# Brice Wiggins

Brice Wiggins is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 52.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 52
- Serving since: 2012-01-03
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7e27e9e0-fe62-4fc0-b8b0-c2ac9c9ce28d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7e27e9e0-fe62-4fc0-b8b0-c2ac9c9ce28d (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

Wiggins sits at +0.05 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 88% of State Senate Republicans.

## What Wiggins says (MS 2025–26 session)

548 classified statements: 548 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Wiggins | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.2% | 2.3% | 185 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 5.1% | 9.5% | 203 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 37.3% | 92 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.9% | 2.3% | 99 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 25.4% | 15.4% | 68 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.3% | 148 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 17% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Economics and Public Finance 16% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 15% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Government Operations and Politics 12% (State Senate Republicans 17%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.01), from 194 donors and 1,098 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 95.7% (88%). 10 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 yea · 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 85 bills: 85 reached committee, 33 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 78. 38.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 17 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2001: The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. (became law, 2026-07-17) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- SB 3407: Jackson County; revise powers and duties of county fair board. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3407/
- SB 3406: Jackson County; extend repealer on authority to contribute to Friends of Arts, Culture and Education (F.A.C.E.). (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3406/
- SR 77: Commend Pascagoula High School Panthers Boys Basketball Team for first State Title in school history. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR77/
- SB 3379: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Jackson County for certain infrastructure projects. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3379/
- SB 3308: Capital Expense Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Pascagoula for 11th Street infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3308/
- SB 3306: Appropriation; to MDOT to assist certain cities with the relocation of utilities along U.S. Highway 90. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3306/
- SB 3307: Capital Expense Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Pascagoula for water system upgrades. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3307/
- SB 2747: Foreign Third-Party Litigation Funders; require disclosure to the Attorney General. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2747/
- SB 2728: The Mississippi Chancery Youth Court Act of 2026; enact to provide uniform youth court and extend automatic repealer on related sections. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2728/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $68.3K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 84% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/bricewigginsMS/status/2114490586145394879
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/bricewigginsMS/status/2111524798887264550
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/bricewigginsMS/status/2111080720236204306
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/bricewigginsMS/status/2110718081051869274
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/bricewigginsMS/status/2109993053280694728
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/bricewigginsMS/status/2109668496183599255
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/bricewigginsMS/status/2108906392946155838
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/bricewigginsMS/status/2108180621386465759
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/bricewigginsMS/status/2107848132344103246
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/bricewigginsMS/status/2107486178794770764

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/wiggins.xml
- X: https://x.com/bricewigginsMS
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bricewiggins
- TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/senatorbricewiggins/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brice-wiggins-08a73670/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7e27e9e0-fe62-4fc0-b8b0-c2ac9c9ce28d