# Reginald Murdock

Reginald Murdock is a Democratic member of the Arkansas Senate for district 9.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Arkansas Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f148aa6d-abfe-4577-9c15-44f2ea79c707

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f148aa6d-abfe-4577-9c15-44f2ea79c707 (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

Murdock sits at −0.16 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.16 (standard error 0.01), from 1 donors and 712 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 2 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 26. 28.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas Senate 60.4%; rank 28 of 31).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 18: TO RECOGNIZE THE EARLE HIGH SCHOOL BULLDOGS BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE 2025 AND 2026 CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONS. (introduced, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/SR18/
- SR 19: TO RECOGNIZE THE EARLE HIGH SCHOOL LADY BULLDOGS GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE 2026 CLASS 1A STATE CHAMPIONS. (introduced, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/SR19/
- SR 17: TO RECOGNIZE THE BARTON HIGH SCHOOL BEARS BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE 2026 CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONS. (introduced, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/SR17/
- SR 50: TO COMMEND ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC., FOR ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN (118) YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP IN ITS COMMUNITIES. (introduced, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SR50/
- HB 1771: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DISCLOSURES TO POLICYHOLDERS; AND TO REQUIRE MONTHLY REPORTING BY INSURERS. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1771/
- SR 38: TO RECOGNIZE MARCH 13, 2025, AS IOTA PHI THETA FRATERNITY, INC., DAY AT THE STATE CAPITOL. (introduced, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SR38/
- HB 1625: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSED HOME INSPECTORS. (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1625/
- HJR 1002: AN AMENDMENT TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION TO REPEAL THE EXCEPTION TO THE PROHIBITION OF SLAVERY AND INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HJR1002/
- HB 1777: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE POWER OF A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE A PUBLIC STREET OR ALLEY; AND TO ALLOW A MUNICIPALITY TO VACATE AND ABANDON A STREET OR… (became law, 2023-04-13) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1777/
- SMR 4: TO REMEMBER SENATOR ROY C. “BILL” LEWELLEN, JR. AND TO RECOGNIZE HIS DEDICATED SERVICE AND INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND TO HIS LOCAL… (introduced, 2023-05-01) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/SMR4/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,500 (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.arkansas.gov/senators/reginald-murdock/
- X: https://x.com/ReginaldMurdoc2
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReginaldMurdockAR/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f148aa6d-abfe-4577-9c15-44f2ea79c707