campaign site: https://www.rileyforstaterep.com/issues/
- X: https://x.com/AlexRileyMO
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alex.riley.1991
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexrileymo/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-riley-69334570/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b11b5a8d-08e8-4cf3-802c-42a842102cfa