# Angela Turner-Ford

Angela Turner-Ford is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for district 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 16
- Serving since: 2013-01-23
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/74d0c9b2-58a2-41a7-b2a0-582924a45adf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/74d0c9b2-58a2-41a7-b2a0-582924a45adf (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

Turner-Ford voted against the majority of Mississippi Senate Democrats 94 times; party unity 56%, in the bottom tenth of the Mississippi Senate (average 88%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.22 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,039 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 95% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,118 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 56% (88%). 94 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 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 nay · 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 42 bills: 42 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 55. 21.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 34 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3394: Suffrage; restore to Jerlean Cummings. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3394/
- SB 3384: Clay County; authorize sheriff to use radar speed detection equipment. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3384/
- SB 3185: Bonds; authorize issuance to assist West Point in paying costs of phase-two renovations to city hall. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3185/
- SB 3179: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Lowndes County for wastewater and sewer system upgrades in Supervisor District 4. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3179/
- SB 3176: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Clay County for repairs, resurfacing and improvements to Clisby Road. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3176/
- SB 3186: Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Clay County in paying costs of resurfacing Clisby Road in Supervisor District 2. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3186/
- SB 3188: Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Lowndes County in paying costs of wastewater and sewer upgrades in Supervisor District 4. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3188/
- SB 3178: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of West Point for renovations to its city hall. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3178/
- SB 3187: Bonds; authorize issuance to assist West Point in paying costs of renovations to Water and Light Department Administrative Building. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3187/
- SB 3177: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of West Point for renovations to its Water and Light Department administrative building. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3177/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,000 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/turner-ford.xml
- X: https://x.com/aturnerford16
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorAngelaTurnerFord
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aturner71/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/turner-ford-angela-a64ba4124

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/74d0c9b2-58a2-41a7-b2a0-582924a45adf