# Gary Brumfield

Gary Brumfield is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for district 38.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi Senate, district 38
- Serving since: 2024-01-02
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dcae79b5-ddc5-48e8-86c2-54d5c47f0656

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dcae79b5-ddc5-48e8-86c2-54d5c47f0656 (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

Brumfield reported $200 in the 2024 cycle, the lowest of 55 State Senate Democrats (median $16.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.27 (standard error 0.02), from 4 donors and 344 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MS 2025–26 session)

2,115 roll calls. Attendance 93.2% (Mississippi Senate 97.1%). Party unity 75% (88%). 29 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 not voting · 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 nay · 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 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 66. 31.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi Senate 34.7%; rank 24 of 47).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 3309: General Fund; FY2027 appropriation to the Town of Centreville for repair of its town hall and equipment for its playground. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3309/
- SR 50: Recognize music contributions of Mississippi Gospel and Blues Artist Castro "Mr. Sipp" Coleman from McComb, Mississippi. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SR50/
- SB 3114: Car tags; allow a veteran to receive regular or military tag at no cost, or special tag at cost only of additional fee. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB3114/
- SB 2038: Our House Residential Multi-Service Center; establish as a pilot initiative at CWC in Pike County. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2038/
- SB 2643: Memorial bridge, highway or road; designate various segments on the state highway system as. (became law, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2643/
- SB 2718: Adjudication of noncommercial DUI offenses; provide equal treatment for CDL holders. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2718/
- SB 2902: PERS; reform Tier 5. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2902/
- SB 2723: Retiree Health Insurance Contribution Plan for state-certified law enforcement employees and support personnel; establish. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2723/
- SB 2252: Hazardous waste disposal; revise certain provisions regarding. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/SB2252/
- SB 2975: General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the City of Natchez for the Concord Avenue Drainage Improvement Project. (in committee, 2025-02-26) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/SB2975/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $200 (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/brumfield.xml
- X: https://x.com/gbrumfields38
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gary.brumfield.31
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gary_brumfields38/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-brumfield-618a8334/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dcae79b5-ddc5-48e8-86c2-54d5c47f0656