Brent Powell

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335 roll-call votes on record - 333 yes, 2 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Missouri is poised to revert to former congressional districts after court rejects Trump-backed map” (WPLG Local 10, Sep 10, 2026). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Representative, District 59 (Mississippi) since Jan 2013. github.com ↗

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The record

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335

Roll-call votes on record.

335 votes · 333 yes · 2 no. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Apr 15, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

State Budget48 votes · yes on 47, no on 1

State Budgets18 votes · yes on 18, no on 0

Higher Education18 votes · yes on 18, no on 0

State Government15 votes · yes on 15, no on 0

Economic Development12 votes · yes on 12, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESSuspend deadlines for the further consideration of HB 938; extend repealers on several youth court statutes.HC 65 · Apr 15, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 69% of Mississippi House members

Details

Score+0.69 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.07 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+0.76)

Compared with327 members of Mississippi House members (1996–2022)

Covers2013–2022

● This person Democrats (156) Republicans (165) Other parties (6)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsVery Conservative

More conservative than 71% of 2022 Mississippi House candidates

Details

Score+1.14 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.02 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+1.12)

Compared with92 members of 2022 Mississippi House candidates

Covers2012–2022

● This person Democrats (29) Republicans (59)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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