Fred Shanks
Mississippi State Representative, District 60 since 2019. Next on the ballot in 2027.
- In office
- 7 yrs
- Since 2019
- Bills became law
- 12
- 81 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 3.6%
- Chamber median 2.2%
- With party
- 94%
- 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.
- Rules · chair
- Constitution
- Corrections
- Insurance
- Investigate State Offices
- Public Health and Human Services
- Public Utilities
- State Affairs
- Ways and Means
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Public Health and Human Services · Became law Apr 2026
Finance · Became law Apr 2026
Public Health and Human Services · Became law Mar 2026
Finance · Became law Mar 2026
Finance · Vetoed Mar 2026
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Shanks sits in the Mississippi House of Representatives
Shanks is closer to the center than 67% of the chamber's Republicans.
Closest: Vince Mangold, Doc Harris, Jimmy Fondren
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:54 PM ET
With Shanks’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Republicans94%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills15%
Black tick: the average of Republicans 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: Shanks’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.
| Date | Bill | Shanks | Rep. majority | Dem. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2026 | HB 1909: Appropriation; Human Services, Department of. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 79–37 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | HB 1936: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for. | No | 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. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Passed 90–6 |
| May 28, 2025 | HB 22: Appropriation; Insurance, Department of. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Passed 88–6 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Shanks 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 60 | Won | — |
| 2019 | Mississippi House of Representatives, District 60 | Won | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Shanks has held
- Mississippi House of Representatives, District 60 · since 2019
Source: 99chambers results archive
How we know Shanks
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/002bdecd-2374-44d8-8280-e0636c5f4897
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET