# Karla May

Karla May is a Democratic member of the Missouri Senate for district 4.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Missouri Senate, district 4
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MO 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fbeafead-44b9-4f08-9854-ad516fb6c838

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fbeafead-44b9-4f08-9854-ad516fb6c838 (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 May’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Missouri, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## What May says (MO 2025–26 session)

142 classified statements: 142 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 | May | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.8% | 2.4% | 88 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 2.8% | 10.3% | 237 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 13.4% | 42.9% | 304 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 5.6% | 3.4% | 65 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 8.5% | 16.1% | 217 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 47% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Emergency Management 16% (State Senate Democrats 3.7%); Energy 16% (State Senate Democrats 4.1%); Agriculture and Food 11% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State Senate Democrats 14%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.37 (standard error 0.06), from 72 donors and 0 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MO 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 33 bills: 31 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 3. 12.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Missouri Senate 11.0%; rank 9 of 33).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 1731: Modifies provisions relating to critical incident management (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1731/
- SB 1662: Modifies provisions relating to early childhood education taxes (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1662/
- SB 1026: Creates provisions regulating intoxicating cannabinoids (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1026/
- SB 1025: Modifies provisions relating to the elder abuse and neglect hotline (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1025/
- SB 944: Modifies the salary for the attorney of the sheriff of St. Louis City (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB944/
- SB 851: Authorizes the Video Lottery Control Act (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB851/
- SB 945: Modifies provisions relating to court operations (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB945/
- SB 1024: Modifies provisions relating to opioid prescriptions (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB1024/
- SB 852: Prohibits the use of credit scores in determining automobile insurance rates (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/SB852/
- S 36: SB 852 - This act provides that, for all automobile insurance contracts entered into on or after August 28, 2026, no insurer shall utilize any information… (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/mo/bills/2026/S36/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.0K (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.

- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/KarlaMayMO4/status/2107898179945480675
- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/KarlaMayMO4/status/2101594460257726803
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/KarlaMayMO4/status/2100553028197642371
- 2026-09-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/KarlaMayMO4/status/2098770013406601558
- 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/KarlaMayMO4/status/2098011334113697916
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/KarlaMayMO4/status/2095482630166696291
- 2026-08-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KarlaMayMO4/status/2084627508427702427
- 2026-07-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/KarlaMayMO4/status/2073635440695886181
- 2026-06-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/KarlaMayMO4/status/2069981714080788906
- 2026-06-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/KarlaMayMO4/status/2069982616250376421

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mo.gov/senators/member/04
- X: https://x.com/KarlaMayMO4
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Karla-May-4-State-Senate-100069055065295/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karla.may.004/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fbeafead-44b9-4f08-9854-ad516fb6c838