Mike Sparks

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5,108 roll-call votes on record - 4,842 yes, 209 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 49 (Tennessee) since Nov 2010. wapp.capitol.tn.gov ↗

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5,108

Roll-call votes on record.

5,108 votes · 4,842 yes · 209 no · 57 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 · May 7, 2026

LATEST: NOAN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to the 2026 congressional elections.HB 7001 · May 7, 2026

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Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 57% of Tennessee House members

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Score+0.85 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.10 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+0.95)

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

Covers2011–2022

● This person Democrats (118) Republicans (206)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 82% of 2022 Tennessee House candidates

Details

Score+1.23 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.09 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+1.14)

Compared with174 members of 2022 Tennessee House candidates

Covers2010–2022

● This person Democrats (50) Republicans (120)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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