# Theresa Gillespie Isom

Theresa Gillespie Isom is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for district 2.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2026-01-06
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/34b84276-9c36-4f69-b015-ba05a1c5ee58

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/34b84276-9c36-4f69-b015-ba05a1c5ee58 (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

Isom sits at −0.34 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 89% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.34 (standard error 0.05), from 0 donors and 125 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,052 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 100% (88%). 8 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted yea · Passage · HB 2 Appropriation; Department of Human Services of. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/HB2/
- 2026-07-16 · voted yea · 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 nay · 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 0 bills: 0 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 53.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/34b84276-9c36-4f69-b015-ba05a1c5ee58