# Kevin Ford

Kevin Ford is a Republican member of the Mississippi House for district 54.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 54
- Serving since: 2017-12-11
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7a9174a7-1301-407a-8c77-5f70e70fde92

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7a9174a7-1301-407a-8c77-5f70e70fde92 (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

100% of Ford’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Mississippi, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.05), from 4 donors and 1,176 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 98.2% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 98.7% (90.1%). 6 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 not voting · 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 0 bills: 0 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 17.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1500: Board on law enforcement officer standards and training; authorize to consider certain military training when determining qualification of applicant. (became law, 2020-06-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2020/HB1500/
- HB 468: Mississippi Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act; revise. (passed one chamber, 2020-06-09) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2020/HB468/
- HB 773: Commercial Lines Modernization Act; enact. (became law, 2020-07-07) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2020/HB773/
- HC 45: Constitution; legislative alternative to Initiative No. 65 regarding medical marijuana. (in committee, 2020-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2020/HC45/
- HB 1550: The Anti-Genital Mutilation of Females Act; create. (in committee, 2020-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2020/HB1550/
- HB 1558: Department of Child Protection Services; require search for relatives of child taken into custody and establish placement preferences. (in committee, 2020-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2020/HB1558/
- HB 1565: Mississippi Dog and Cat Protection Law; revise certain provisions and increase penalties. (in committee, 2020-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2020/HB1565/
- HB 1497: Autopsies; prohibit unauthorized disclosure or publishing of. (in committee, 2020-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2020/HB1497/
- HR 46: St Andrew's Episcopal School Lady Saints Soccer Team; congratulate upon winning the 2019-2020 Mississippi High School Activities Association Championship. (passed one chamber, 2020-03-05) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2020/HR46/
- HB 825: Health insurance; require certain policies to provide coverage for physician-prescribed proton beam therapy. (in committee, 2020-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2020/HB825/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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/ford_(54th).xml
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fordforstaterep
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-ford-b86ab519/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7a9174a7-1301-407a-8c77-5f70e70fde92