Earle Banks
Mississippi State Representative, District 67 since 1992. Next on the ballot in 2027.
- In office
- 34 yrs
- Since 1992
- Bills became law
- 0
- 67 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 9.9%
- Chamber median 2.2%
- With party
- 97%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +76.8
- Won 2019
- 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.
- Insurance
- Judiciary A
- Public Property
- Public Utilities
- Ways and Means
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Banks sits in the Mississippi House of Representatives
Banks is closer to the center than 44% of the chamber's Democrats.
Closest: Willie Bailey, Robert Sanders, Daryl Porter
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:54 PM ET
With Banks’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Democrats97%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills20%
Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Mississippi House of Representatives.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Banks’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.
| Date | Bill | Banks | Dem. majority | Rep. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2026 | HB 1909: Appropriation; Human Services, Department of. | No | No | Yes | Passed 79–37 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | HB 1936: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for. | Not voting | Yes | Yes | Passed 92–27 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | SB 3088: Appropriation; Corrections, Department of. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Passed 89–20 |
| May 28, 2025 | HB 28: Appropriation; Real Estate Commission. | Not voting | Yes | Yes | Passed 90–6 |
| May 28, 2025 | HB 22: Appropriation; Insurance, Department of. | Not voting | Yes | Yes | Passed 88–6 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Banks 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.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 67 | Won | — |
| 2019 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 67 | Won | D+76.8 |
| 2015 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 67 | Won | — |
| 2011 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 67 | Won | — |
| 2007 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 67 | Won | — |
| 2003 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 67 | Won | — |
| 1999 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 67 | Won | — |
| 1995 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 67 | Won | — |
| 1992 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 67 | Won | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Banks has held
- Mississippi House of Representatives, District 67 · since 1992
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Banks has run against
- Gregory T. Riley (I) · 2019 general, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Banks
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/4fa41145-35bf-442b-bdfe-cf54ea53da69
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET