# Lane Taylor

Lane Taylor is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 18
- Serving since: 2025-04-29
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b273517c-b673-4bf0-a084-b960bc943953

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b273517c-b673-4bf0-a084-b960bc943953 (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

Taylor sits at −0.04 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 95% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.04 (standard error 0.02), from 9 donors and 222 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 5.2% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,247 roll calls. Attendance 93.9% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 97.2% (88%). 27 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/
- 2026-07-16 · voted nay · Passage · SB 2001 The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $77.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Campaign site: https://www.lanetaylor.com/home
- X: https://x.com/ElectLaneTaylor
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElectLaneTaylor

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b273517c-b673-4bf0-a084-b960bc943953