# Wayne Long

Wayne Long is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 39.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 39
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e8865ad0-46d2-49a0-8273-da14fe929f3e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8865ad0-46d2-49a0-8273-da14fe929f3e (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

Long sits at +0.13 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 84% of State House Republicans.

## What Long says (AR 2025–26 session)

2 classified statements: 2 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 | Long | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 31.9% | 130 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Transportation and Public Works 100% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.13 (standard error 0.03), from 51 donors and 283 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 16% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 27 bills: 27 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 40. 29.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 70 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1974: TO PROHIBIT STATE ENTITIES FROM EMPLOYING UNAUTHORIZED ALIENS; TO ESTABLISH THE E-VERIFY REQUIREMENT ACT; AND TO REQUIRE STATE ENTITIES TO USE E-VERIFY TO… (became law, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1974/
- HB 1909: TO CREATE THE PUBLIC SERVICES ONLY FOR CITIZENS ACT; AND TO REQUIRE VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP AND RESIDENCY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1909/
- HB 1908: TO CREATE THE PROOF OF RESIDENCY FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT; TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; AND TO REQUIRE PROOF OF RESIDENCY FOR ADULT… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1908/
- HB 1914: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE ARKANSAS MOTOR CARRIER ACT, 1955; AND TO REQUIRE AN OPERATOR OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE TO HAVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1914/
- HB 1884: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE MARKING AND COUNTING OF PAPER BALLOTS. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1884/
- SB 536: TO ABOLISH AND TRANSFER THE ARKANSAS STATE LIBRARY AND THE STATE LIBRARY BOARD; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB536/
- HB 1883: TO CREATE THE ARKANSAS FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTION ACT; AND TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE COLLECTION OF ELECTRONIC DATA AND METADATA. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1883/
- HB 1773: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR BALLOT QUESTION COMMITTEES AND LEGISLATIVE QUESTION COMMITTEES. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1773/
- HB 1753: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING VOTER REGISTRATION; TO OPT-OUT OF THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT OF 1993; AND TO AMEND PROVISIONS OF ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION,… (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1753/
- SB 399: TO CREATE THE ANTI-ATF COMMANDEERING ACT; AND TO PROHIBIT THE PROVISION OF MATERIAL AID AND SUPPORT FOR ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL FIREARMS LAWS. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB399/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $48.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 91% 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.

- 2025-08-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/WayneLongAR/status/1959376325468447188
- 2025-08-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/WayneLongAR/status/1951739798151942258

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/39
- X: https://x.com/WayneLongAR
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WayneLongAR39
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.waynelong/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e8865ad0-46d2-49a0-8273-da14fe929f3e