Steve Hopkins
Steve Hopkins (Republican Party) was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing District 7. He assumed office on January 5, 2016. He left office on January 2, 2024.
Hopkins (Republican Party) ran for election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 1. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 8, 2023.
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024
Hopkins was assigned to the following committees:
- Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee
- House Appropriations Committee (decommissioned)
- Banking and Financial Services Committee
- House Insurance Committee
- Judiciary A Committee
- Judiciary En Banc Committee (decommissioned)
- Military Affairs Committee, Vice Chair
- Public Utilities Committee
2020-2021
Hopkins was assigned to the following committees:
- Judiciary A Committee
- Judiciary En Banc Committee (decommissioned)
- Military Affairs Committee, Vice-Chairman
- Public Utilities Committee
- House Appropriations Committee (decommissioned)
- Banking and Financial Services Committee
2019-2020
Hopkins was assigned to the following committees:
- House Constitution Committee
- House Education Committee
- House County Affairs Committee
- Military Affairs Committee
- Interstate Cooperation Committee
- House Municipalities Committee, Vice-Chairman
- House Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee
- House Universities and Colleges Committee
Sponsored legislation
Elections
2023
See also: Mississippi State Senate elections, 2023
General election
General election for Mississippi State Senate District 1
Incumbent Michael McLendon won election in the general election for Mississippi State Senate District 1 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michael McLendon (R) | 100.0 | 9,633 |
| Total votes: 9,633 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
No Democratic candidates ran in the primary.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 1
Incumbent Michael McLendon advanced from the Republican primary for Mississippi State Senate District 1 on August 8, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael McLendon | 100.0 | 8,240 |
| Total votes: 8,240 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steve Hopkins (R)
2019
See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2019
General election
General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7
Incumbent Steve Hopkins defeated Theresa Gillespie Isom in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steve Hopkins (R) | 65.8 | 3,740 |
 | Theresa Gillespie Isom (D) | 34.2 | 1,943 | |
| Total votes: 5,683 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7
Theresa Gillespie Isom defeated Zelda Hill in the Democratic primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Theresa Gillespie Isom | 69.9 | 545 |
| Zelda Hill | 30.1 | 235 | ||
| Total votes: 780 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7
Incumbent Steve Hopkins defeated Kimberly Remak in the Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 7 on August 6, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Hopkins | 58.0 | 1,818 |
 | Kimberly Remak | 42.0 | 1,316 | |
| Total votes: 3,134 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Wanda Jennings (R)
2015
Elections for the Mississippi House of Representatives took place in 2015. A primary election was held on August 4, 2015. The general election took place on November 3, 2015. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 27, 2015.[1] No Democratic candidates filed for election. Steve Hopkins defeated incumbent Wanda Jennings in the Republican primary. Hopkins ran unchallenged in the District 7 general election.
| Mississippi House of Representatives, District 7 Republican Primary, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Steve Hopkins |
53.7% | 1,719 |
| Wanda Jennings Incumbent | 46.3% | 1,482 |
| Total Votes | 3,201 | |
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Steve Hopkins did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Steve Hopkins completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hopkins' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
| Collapse all
- Eliminate the State Income Tax.
- Reduce the size of Government in Jackson by 20%
- Increase Teacher starting salaries to $40,000
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of Mississippi scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023
In 2023, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 3 to April 1.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business and economic issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
- Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
2022
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2022, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2022, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 4 to April 5.
|
2021
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2021, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2021, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 5 to April 1.
|
2020
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2020, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2020, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 7 to October 10. The session was suspended effective July 1, 2020. It had been previously suspended from March 18 to May 7. The session reconvened from August 10 to October 2.
|
2019
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2019, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2019, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 8 through March 29.
|
2018
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2018, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2018, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 2 through March 28.
|
2017
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2017, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2017, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 3 through March 29. There was also a special session June 5.
|
2016
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2016, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2016, the Mississippi State Legislature was in session from January 5 through April 21.
|
See also
2023 Elections
External links
|
Personal |
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
Mississippi House of Representatives District 7 2016-2024 |
Succeeded by Kimberly Remak (R) |
