# Celeste Hurst

Celeste Hurst is a Republican member of the Mississippi House for district 75.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 75
- Serving since: 2024-01-02
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c854a4e7-61d0-4c5e-8623-694a38f0ad20

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c854a4e7-61d0-4c5e-8623-694a38f0ad20 (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

Hurst reported $900 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.08), from 6 donors and 350 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 90.2% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 100% (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 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 21. 7.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 81 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1476: "Freedom of Speech Protection Act"; create. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1476/
- HB 1707: MS False Claims Act; create. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1707/
- HB 1708: Domestic Violence Registry Act; create. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1708/
- HB 745: Cell location information; require wireless service providers to disclose to law enforcement under certain circumstances. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB745/
- HR 114: Mississippi Limitless Day; acknowledge and recognize May 15,2025 as day of observance. (in committee, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HR114/
- HB 1585: Municipal general elections; require a run off election if no candidate receives a majority. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HB1585/
- HB 1504: "Freedom of Speech Protection Act"; create. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HB1504/
- HB 1582: MS False Claims Act; create. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HB1582/
- HB 1584: Credentialed poll watcher; authorize political party to be represented by during nonpartisan elections. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HB1584/
- HB 1580: Removal from office; revise to include being indicted for a crime as a reason for. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HB1580/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $900 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/hurst.xml
- Campaign site: https://www.celestehurst.com/
- X: https://x.com/CelesteHurst_75
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/celeste.hurst.9
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celestehurst/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c854a4e7-61d0-4c5e-8623-694a38f0ad20