# Chad McMahan Chad McMahan is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 6. - Party: Republican - Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 6 - Serving since: 2016-01-05 - Current term: MS 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/17a5d5bb-d52b-4d53-a6a0-bcaa7c5538d7 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/17a5d5bb-d52b-4d53-a6a0-bcaa7c5538d7 (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 36% of McMahan’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Mississippi, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans. ## What McMahan says (MS 2025–26 session) 1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | McMahan | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 | | Policy discussion | 100.0% | 37.3% | 1 of 355 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 | Most discussed policy areas: Families 100% (State Senate Republicans 4.2%); Finance and Financial Sector 100% (State Senate Republicans 1.4%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.08 (standard error 0.01), from 115 donors and 1,050 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MS 2025–26 session) 2,121 roll calls. Attendance 97.5% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 92.6% (88%). 30 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 yea · 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 not voting · 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 nay · 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 50 bills: 50 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 60. 22.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 33 of 47). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 3382: City of Tupelo; restore special sales tax in support of Northeast Mississippi Regional Water Supply District. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3382/ - SB 3383: Lee County; authorize sheriff to use radar on county roads within school zones. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3383/ - SB 3281: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Lee County for the purchase of fire trucks for use in the county. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3281/ - SB 3280: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Lee County for storm shelters at various community centers. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3280/ - SB 3279: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Lee County for the interior renovation of the Old Lee County Courthouse. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3279/ - SB 3278: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Lee County for construction of the Lee County Juvenile Detention Learning Center. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3278/ - SR 49: Congratulate 17-year-old Rachel McAlpin from Brandon for winning gold medal at swimming championship in Romania. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR49/ - SC 520: Designate official "Rockabilly Districts" in certain Northeast Mississippi communities. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SC520/ - SB 2915: Alcoholic beverages; revise provisions concerning native wine retailer's permits and festival permits. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2915/ - SB 2874: Gold and Silver Commemorative Coin Act; enact. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2874/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $62.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 36% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-08-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mcmahanms/status/2090621577901510949 ## Links - Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/mcmahan.xml - Campaign site: https://mcmahanformississippi.com/ - X: https://x.com/mcmahanms - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McMahanForMississippi - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcmahanchad/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-mcmahan-a9130941/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/17a5d5bb-d52b-4d53-a6a0-bcaa7c5538d7