Briggs Hopson

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954 roll-call votes on record - 943 yes, 5 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 23 (Mississippi) since Jan 2008. github.com ↗

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954

Roll-call votes on record.

954 votes · 943 yes · 5 no · 5 present · 1 not voting. 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 Government67 votes · yes on 67, no on 0

State Budget57 votes · yes on 57, no on 0

Higher Education36 votes · yes on 36, no on 0

Appointments31 votes · yes on 31, no on 0

State Budgets21 votes · yes on 21, 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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Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More liberal than 52% of Mississippi Senate members

Details

Score+0.78 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.18 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+0.96)

Compared with141 members of Mississippi Senate members (1996–2022)

Covers2008–2022

● This person Democrats (51) Republicans (90)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 68% of 2022 Mississippi Senate candidates

Details

Score+1.13 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party medianAt the Republican median in this group (+1.13)

Compared with50 members of 2022 Mississippi Senate candidates

Covers2008–2022

● This person Democrats (13) Republicans (31) Independents (6)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 ↗

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