# Nicole Boyd

Nicole Boyd is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2020-01-07
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/befe53fc-f95d-49df-93f4-9985e00151e6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/befe53fc-f95d-49df-93f4-9985e00151e6 (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

100% of Boyd’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from Mississippi, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

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

9 classified statements: 9 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Boyd | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 11.1% | 9.5% | 116 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 22.2% | 37.3% | 266 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 50% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Families 50% (State Senate Republicans 4.2%); Labor and Employment 50% (State Senate Republicans 3.2%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.08 (standard error 0.02), from 132 donors and 888 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,121 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 92.9% (88%). 17 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 101 bills: 101 reached committee, 53 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 105. 52.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 10 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 105: Commend Ole Miss Rifle Team for first-ever National Smoothbore Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR105/
- SR 92: Congratulate former MS Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Maxwell upon his investiture as United States District Court Judge. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR92/
- SR 91: Commend Northwest Community College women's basketball team for winning regional championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR91/
- SR 76: Paying tribute to life and legacy of Mississippi businessman and humanitarian Robert "Bob" Dunlap of Batesville. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR76/
- SB 2867: Income tax credit; revise for employers providing dependent child care or child care stipends. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2867/
- SB 2868: Income tax; allow credit to employer providing individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA) to employees. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-28) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2868/
- SB 2208: Mississippi Public University System Governance Study Committee; create. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2208/
- SB 2445: DMH; require to promulgate performance standards and perform periodic audits to assess Community Mental Health Centers. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2445/
- SB 2523: Institutions of higher learning; require adoption of new performance-based funding model. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2523/
- SB 2708: Postpartum depression; create new laws and revise existing provisions related to. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2708/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $77.9K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 100% 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.

- 2026-09-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/nicoleakinsboyd?lang=en/status/2101660619246096440
- 2026-08-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/nicoleakinsboyd?lang=en/status/2089176495549759598
- 2026-07-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/nicoleakinsboyd?lang=en/status/2077578631392444608
- 2026-01-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/nicoleakinsboyd?lang=en/status/2010375775728582855
- 2025-12-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/nicoleakinsboyd?lang=en/status/2003832803037966693
- 2025-08-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/nicoleakinsboyd?lang=en/status/1951403655477022833
- 2025-04-01 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/nicoleakinsboyd?lang=en/status/1907199949206605892
- 2025-03-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/nicoleakinsboyd?lang=en/status/1900381639194067258
- 2025-02-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/nicoleakinsboyd?lang=en/status/1888244120621027577

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/boyd.xml
- X: https://x.com/nicoleakinsboyd?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicoleakinsboydforsenate/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/befe53fc-f95d-49df-93f4-9985e00151e6