# Rickey Thompson

Rickey Thompson is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House for district 16.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 16
- Serving since: 2020-01-07
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f8b65fd8-7b11-4954-93fd-47a5cbbd53c8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f8b65fd8-7b11-4954-93fd-47a5cbbd53c8 (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

Thompson sits at −0.03 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 99% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.03 (standard error 0.01), from 6 donors and 695 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 99% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 53 bills: 53 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 80. 11.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 70 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4175: Suffrage; restore to Charles Covington of Lee County. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB4175/
- HR 152: Temporary Workers' Bill of Rights; urge State of Mississippi to acknowledge and adopt. (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR152/
- HR 72: Mississippi Workers' Center for Human Rights; commend on 30th anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR72/
- HR 60: Jaribu Hill; commend upon 30th year anniversary with the MS Workers' Center for Human Rights. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HR60/
- HB 655: Scenic byways; designate certain segments of road in Chickasaw County as the "Davis Lake Road Scenic Byway". (passed both chambers, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB655/
- HB 1450: MS Affordable Child Care Act; create to provide that certain TANF funds shall be used for the Child Care Payment Program. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB1450/
- HB 464: Mississippi Department of Labor; create. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB464/
- HB 474: Natural Resource Camp Pilot Program Act of 2026; establish for students in Lee and Monroe counties. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB474/
- HB 465: Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Old Union Water Association with system improvements. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB465/
- HB 540: Amiya Braxton; revise penalties when driver injures child who is exiting a school bus. (in committee, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB540/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,000 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/thompson.xml
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rickey.thompson.33
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickey-thompson-355464b1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f8b65fd8-7b11-4954-93fd-47a5cbbd53c8