# Jimmy Hickey

Jimmy Hickey is a Republican member of the Arkansas Senate for district 4.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas Senate, district 4
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c083823a-b0f6-43dd-87b9-f1f398b84a00

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c083823a-b0f6-43dd-87b9-f1f398b84a00 (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

Hickey reported $1,500 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.02), from 33 donors and 292 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 11. 71.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas Senate 60.4%; rank 11 of 31).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 395: TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL INTEREST; AND AMENDING A PORTION OF ARKANSAS LAW RESULTING FROM INITIATED ACT 1 OF 1988. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB395/
- HB 1610: TO AMEND THE ARKANSAS HUMAN LIFE PROTECTION ACT AND THE ARKANSAS UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT. (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1610/
- SB 243: TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING LOTTERY-FUNDED SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB243/
- SB 232: TO AMEND VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE ARKANSAS SCHOLARSHIP LOTTERY ACT; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (became law, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB232/
- SB 202: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STATUTORY BONDING REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION. (became law, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB202/
- SB 63: TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING REPORTS BY THE SECRETARIES OF CABINET-LEVEL DEPARTMENTS ON THE STATE OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS. (became law, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB63/
- SB 70: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING STANDARDS FOR INSURANCE POLICIES; AND TO REVISE THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF AN INSURER FOR A PREMIUM INCREASE. (became law, 2025-02-06) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB70/
- SR 24: CONGRATULATING ROGER ALLAN NORMAN, LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR FOR ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE AUDIT, UPON HIS RETIREMENT AND COMMENDING HIM FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE… (introduced, 2024-05-10) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2024F/SR24/
- SCR 1: TO AMEND THE JOINT RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. (in committee, 2024-05-09) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2024F/SCR1/
- HB 1004: TO CREATE AND TRANSFER FUNDS TO THE ARKANSAS RESERVE FUND SET-ASIDE IN THE RESTRICTED RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDS MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR… (became law, 2023-09-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023S1/HB1004/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,500 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/jimmy-hickey-jr/
- Campaign site: https://www.votejimmyhickey.com/
- X: https://x.com/jimmyhickeyjr
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jimmy.hickey.10/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hickey4senate

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c083823a-b0f6-43dd-87b9-f1f398b84a00