# Hester Jackson-McCray

Hester Jackson-McCray is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House for district 40.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 40
- Serving since: 2020-01-07
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3a2e8f7d-e657-45e2-93d7-2f5e8499ccfd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a2e8f7d-e657-45e2-93d7-2f5e8499ccfd (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

Jackson-McCray sits at −0.01 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 99% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.01 (standard error 0.01), from 3 donors and 1,028 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 99% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 97.6% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 69% (90.1%). 36 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted yea · Passage · SB 2001 The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- 2026-04-15 · voted yea · 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 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 16. 7.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 81 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4127: Suffrage; restore to Tameral Hearn Johnson of DeSoto County. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4127/
- HB 439: Appropriation; DFA to assist God's Living Word Ministry in Walls with construction of emergency preparedness multipurpose facility. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB439/
- HC 13: Constitution; amend to require early voting 10 days before every election. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HC13/
- HC 14: Constitution; conform initiative signature requirements from each congressional district for an initiative petition to the number of current districts. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HC14/
- HB 438: Initiative process; revise certain provisions relating to the. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB438/
- HB 447: Early voting; authorize. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB447/
- HC 15: Constitution; amend to conform initiative signature requirements to current congressional districts. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HC15/
- HB 1938: Suffrage; restore to Tameral Hearn Johnson of DeSoto County. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HB1938/
- HC 20: Constitution; conform initiative signature requirements from each congressional district for an initiative petition to the number of current districts. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HC20/
- HB 948: Appropriation; DFA to assist God's Living Word Ministry in Walls with construction of emergency preparedness multipupose facility. (in committee, 2025-02-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HB948/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $300 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/mccray.xml
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HesterJMcCray
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hester-jackson-mccray-38a917155/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a2e8f7d-e657-45e2-93d7-2f5e8499ccfd