# Sean Pouche

Sean Pouche is a Republican member of the Missouri House for district 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri House, district 13
- Serving since: 2021-01-06
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e1a53185-3c84-4f82-87f0-09bd607cf2e7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e1a53185-3c84-4f82-87f0-09bd607cf2e7 (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

Pouche sits at +0.61 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 87% of State House Republicans.

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

52 classified statements: 52 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Pouche | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 13.5% | 31.9% | 660 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 21.1% | 12.7% | 159 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 57% (State House Republicans 15%); Agriculture and Food 14% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Taxation 14% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Transportation and Public Works 14% (State House Republicans 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.05), from 125 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 9. 38.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri House 32.2%; rank 65 of 150).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2760: Establishes the "PRAISE Act", prohibiting the closure of places of worship during an emergency (passed one chamber, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2760/
- HB 3321: Modifies provisions for fiscal years of urban public library districts (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB3321/
- HB 2811: Authorizes an income tax deduction for certain employee compensation on the first $25,000 received as bonus pay (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2811/
- HB 2756: Modifies real property assessment percentages (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2756/
- HB 2758: Creates provisions relating to compensation for services rendered in veterans' benefits matters (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2758/
- HB 2759: Requires publication of a cost estimate and project completion date for any work on the state highway system at the time bidding for a contract on the work… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2759/
- HB 2757: Modifies provisions relating to access to medical products (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/HB2757/
- HB 1194: Establishes the "PRAISE Act" prohibiting the closure of places of worship during an emergency (in committee, 2025-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1194/
- HB 1195: Modifies provisions relating to access to medical products (in committee, 2025-05-14) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1195/
- HB 1102: Creates provisions relating to compensation for services rendered in veterans benefits matters (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2025/HB1102/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $47.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-04-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/PoucheSean/status/2049170623985860808
- 2026-04-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/PoucheSean/status/2049235218704281664
- 2026-04-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/PoucheSean/status/2047051526468735247
- 2026-04-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/PoucheSean/status/2047094868493635826
- 2026-04-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/PoucheSean/status/2044463908723818927
- 2026-04-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/PoucheSean/status/2044114512035344783
- 2026-04-08 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/PoucheSean/status/2041959168785989704
- 2026-04-08 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/PoucheSean/status/2041960938870382620
- 2026-04-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/PoucheSean/status/2041962160637489288
- 2026-04-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/PoucheSean/status/2039357192696930495

## Links

- Official site: https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2024&code=R&district=013
- Campaign site: https://citizensforpouche.com/
- X: https://x.com/PoucheSean
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/citizensforseanpouche/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-scobee-pouche-93a251b7/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e1a53185-3c84-4f82-87f0-09bd607cf2e7