# Carolyn Crawford

Carolyn Crawford is a Republican member of the Mississippi House for district 121.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 121
- Serving since: 2012-01-03
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7e340127-bea2-48af-95a8-368b99160880

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7e340127-bea2-48af-95a8-368b99160880 (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

0% of the 64 bills Crawford sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Mississippi House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.14 (standard error 0.02), from 8 donors and 1,138 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 94.6% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 88% (90.1%). 43 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 64 bills: 64 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 13. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 96 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4097: Appropriation; Pass Christian Public School District for construction and development of a Performing Arts Center. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4097/
- HB 1182: Ivermectin; authorize pharmacists to provide to adults pursuant to collaborative pharmacy practice agreement. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1182/
- HB 1243: Oyster bottoms; bring forward code sections related to. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1243/
- HB 1249: State employees; authorize to buy back leave time used while taking FMLA leave. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1249/
- HB 1194: PERS; revise Tier 5 service years for retirement eligibility from 35 to 30 years. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1194/
- HB 1184: Health insurers; prohibit from denying a claim solely because person is not vaccinated. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1184/
- HB 1186: Students with disabilities; require school district to provide written notification to parents regarding modification or access to records. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1186/
- HB 1183: Special education teachers; provide annual salary supplements for certain. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1183/
- HB 1189: Special education compliance; revise provisions relating to school attendance, absenteeism and disciplinary issues. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1189/
- HB 1251: Voter identification; clarify that only MS driver's license shall be acceptable license. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1251/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.9K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- X: https://x.com/ccrawford121
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carolynsmithcrawford
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolyn-crawford-20785b82/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7e340127-bea2-48af-95a8-368b99160880