# Kemp Strickler

Kemp Strickler is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 34.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 34
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c140221e-dfad-45d7-9371-faf3cc12ff17

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c140221e-dfad-45d7-9371-faf3cc12ff17 (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

Strickler sits at −0.26 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 95% of State House Democrats.

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

4 classified statements: 4 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 | Strickler | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 39.2% | 227 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 25.0% | 14.4% | 143 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 50% (State House Democrats 15%); Environmental Protection 50% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Government Operations and Politics 50% (State House Democrats 15%); Taxation 50% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.26 (standard error 0.12), from 0 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 10. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 140 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3517: Modifies provisions relating to the state board of mediation (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3517/
- HB 3376: Modifies provisions relating to the calculation of income tax, repealing income tax subtractions for certain capital gains (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3376/
- HB 3271: Modifies provisions governing the assessment and taxation of property (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3271/
- HB 1737: Establishes the offense of unlawful tracking of a motor vehicle (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1737/
- HB 1739: Modifies provisions relating to the "Missouri Working Family Tax Credit Act", making the tax credit refundable (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1739/
- HB 1738: Allows for three weeks of no-excuse absentee voting (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB1738/
- HB 1479: Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri working family tax credit act and makes the tax credit refundable (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1479/
- HJR 86: Proposes a constitutional amendment relating to residential real property tax assessments (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HJR86/
- HB 1232: Authorizes the conveyance of certain state property located in Jackson County (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1232/
- HB 1233: Modifies provisions relating to an income tax deduction for certain National Guard duties (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1233/

## Recent statements

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

- 2026-09-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/kstric/status/2095663555047534918
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/kstric/status/2095635389084045731
- 2026-05-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/kstric/status/2050065455398768961
- 2025-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/kstric/status/1980675614446350562

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=034
- Campaign site: https://www.kempstrickler.com/
- X: https://x.com/kstric
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KempStricklerMO/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kemp-strickler/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c140221e-dfad-45d7-9371-faf3cc12ff17