# Joel Carter Joel Carter is a Republican member of the Mississippi Senate for district 49. - Party: Republican - Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 49 - Serving since: 2018-01-10 - Current term: MS 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/cc55837a-0a3e-4bcf-8255-b8786fc2b43f Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cc55837a-0a3e-4bcf-8255-b8786fc2b43f (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 Carter missed 7.9% of 2,115 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Mississippi Senate (average 97.1%). ## What Carter says (MS 2025–26 session) 152 classified statements: 152 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 | Carter | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 7.9% | 2.3% | 28 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 4.0% | 9.5% | 219 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 12.5% | 37.3% | 321 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 2.3% | 186 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 2.6% | 15.4% | 304 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.7% | 1.3% | 129 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Energy 37% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (State Senate Republicans 17%); International Affairs 11% (State Senate Republicans 1.7%); Water Resources Development 11% (State Senate Republicans 1.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 5.3% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.05 (standard error 0.01), from 58 donors and 996 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 12% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MS 2025–26 session) 2,115 roll calls. Attendance 92.1% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 95.6% (88%). 9 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 39 bills: 39 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 35. 30.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 25 of 47). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 126: Commend David Hoke for delivering Bibles to the Mississippi Legislature. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR126/ - SB 3402: Suffrage; restore to Corderro Martin. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3402/ - SR 89: Congratulate 2026 St. Patrick Boys Fighting Irish Soccer Team for Class 1 State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR89/ - SR 59: Congratulate 2026 St. Patrick Lady Irish Girls Soccer Team for four-peat State Championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR59/ - SB 2311: Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act; enact. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2311/ - SB 2312: Wastewater Treatment System Infrastructure Sustainability Act; enact. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2312/ - SB 2527: Solar decommissioning; create provisions concerning. (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2527/ - SB 2787: School districts; require to test liquefied petroleum gas piping systems in their facilities. (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2787/ - SB 2308: Energy efficiency standards for building construction; extend date of repeal. (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2308/ - SB 2062: Consumer Freedom of Choice Act; amend to include motor vehicles, tools and farm equipment. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2062/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $58.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 16% 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. - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoelCarterMS/status/2113011231829422149 - 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoelCarterMS/status/2104763272436023604 - 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoelCarterMS/status/2104764338485801034 - 2026-07-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoelCarterMS/status/2079291310058426393 - 2026-07-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JoelCarterMS/status/2077586947388637592 - 2026-07-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoelCarterMS/status/2076212456188268807 - 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoelCarterMS/status/2073471101087215728 - 2026-06-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoelCarterMS/status/2072000827838087233 - 2026-06-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoelCarterMS/status/2065606236285132953 - 2026-06-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/JoelCarterMS/status/2065618242090176960 ## Links - Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/carter.xml - Campaign site: https://www.joelcarter.ms/ - X: https://x.com/JoelCarterMS - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JoelCarterMS/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelcarterms/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cc55837a-0a3e-4bcf-8255-b8786fc2b43f