# David Smith

David Smith is a Democratic member of the Missouri House for district 46.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri House, district 46
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c509449e-070c-462c-810e-f14315c9df42

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c509449e-070c-462c-810e-f14315c9df42 (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

100% of Smith’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

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

44 classified statements: 44 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 | Smith | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.3% | 2.5% | 242 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 13.6% | 10.4% | 234 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 31.8% | 39.2% | 505 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.8% | 2.9% | 78 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 20.4% | 14.4% | 227 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 2.3% | 1.0% | 101 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 38% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 23% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 15% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Agriculture and Food 7.7% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Economics and Public Finance 7.7% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.05), from 121 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 80% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 1. 25.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 91 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 3529: Designates June 28th each year as Eliot and Muriel Battle day (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3529/
- HB 2952: Establishes provisions relating to mental health evaluations upon arrest (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2952/
- HB 2956: Establishes provisions relating to the refiling of dismissed cases (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2956/
- HB 2856: Sets a cap on rental application fees charged by a landlord from a prospective tenant (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2856/
- HB 2571: Prohibits the purchasing of semi-automatic and fully automatic firearms by anyone under twenty years of age (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2571/
- HB 2573: Repeals provisions authorizing the establishment of charter schools in Boone County (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2573/
- HB 2567: Modifies provisions relating to commercial dog breeders by including hobby or show breeders in the definition of commercial breeder (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2567/
- HB 2570: Creates provisions relating to insurance coverage of anesthesia services (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2570/
- HB 2568: Exempts the retail sale of food from state sales and use tax, subject to a three-year sunset provision (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2568/
- HB 2569: Modifies provisions relating to civilian review boards (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2569/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,750 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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.

- 2026-08-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/dts4mo/status/2089476767182414073
- 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/dts4mo/status/2058982808274506181
- 2026-04-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/dts4mo/status/2047632937424662859
- 2026-03-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/dts4mo/status/2030084137764172210
- 2026-02-27 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/dts4mo/status/2027490174398058669
- 2026-02-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/dts4mo/status/2026356003956982082
- 2026-01-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/dts4mo/status/2016527298564939938
- 2026-01-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/dts4mo/status/2011124178875822502
- 2025-11-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/dts4mo/status/1991620625174261814
- 2025-11-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/dts4mo/status/1989027976638251076

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=046
- X: https://x.com/dts4mo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.tysonsmith.5/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dts4mo/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dts4mo/?hl=en
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dts4mo
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-tyson-smith-a068a3312/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c509449e-070c-462c-810e-f14315c9df42