RepublicanIn office since Nov 2019

Mark Tullos

Mississippi State Representative, District 79 since 2019. Next on the ballot in 2027.

Mississippi State Representative, District 79

In office
7 yrs
Since 2019
Bills became law
2
23 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
3.0%
Chamber median 2.2%
With party
100%
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.

  • Apportionment and Elections · vice chair
  • Agriculture
  • County Affairs
  • Judiciary A
  • Military Affairs
  • Municipalities
  • Ways and Means

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 23 sponsored · 2 became law
BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw
HB 4170 Town of Raleigh; extend repealer on tax on sales of restaurants for promotion of tourism and parks and…
Local and Private · Became law Apr 2026

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Tullos sits in the Mississippi House of Representatives

Tullos is closer to the center than 17% of the chamber's Republicans.

Dem. medianRep. medianTullosMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Manly Barton, Sam Creekmore, Rob Roberson

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

With Tullos’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Republicans100%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills17%

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: Tullos’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

DateBillTullosRep. majorityDem. majorityResult
Mar 29, 2026HB 1909: Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.YesYesNoPassed 79–37
Mar 29, 2026HB 1936: Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.NoYesYesPassed 92–27
Mar 29, 2026SB 3088: Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.YesYesYesPassed 89–20
May 28, 2025HB 28: Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.YesYesYesPassed 90–6
May 28, 2025HB 22: Appropriation; Insurance, Department of.YesYesYesPassed 88–6

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

Career

Offices held, and every time Tullos 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 House of Representatives, District 79Won—
2019Mississippi House of Representatives, District 79Won—
2015Mississippi House of Representatives, District 79LostEven

Source: 99chambers results archive

Seats Tullos has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Tullos has run against

  • Blaine Eaton (D) · 2015 general, lost

Source: 99chambers results archive

How we know Tullos

One person, matched across every source we use.

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