# Mark McElroy

Mark McElroy is a Republican member of the Arkansas House for district 62.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 62
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fc30e79a-ee65-4e5b-9cb8-f27ef06c951d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fc30e79a-ee65-4e5b-9cb8-f27ef06c951d (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

McElroy sits at +0.05 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 93% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.02), from 35 donors and 590 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.2% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 4 bills: 4 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 28.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1018: TO RECOGNIZE THE BARTON HIGH SCHOOL BEARS BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM AS THE 2026 CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2026F/HR1018/
- HB 1972: TO CREATE A SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR THE HELENA WEST HELENA FUTURE LEADERS YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1972/
- HB 1536: TO WITHHOLD STATE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEMS IN SCHOOL BUSES UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. (passed one chamber, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1536/
- HB 1122: TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING REPORTS OF IMPROPER OR ILLEGAL PRACTICES. (in committee, 2025-01-22) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1122/
- HB 1068: TO INCLUDE EMPLOYEES OF A METROPOLITAN PORT AUTHORITY IN THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ARKANSAS EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. (became law, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1068/
- HMR 1002: TO HONOR THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF G. ERNEST CUNNINGHAM. (in committee, 2024-06-19) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2024S2/HMR1002/
- HB 1548: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE PERIOD OF TIME CERTAIN DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICANTS ARE REQUIRED TO WAIT TO COMPLETE THE DRIVER'S EXAMINATION; AND TO DECLARE… (became law, 2023-04-11) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1548/
- HB 1504: TO AMEND THE PUBLIC EDUCATION REORGANIZATION ACT; TO AMEND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE ADMINISTRATIVELY CONSOLIDATED BY THE… (became law, 2023-04-11) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1504/
- HB 1482: TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE DELTA CULTURAL CENTER POLICY ADVISORY BOARD. (became law, 2023-03-17) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1482/
- SCR 12: TO COMMEND EUDORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON BEING NAMED A NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL. (in committee, 2021-04-30) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2021/SCR12/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $51.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/62
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkMcElroyARStateRep
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mcelroy-734a53a6/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fc30e79a-ee65-4e5b-9cb8-f27ef06c951d