# Clay Mansell

Clay Mansell is a Republican member of the Mississippi House for district 56.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 56
- Serving since: 2024-01-02
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bb9ba950-b671-4c41-b851-4a2c86d2059d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bb9ba950-b671-4c41-b851-4a2c86d2059d (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

9.1% of Mansell’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Mississippi, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

23 classified statements: 23 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Mansell | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 8.7% | 9.3% | 317 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 30.4% | 31.9% | 402 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.3% | 1.8% | 87 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 21.7% | 12.7% | 147 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 43% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Education 29% (State House Republicans 15%); Economics and Public Finance 14% (State House Republicans 12%); Environmental Protection 14% (State House Republicans 1.9%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (State House Republicans 18%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.06), from 40 donors and 380 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 97.4% (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 yea · 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 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 31. 11.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 72 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4012: City of Clinton; extend repeal date on restaurant tax. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4012/
- HB 1532: "The MS Business Filing Fraud Prevention Act"; create. (became law, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1532/
- HB 1481: Anesthesiologist assistants; allow licensure under physicians assistant licensure law. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1481/
- HB 1619: Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act; bring forward code sections related to. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1619/
- HB 1480: Safeguarding Election Candidates using Resonable Expenditures (SECURE) Act; create. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1480/
- HB 1269: Overnight child visitation; prohibit with noncustodial parent when re-unification is not planned with such parent. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1269/
- HB 1268: The MS Uniform Public Expression Protection Act; create to regulate strategic lawsuits against public participation. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1268/
- HB 1618: Parental consent; require for minors before use of interactive computer services. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1618/
- HB 1482: Public Records Act; exempt certain documents in which an agency deliberates new policy from. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1482/
- HB 1366: Dentistry; increase penalties for unlawful practice of. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1366/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,650 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 9.1% 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.

- 2026-10-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/claymansell/status/2106434790379667890
- 2026-05-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/claymansell/status/2051475601588998409
- 2026-02-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/claymansell/status/2027421528095150595
- 2026-02-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/claymansell/status/2025955176511594979
- 2026-01-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/claymansell/status/2006954152644272557
- 2025-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/claymansell/status/1964748839174455602
- 2025-08-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/claymansell/status/1959072172405608617
- 2025-05-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/claymansell/status/1923818190771011781
- 2025-05-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/claymansell/status/1919421573737455641
- 2025-05-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/claymansell/status/1919422916422230111

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/mansell.xml
- Campaign site: https://www.claymansell.com/
- X: https://x.com/claymansell
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clay.mansell
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/claymansell/?hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claymansell/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bb9ba950-b671-4c41-b851-4a2c86d2059d