# Andy Berry

Andy Berry is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 35.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 35
- Serving since: 2024-01-02
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/80fca1ba-017c-4941-990c-a5e2ff34aea0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/80fca1ba-017c-4941-990c-a5e2ff34aea0 (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

14% of the 74 bills Berry sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Mississippi Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.02), from 10 donors and 457 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,122 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 97.1% (88%). 24 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 74 bills: 74 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 67. 13.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 41 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 106: Commend Simpson County Academy Cougars Boys Cross-Country Team for back-to-back State Championships. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR106/
- SR 107: Commend Simpson County Academy's Lilly Overby as three-time State Cross-Country Champion and Gatorade Girls Player of the Year. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR107/
- SR 61: Commend Simpson Academy Lady Cougars Girls Basketball Team and Coach Linda Dear for winning 2026 MAIS 4A State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR61/
- SB 3378: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Prentiss for road repair and resurfacing. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3378/
- SB 3212: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Wesson for road rehabilitation, remote water meter equipment, and a police vehicle. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3212/
- SB 3213: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Town of Georgetown for certain infrastructure projects. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3213/
- SB 3299: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Bassfield for repairs to its community center. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3299/
- SB 3209: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation the City of Magee for wastewater lagoon and city drainage improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3209/
- SB 3211: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Crystal Springs for certain projects. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3211/
- SB 3296: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Bassfield for repairs to its water infrastructure. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3296/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/berry.xml
- X: https://x.com/acberry12
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andy.berry.125
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-berry-031945130/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/80fca1ba-017c-4941-990c-a5e2ff34aea0