# Joseph Thomas

Joseph Thomas is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for district 22.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2020-01-07
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/13131d55-19a4-49cd-aba9-e8eef7aedb06

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/13131d55-19a4-49cd-aba9-e8eef7aedb06 (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

1.1% of the 89 bills Thomas sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Mississippi Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.40 (standard error 0.02), from 21 donors and 878 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,110 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 97.1% (88%). 24 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted not voting · Passage · HB 2 Appropriation; Department of Human Services of. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/HB2/
- 2026-07-16 · voted not voting · Passage · HB 1 Appropriation; Department of Human Services to establish and implement youth diversion program. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/HB1/
- 2026-07-15 · voted not voting · Passage as Amended · SB 2001 The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · SB 2474 Rare Disease Task Force; establish within the Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2474/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · HB 1761 Alcoholic beverages; extend repealers relating to festival wine permits. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1761/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · HB 1772 Mississippi Department of Human Services; extend repealers on. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1772/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · SB 2917 Budget; provide for various transfers of funds, and create various special funds. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2917/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · HB 1330 Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; revise definition of "qualified resort area". · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1330/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · HB 1662 Joint custody matters; create rebuttable presumption in favor of. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1662/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Passage · HB 4120 Suffrage; restore to Charles Kenneth Landrum of Jones County. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4120/

## Legislation (MS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 89 bills: 89 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 112. 1.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 46 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3408: Yazoo County; authorize to establish Yazoo Economic Partnership as economic and industrual development authority. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3408/
- SB 3393: Suffrage; restore suffrage to Vedo Kyles. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3393/
- SB 3024: Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for improvements to Rolling Fork Civic and Event Center. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3024/
- SB 2961: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Yazoo for renovation of a building to be used as the Boys and Girls Club. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2961/
- SB 3021: Bonds; authorize to assist Town of Rolling Fork in paying costs of Muddy Waters memorial sculpture. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3021/
- SB 3027: Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for repair and renovation of Oakes African American Cultural Center. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3027/
- SB 3049: Bonds; authorize to assist Serenity on the Bayou in Anguilla renovate and equip building for Emmanuel Community Center. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3049/
- SB 3045: Bonds; authorize to assist Humphreys County in paying costs of roadway, curb and gutter improvements in Westgate Subdivision. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3045/
- SB 3050: Bonds; authorize issuance for Sharkey County and Town of Rolling Fork to assist in paying various disaster recovery costs. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3050/
- SB 3046: Bonds; authorize to assist Canton Housing Authority in paying costs of redeveloping 100 public housing units. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3046/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,150 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/thomas.xml
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009860043439
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-c-thomas-1209222b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/13131d55-19a4-49cd-aba9-e8eef7aedb06