# Doug Beck

Doug Beck is a Democratic member of the Missouri Senate for district 1.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2021-01-06
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f6f3c354-c65e-4d9a-a713-5fce1ad2c403

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f6f3c354-c65e-4d9a-a713-5fce1ad2c403 (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

100% of Beck’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

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

90 classified statements: 90 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Beck | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.7% | 2.4% | 35 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 11.1% | 10.3% | 123 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 31.1% | 42.9% | 240 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.2% | 3.4% | 177 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 7.8% | 16.1% | 225 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 29% (State Senate Democrats 14%); Education 21% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Labor and Employment 21% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%); Taxation 14% (State Senate Democrats 3.1%); Economics and Public Finance 11% (State Senate Democrats 10%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.52 (standard error 0.04), from 696 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 34 bills: 29 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 3. 2.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 29 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1804: Prohibits certain professional licensing boards from waiving or modifying administrative rules related to prescription authority (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1804/
- SB 1725: Creates provisions relating to foam fire suppressants (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1725/
- SB 1670: Modifies provisions regarding the purchasing authority of fire protection districts (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1670/
- SB 1648: Modifies provisions relating to the Missouri Charter Public School Commission (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1648/
- SB 1598: Modifies provisions relating to medical malpractice for the use of artificial intelligence by health care providers (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1598/
- SB 1594: Establishes the Contract for Deed Act (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1594/
- SB 1593: Designates every April 27th as "Ulysses S. Grant Day" in Missouri (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1593/
- SR 566: Modifies Senate Rules 84 and 85 regarding a motion for the previous question (introduced, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SR566/
- SR 565: Modifies Senate Rules 28 and 47 regarding fiscal review of legislation (introduced, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SR565/
- SR 567: Modifies Senate Rule 52 to require certain bills to lie on the table for one day before the Senate may take action on the bill (introduced, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SR567/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $72.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/DougBeck562/status/2114096658212413733
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/DougBeck562/status/2113311422855925809
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/DougBeck562/status/2113322676907581644
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/DougBeck562/status/2112968813243216002
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/DougBeck562/status/2110738036292042834
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/DougBeck562/status/2110865198785458481
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DougBeck562/status/2105764868691488836
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/DougBeck562/status/2105037310043594947
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/DougBeck562/status/2105040057065251282
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DougBeck562/status/2103612018033070193

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mo.gov/senators/member/01
- Campaign site: https://beckformo.com/
- X: https://x.com/DougBeck562
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeckforMO/?_rdr
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dougbeck562/?hl=en

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f6f3c354-c65e-4d9a-a713-5fce1ad2c403