# Tonya Rush

Tonya Rush is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 67.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 67
- Serving since: 2025-01-08
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b45073a9-ed4d-4d2c-89cd-edf310e7d373

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b45073a9-ed4d-4d2c-89cd-edf310e7d373 (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

0% of the 26 bills Rush sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Missouri House.

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

11 classified statements: 11 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Rush | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 9.1% | 2.5% | 60 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 756 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.78 (standard error 0.09), from 86 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 26 bills: 24 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 58. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 140 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3524: Designates August 27th each year as "Crystal Lynn Foundation Day" (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3524/
- HB 3525: Modifies provisions relating to the practice of makeup application (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3525/
- HB 3526: Modifies provisions relating to the local senior citizen homestead property tax credit (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3526/
- HB 3302: Establishes an animal abuse offender registry (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3302/
- HB 3285: Creates provisions relating to temporary real estate salesperson licenses (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3285/
- HB 3284: Designates August twenty-seventh each year as "Crystal Lynn Foundation Day" (introduced, 2026-02-27) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3284/
- HB 3260: Establishes a program for providing paid leave for parents working in a child's school and authorizes a tax credit for fifty percent of the hourly wage paid… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3260/
- HB 3197: Establishes provisions requiring genetic testing at birth for paternity and child support purposes (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3197/
- HB 3196: Establishes a program for providing paid leave for parents to attend certain school activities (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3196/
- HB 3207: Creates provisions relating to employee bereavement leave for the loss of a pet (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3207/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/AuthorTonyaJ/status/1981294887422030023
- 2025-08-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/AuthorTonyaJ/status/1958253383883932001
- 2025-08-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/AuthorTonyaJ/status/1955689665328971870
- 2025-06-22 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/AuthorTonyaJ/status/1936851033906634907
- 2025-04-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/AuthorTonyaJ/status/1907468187006034397
- 2025-03-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/AuthorTonyaJ/status/1902786026440946020
- 2025-03-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/AuthorTonyaJ/status/1897724353782976993
- 2025-02-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/AuthorTonyaJ/status/1887592840722547096
- 2025-01-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/AuthorTonyaJ/status/1882475801813352841
- 2025-01-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/AuthorTonyaJ/status/1877507000759619856

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/memberdetails.aspx?district=067
- Campaign site: https://www.tonyarush.org/
- X: https://x.com/AuthorTonyaJ
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/author.rush
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Author-Tonya-Rush-61551535864710/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonyarushdotcom/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tonyarush1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonya-rush-27570475/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b45073a9-ed4d-4d2c-89cd-edf310e7d373