Donnie Bell

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691 roll-call votes on record - 687 yes, 2 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 21 (Mississippi) since Nov 2011. github.com ↗

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691

Roll-call votes on record.

691 votes · 687 yes · 2 no · 2 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 Budget59 votes · yes on 59, no on 0

State Government29 votes · yes on 29, no on 0

Higher Education21 votes · yes on 21, no on 0

State Budgets21 votes · yes on 21, no on 0

Economic Development13 votes · yes on 13, 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 conservative than 61% of Mississippi House members

Details

Score+0.61 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.15 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+0.76)

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

Covers2008–2022

● 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 · donorsConservative

More liberal than 64% of 2022 Mississippi House candidates

Details

Score+0.75 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.37 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.12)

Compared with92 members of 2022 Mississippi House candidates

Covers2008–2022

● 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 ↗

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