# Tyler McCaughn

Tyler McCaughn is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 31.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 31
- Serving since: 2020-01-07
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bd335f00-4e41-4972-b8f4-f2249b410614

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd335f00-4e41-4972-b8f4-f2249b410614 (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

McCaughn sits at +0.12 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 82% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.02), from 29 donors and 992 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 18% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,118 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 95.5% (88%). 22 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 69 bills: 69 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 126. 30.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 26 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 80: Commend Morton High School Panthers Boys Basketball Team for winning 4A State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR80/
- SR 81: Commend West Lauderdale High School Knights Cheerleading Squad for winning a second-consecutive MHSAA 4A State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR81/
- SR 79: Commend West Lauderdale High School Boys Cross Country Team upon winning MHSAA Class 4A State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR79/
- SB 3201: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Union for the purchase of equipment. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3201/
- SB 3202: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Scott County for certain infrastructure projects. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3202/
- SB 3193: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Morton for paving projects within the city. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3193/
- SB 3195: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Sebastopol for paving projects within the municipal limits. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3195/
- SB 3197: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Forest for the completion of its sewer rehabilitation project. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3197/
- SB 3200: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Newton County for repaving Chunky Duffee Road. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3200/
- SB 3303: ST: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Newton County Volunteer Fire Departments for the purchase of equipment. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3303/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/mccaughn.xml
- X: https://x.com/tyler_mccaughn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votemccaughn/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tyler_mccaughn/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd335f00-4e41-4972-b8f4-f2249b410614