99chambers
RepublicanIn office since Nov 2023

Brian Rhodes

Mississippi State Senator, District 36 since 2023. Next on the ballot in 2027.

Mississippi State Senator, District 36

In office
2 yrs
Since 2023
Bills became law
7
74 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
0.1%
Chamber median 1.2%
With party
99%
On votes splitting the parties
Next election
2027
Nov 2, 2027

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Environmental Protection, Conservation and Water Resources · chair
  • Forestry · vice chair
  • Agriculture
  • Education
  • Finance
  • Highways and Transportation
  • Insurance
  • Judiciary, Division B
  • Technology

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 74 sponsored · 7 became law
BillIntroCmteSenateHouseLaw
SB 2927 City of Richland; extend repealer on bar and restaurant tourism tax.
Local and Private · Became law Apr 2026
SB 2926 City of Richland; extend date of repeal on hotel/motel tourism tax.
Local and Private · Became law Apr 2026
SB 2648 Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plans; authorize MSU Extension Service and Alcorn State to assist poultry…
Agriculture · Became law Mar 2026
SB 2760 Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; remove the state geologist from certain surface mining…
Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency · Became law Mar 2026
SB 2414 Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Advisory Council; expand membership.
Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency · Became law Mar 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Rhodes sits in the Mississippi State Senate

Rhodes is closer to the center than 22% of the chamber's Republicans.

Dem. medianRep. medianRhodesMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Tyler McCaughn, Ben Suber, Michael McLendon

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:54 PM ET

With Rhodes’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Republicans99%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills11%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Mississippi State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Rhodes’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

DateBillRhodesRep. majorityDem. majorityResult
Feb 5, 2026SB 2202: Economic development incentives; require agreements to secure employee freedom and…YesYesNoPassed 27–25
May 29, 2025HB 15: Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.YesYesNoPassed 35–6
May 29, 2025HB 34: Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.YesYesNoPassed 35–8
May 29, 2025HB 32: Appropriation; Attorney General.YesYesNoPassed 33–9
May 29, 2025HB 33: Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.YesYesNoPassed 34–6

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Rhodes was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMargin
2023Mississippi State Senate, District 36Won—

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Rhodes has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Rhodes

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET