# Mary Elizabeth Coleman

Mary Elizabeth Coleman is a Republican member of the Missouri Senate for district 22.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2023-01-04
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f1d83642-4aa6-4fea-80f1-4c3f422c63ed

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1d83642-4aa6-4fea-80f1-4c3f422c63ed (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 Coleman talks about and legislates on agree at 0.38 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

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

231 classified statements: 231 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 | Coleman | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.0% | 2.3% | 98 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 10.4% | 9.5% | 118 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 18.6% | 37.3% | 291 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 2.3% | 215 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 6.9% | 15.4% | 249 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.3% | 146 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 23% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 19% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Commerce 19% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%); Health 9.3% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Armed Forces and National Security 7.0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.55 (standard error 0.03), from 245 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 72 bills: 72 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 17. 6.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 17 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1777: Allows a low-performing school district to enter into a contract with a state-approved entity for the establishment of a "Public School Transformation Campus" (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1777/
- SB 1776: Modifies provisions relating to spontaneous fetal death reports (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1776/
- SB 1665: Prohibits warrantless searches of private residences by state employees, except under certain circumstances (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1665/
- SB 1666: Creates provisions relating to the regulation of community water systems (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1666/
- SB 1664: Creates the "Honest Billing Act" regarding payment for health care services (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1664/
- SB 1630: Establishes procedures for reporting certain non-communicable diseases (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1630/
- SB 1631: Establishes a statewide mobile food vendor license (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1631/
- SB 1549: Modifies requirements for promulgating administrative rules and posting of substantive policy statements by state agencies (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1549/
- SB 1548: Creates provisions relating to the discharge of fluoride into water (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1548/
- SB 1239: Authorizes a sales tax exemption for food (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1239/

## 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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/meaccoleman/status/2113719219242074129
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/meaccoleman/status/2113388707818692761
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/meaccoleman/status/2072698333940883855
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/meaccoleman/status/2072698335622754472
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/meaccoleman/status/2072699719034315246
- 2026-06-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/meaccoleman/status/2070348119552798735
- 2026-06-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/meaccoleman/status/2068555710682591315
- 2026-06-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/meaccoleman/status/2068556229123715315
- 2026-06-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/meaccoleman/status/2066551884802863579
- 2026-06-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/meaccoleman/status/2061871877794971747

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mo.gov/senators/member/22
- Campaign site: https://www.maryelizabethcoleman.com/
- X: https://x.com/meaccoleman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/missouriindependent/posts/state-sen-mary-elizabeth-coleman-has-abandoned-her-run-for-congress-and-instead-/899040425562926/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryelizabethcoleman/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-elizabeth-coleman-a39a532ba/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1d83642-4aa6-4fea-80f1-4c3f422c63ed