# Rick Brattin

Rick Brattin is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2021-01-06
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e4811e7a-7df7-4275-917d-8bdcc2778fb1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e4811e7a-7df7-4275-917d-8bdcc2778fb1 (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

The policy areas Brattin talks about and legislates on agree at 0.69 on a 0–1 scale, in the top 5% of State Senate Republicans.

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

414 classified statements: 414 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 | Brattin | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.9% | 2.3% | 123 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 5.3% | 9.5% | 197 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 33.8% | 37.3% | 203 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 2.3% | 225 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 17.6% | 15.4% | 137 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 6.5% | 1.3% | 15 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 35% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 15% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Education 11% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Law 11% (State Senate Republicans 3.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 10% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.02), from 508 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 93 bills: 89 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 3. 1.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 31 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SRM 1: Remonstrates against Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon (introduced, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SRM1/
- SB 1771: Creates provisions related to dissolution or disincorporation of special road districts (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1771/
- SB 1770: Prohibits state agencies from using the term "West Bank" in official government materials and instead requires the area to be referred to as Judea and Samaria (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1770/
- SB 1772: Modifies and creates new provisions relating to illegal immigrants (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1772/
- SB 1769: Creates the Office of Public Defense and authorizes the Office to acquire and transfer machine guns to residents (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1769/
- SB 1768: Modifies the definition of "firefighter" under the Public Safety Recruitment and Retention Act (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1768/
- SB 1767: Modifies provisions relating to alternative therapies and treatments, including psilocybin (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1767/
- SB 1641: Authorizes private school students to participate in extracurricular activities at public schools under certain conditions (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1641/
- SB 1617: Establishes the "Accountability for Low-Earning Outcome Degrees in Higher Education Act of 2026" to prohibit the allocation of state funds for low-earning… (in committee, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1617/
- SB 1616: Creates new provisions restricting the availability of public benefits to U.S. citizens (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1616/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RickBrattin/status/2114540528842981464
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/RickBrattin/status/2114178668088250823
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/RickBrattin/status/2113433722749861968
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RickBrattin/status/2113079008216719700
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/RickBrattin/status/2113351312788410767
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RickBrattin/status/2112676727612916218
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RickBrattin/status/2112175726304661762
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/RickBrattin/status/2110531852586872835
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/RickBrattin/status/2110355539368501673
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/RickBrattin/status/2109716875685076997

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mo.gov/senators/member/31
- Campaign site: https://rickbrattin.com/
- X: https://x.com/RickBrattin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectRickBrattin/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elect_rick_brattin/?locale=de&hl=am-et
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rickbrattin2677?app=desktop

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e4811e7a-7df7-4275-917d-8bdcc2778fb1