# Curtis Trent

Curtis Trent is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate for district 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 20
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c5e38dee-7f82-4795-a134-b984b6878458

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5e38dee-7f82-4795-a134-b984b6878458 (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

Trent sits at +0.89 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State Senate Republicans.

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

28 classified statements: 28 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Trent | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 21.4% | 9.5% | 47 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 42.9% | 37.3% | 146 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 7.1% | 15.4% | 246 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 42% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Economics and Public Finance 33% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Immigration 17% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Taxation 17% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%); Energy 8.3% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.89 (standard error 0.04), from 261 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 117 bills: 117 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 5. 5.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 21 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 23: Encourages the Department of Natural Resources to strengthen the state's nuclear innovation (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SCR23/
- SCR 22: Urges the United States Congress to fully cooperate with federal efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education (in committee, 2026-04-02) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SCR22/
- SB 1797: Creates provisions regarding the severability of provisions in a legislative act (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1797/
- SB 1798: Modifies provisions relating to the operation of utility vehicles (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1798/
- SB 1799: Modifies the statute of limitations for certain actions from five years to two years (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1799/
- SB 1796: Creates provisions relating to personal information of public school teachers (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1796/
- SB 1732: Modifies provisions relating to the unlawful use of real property (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1732/
- SB 1653: Establishes new accountability measures for public schools, charter schools, and school districts (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1653/
- SB 1627: Modifies provisions relating to stop-payment orders under the UCC (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1627/
- SB 1628: Creates and modifies provisions relating to student evaluations (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1628/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $333.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 95% 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.

- 2026-08-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/curtisdtrent/status/2084632032961876150
- 2026-06-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/curtisdtrent/status/2067636602625536195
- 2026-05-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/curtisdtrent/status/2059660529929462079
- 2026-05-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/curtisdtrent/status/2051677964920586371
- 2026-03-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/curtisdtrent/status/2028182544227704898
- 2025-12-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/curtisdtrent/status/2005715370141966493
- 2025-12-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/curtisdtrent/status/2003957794437832868
- 2025-12-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/curtisdtrent/status/1996296550558114175
- 2025-11-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/curtisdtrent/status/1993937437517635922
- 2025-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/curtisdtrent/status/1976667147280826490

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mo.gov/senators/member/20
- Campaign site: https://www.curtisdtrent.com/
- X: https://x.com/curtisdtrent
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curtistrentmo/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtis-trent-a75a6629/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5e38dee-7f82-4795-a134-b984b6878458