# Rusty Black

Rusty Black is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bb98b6a0-ba5f-45f8-ad14-b798515fa8a0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bb98b6a0-ba5f-45f8-ad14-b798515fa8a0 (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

Black sits at +0.61 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 84% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.04), from 298 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 48 bills: 48 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 1. 14.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 6 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1787: Modifies provisions relating to grants to deaf-blind individuals and families (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1787/
- SB 1786: Modifies provisions relating to annexation by certain cities (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1786/
- SB 1661: Modifies provisions relating to vehicle registration (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1661/
- SB 1591: Authorizes a tax credit for contributions to prevention resource centers (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1591/
- SB 1554: Modifies provisions relating to a hydrant inspection program (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1554/
- SB 1551: Authorizes certain third class cities to impose a transient guest tax (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1551/
- SB 1536: Establishes the Designated Health Care Decision-Maker Act, which authorizes certain persons to make health care decisions for certain incapacitated persons (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1536/
- SB 1523: Conveys certain state property (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1523/
- SB 974: Modifies provisions relating to compensation for services rendered in veteran benefits matters (passed both chambers, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB974/
- SB 883: Creates provisions relating to veterinary professionals (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB883/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $172.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 87% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mo.gov/senators/member/12
- X: https://x.com/rep_rusty
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rustyblackmo/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bb98b6a0-ba5f-45f8-ad14-b798515fa8a0