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Hester Jackson-McCray is a Democrat State House representative for Mississippi district 40 and holds an OppScore of -2.10. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.
Hester Jackson-McCray is the Democratic representative for Mississippi House District 40 in DeSoto County, serving since 2020. A former nurse and Horn Lake resident who has raised multiple grandchildren, she won election by defeating a Republican incumbent by 14 votes in 2019, becoming the first African American to represent the county in the legislature. Her legislative focus centers on public education funding and teacher compensation.
We hold little public record for Hester Jackson-McCray so far, so most of this score is inferred from their stated party and general positions rather than from documented votes. It will change as a record appears, or when they complete the OppScore self assessment.
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