# Daryl Porter

Daryl Porter is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House for district 98.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 98
- Serving since: 2020-01-07
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/da9d953d-a95f-4166-9b94-e6c5e5b40c86

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/da9d953d-a95f-4166-9b94-e6c5e5b40c86 (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

Porter sits at −0.06 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 98% of State House Democrats.

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

117 classified statements: 117 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Porter | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 16.2% | 2.5% | 16 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 3.4% | 10.4% | 550 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 6.0% | 39.2% | 727 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 2.9% | 534 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.9% | 14.4% | 685 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 3.4% | 1.0% | 63 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 43% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 29% (State House Democrats 15%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Education 14% (State House Democrats 15%); Emergency Management 14% (State House Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.06 (standard error 0.01), from 24 donors and 993 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 98% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

1,511 roll calls. Attendance 91.6% (Mississippi House 95.7%). Party unity 97.1% (90.1%). 28 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-07-16 · voted nay · Passage · SB 2001 The Mississippi Youth Court Reform Act of 2026; enact. · pass · https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/SB2001/
- 2026-04-15 · voted nay · 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 87 bills: 87 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 25. 14.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 63 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4142: Suffrage; restore to Tramaine Wagner of Walthall County. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4142/
- HB 4119: Suffrage; restore to April Pace-Brooks of Coahoma County. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4119/
- HB 4116: Suffrage; restore to Charity Payne-Williams of Tunica County. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4116/
- HB 4117: Suffrage; restore to Kynoa Trotter of Pike County. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4117/
- HB 4006: Appropriation; Town of Summit for installation of an additional weather siren. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4006/
- HB 1813: "Mississippi Social Media Tax Act"; create. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1813/
- HR 28: Mrs. LeShanda Johnson; commend upon being named Summit Elementary School's 2025 Teacher of the Year. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR28/
- HB 1810: "Mississippi Human Capital Supplemental Tax Act"; create. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1810/
- HR 24: South Pike High School Powerlifting teams; commend on winning MHSAA state championship. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR24/
- HB 1091: Dwelling units, certain; require to have fuel gas sensor devices. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1091/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,800 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-02-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarylPorter/status/2021679209186291923
- 2026-02-09 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/RepDarylPorter/status/2020677809224753211
- 2026-02-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarylPorter/status/2020678088137547809
- 2026-02-04 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDarylPorter/status/2019072264285626855
- 2026-01-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarylPorter/status/2009477042375676015
- 2026-01-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarylPorter/status/2009489273993744694
- 2026-01-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarylPorter/status/2009272713194410488
- 2026-01-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarylPorter/status/2006936000195604742
- 2026-01-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarylPorter/status/2006939670018716104
- 2026-01-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarylPorter/status/2006943549108138352

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/porter.xml
- Campaign site: https://www.repdarylporterjr.com/meet-daryl
- X: https://x.com/RepDarylPorter
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darylporterjr/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daryl-porter-6b4803149/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/da9d953d-a95f-4166-9b94-e6c5e5b40c86