# Jason White

Jason White is a Republican member of the Mississippi House for district 48.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Mississippi House, district 48
- Serving since: 2012-01-03
- Current term: MS 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fa29dc4f-e4cb-45dd-a450-a1911d529801

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fa29dc4f-e4cb-45dd-a450-a1911d529801 (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

90% of the 10 bills White sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Mississippi House.

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

197 classified statements: 197 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | White | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 7.6% | 9.3% | 355 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 50.2% | 31.9% | 123 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.6% | 1.8% | 24 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 33.0% | 12.7% | 48 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.4% | 379 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 49% (State House Republicans 15%); Economics and Public Finance 21% (State House Republicans 12%); Taxation 20% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Government Operations and Politics 11% (State House Republicans 18%); Transportation and Public Works 9.1% (State House Republicans 4.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.04), from 82 donors and 816 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Legislation (MS 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 3. 90.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Mississippi House 28.7%; rank 2 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 1: Representative James Price Wallace; honor unwavering public service and express deepest sympathy upon his passing. (passed one chamber, 2026-07-17) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/20261E/HR1/
- HC 65: Suspend deadlines for the further consideration of HB 938; extend repealers on several youth court statutes. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HC65/
- HC 64: Legislature; extend 2026 Regular Session and set date of sine die adjournment. (passed both chambers, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HC64/
- HC 43: State of the State address of Governor Tate Reeves; call joint session. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HC43/
- HC 21: State of the State address of Governor Tate Reeves; call joint session. (passed both chambers, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HC21/
- HB 2: "Mississippi Educational Freedom Program Act of 2026"; establish to provide greater flexibility and opportunity for school choice. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2026/HB2/
- HC 70: Legislature; extend 2025 session, suspend deadline for certain bills, and set date of sine die adjournment. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HC70/
- HB 1078: "Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; remove wait list requirement and restrictive certification of services language. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HB1078/
- HB 1123: Pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacy services administrative organizations; provide certain regulations for. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HB1123/
- HB 1192: Taxation; bring forward section of law authorizing certain tax credits for contributions to certain eligible charitable organizations. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/ms/bills/2025/HB1192/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $268.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 85% 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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonWhiteMS/status/2113645529699598361
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/JasonWhiteMS/status/2105690875778994502
- 2026-09-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonWhiteMS/status/2102443771883327923
- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonWhiteMS/status/2100648716554121241
- 2026-09-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/JasonWhiteMS/status/2097414433404584111
- 2026-09-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/JasonWhiteMS/status/2097414635909468616
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/JasonWhiteMS/status/2096931498909671756
- 2026-08-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonWhiteMS/status/2087633083734323555
- 2026-08-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/JasonWhiteMS/status/2086268764262130100
- 2026-07-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/JasonWhiteMS/status/2082179167806743031

## Links

- Official site: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/White.xml
- X: https://x.com/JasonWhiteMS

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fa29dc4f-e4cb-45dd-a450-a1911d529801