# Justin Pope

Justin Pope is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for district 24.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 24
- Serving since: 2026-01-06
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/78171f60-d4f8-470f-85ef-0636656eb0d5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/78171f60-d4f8-470f-85ef-0636656eb0d5 (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

Pope sits at −0.28 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 93% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.28 (standard error 0.04), from 0 donors and 127 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,052 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 93.6% (88%). 5 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 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 27. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 21 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3207: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Pope for sewer infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3207/
- SB 3323: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to MS Valley State University for infrastructure improvements to its campus and facilities. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3323/
- SB 3133: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Itta Bena for its citywide water main repair project. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3133/
- SB 3134: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Webb for demolishing a building and constructing a new town hall. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3134/
- SB 3132: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Charleston for certain infrastructure projects. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3132/
- SB 3126: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Leflore County for resurfacing and improving County Road 527. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3126/
- SR 47: Commend South Panola High School Air Force JROTC Drone Team for third consecutive Grand Championship in a single season. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR47/
- SR 46: Commend South Panola Junior Varsity Cheer Team for first UCA National Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR46/
- SC 524: Remembering Willie Totten and Jerry Rice who were nicknamed the Mississippi Valley State "Satellite Express." (passed both chambers, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SC524/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/78171f60-d4f8-470f-85ef-0636656eb0d5