# Timaka James-Jones

Timaka James-Jones is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House for district 51.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 51
- Serving since: 2024-01-02
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3312edf4-798e-4333-b2c8-4d73f246de01

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3312edf4-798e-4333-b2c8-4d73f246de01 (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

James-Jones sits at −0.12 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 97% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.12 (standard error 0.01), from 2 donors and 290 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 97% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 97.1% (90.1%). 32 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted nay · Passage · SB 2001 The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- 2026-04-15 · voted not voting · Passage · HC 65 Suspend deadlines for the further consideration of HB 938; extend repealers on several youth court statutes. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HC65/
- 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 · Passage · SB 3410 City of Brandon and West Rankin Utility Authority; authorize to enter agreements w/data center for water & wastewater infrastructure. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3410/
- 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/
- 2026-04-02 · 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/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · SB 2409 Mississippi Department of Insurance; establish comprehensive mitigation program for retrofitting insurable homes. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2409/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Adopt Conference Report · SB 2103 Education; provide pay increases, revise counseling ethical requirements, and reform school attendance law. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2103/
- 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/

## Legislation (MS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 80 bills: 80 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 50. 20.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 51 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4154: Suffrage; restore to Karen Smith of Yazoo County. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4154/
- HB 4139: Suffrage; restore to Charles Howery of Yazoo County. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4139/
- HB 4138: Suffrage; restore to Lamar Sampson of Humphreys County. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4138/
- HB 1831: Humphreys County; authorize a contribution to the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation. (became law, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1831/
- HB 1887: Humphreys County; authorize contribution to Improved Benevolent Protective Elks of the World Hill Lodge #811. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1887/
- HB 1832: Humphreys County; authorize to make contribution to Belzoni-Humphreys Development Foundation. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1832/
- HB 4144: Suffrage; restore to Tony Qualls of Humphreys County. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4144/
- HB 4035: Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Greenwood with acquiring essential vehicles and reducing existing debt incurred to acquire vehicles. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4035/
- HB 4038: City of Greenwood; authorize to establish a Vacant and Abandoned Structure Registration Program. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4038/
- HB 4034: Appropriation; City of Greenwood for acquiring essential vehicles and reducing existing debt incurred to acquire vehicles. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4034/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $700 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/james-jones.xml
- X: https://x.com/timaka308
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087930207238
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timaka308/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timaka-james-jones-6b9a5a71/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3312edf4-798e-4333-b2c8-4d73f246de01