# Jessie McGruder

Jessie McGruder is a Democratic member of the Arkansas House for district 35.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 35
- Serving since: 2025-01-13
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f81fdd7f-aa3e-4678-bc4f-870114f8b0ce

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f81fdd7f-aa3e-4678-bc4f-870114f8b0ce (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

20% of the 5 bills McGruder sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Arkansas House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.49 (standard error 0.08), from 89 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 35. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Arkansas House 56.1%; rank 72 of 81).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1117: TO RECOGNIZE FORMER REPRESENTATIVE BEN MCGEE FOR HIS SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY AND TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1117/
- HB 1878: TO ENSURE EARLY VOTING ACCESS FOR ARKANSANS RESIDING IN POPULATION CENTERS; AND TO REQUIRE A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO CONDUCT EARLY VOTING IN… (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1878/
- HR 1072: TO RECOGNIZE KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC., FOR ITS POSITIVE IMPACT UPON ITS COMMUNITIES, THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, THE NATION, AND THE WORLD. (in committee, 2025-04-14) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HR1072/
- HB 1528: TO REQUIRE A REPORT CARD TO INCLUDE A STUDENT'S CURRENT READING GRADE LEVEL. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1528/
- SB 239: TO REQUIRE A REPORT CARD TO INCLUDE A STUDENT'S CURRENT READING GRADE LEVEL. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/SB239/
- HB 1025: TO CREATE THE TEACHER FAIR DISMISSAL ACT OF 2025. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1025/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $64.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 86% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/35
- Campaign site: https://www.mcgruder4house.com/
- X: https://x.com/McgruderJessie
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McGruder4house
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessie.mcgruder/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jmcgruder82/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jessiemcgruder
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessie-mcgruder-61b69758/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f81fdd7f-aa3e-4678-bc4f-870114f8b0ce