# Kamesha Mumford

Kamesha Mumford is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for district 26.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 26
- Serving since: 2026-01-06
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d0269daa-032c-482b-9faf-1d569a4645a9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d0269daa-032c-482b-9faf-1d569a4645a9 (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

Mumford sits at −0.31 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 92% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.31 (standard error 0.04), from 0 donors and 127 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,052 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 95.7% (88%). 5 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 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 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 37. 16.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 39 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SC 543: Commend Yasmine Ware of Madison, Mississippi, as a 2025 Truman Scholar. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SC543/
- SB 3335: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Hinds County for infrastructure improvements in Bolton, Edwards and Brownsville. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3335/
- SB 3140: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Hinds County for sewer and drainage improvements in Presidential Hills. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3140/
- SB 3143: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Hinds County for the purchase and installation of security cameras for homeowner's associations. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3143/
- SB 3142: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Hinds County for improvements to and equipping of certain volunteer fire departments. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3142/
- SB 3141: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the City of Jackson for road and infrastructure improvements in Northwest Jackson. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3141/
- SB 3139: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Town of Edwards for the purchase of certain equipment and paving and resurfacing of a parking lot. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3139/
- SB 3136: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to Hinds County for road and infrastructure improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3136/
- SB 3137: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the State Department of Health for an infant mortality reduction initiative. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3137/
- SB 3138: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Bolton for infrastructure improvements to certain structures. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3138/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d0269daa-032c-482b-9faf-1d569a4645a9