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Official portrait of Sen. Trent Lott

Trent Lott

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · MississippiSenate 1989–2007 · House 1973–1989 (MS-5)

Chester Lott was a Republican U.S. senator from Mississippi, first elected to Congress in 1973, who sponsored 16 bills that became law (100th–110th Congress).

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449Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–110th Congress (excludes amendments)
292Passed a chamberof 449 bills & resolutions sponsored
16Became law14 substantive + 1 ceremonial + 1 private · 100th–110th Congress
—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Sen. Lott has won

Sen. Lott has won 6 U.S. House elections (1976–1986) and 4 U.S. Senate elections (1988, 1994, 2000, 2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.8 to 69.3 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1976, MS-5: won by 36.4 points1976MS-51978: unopposed19781980, MS-5: won by 47.8 points19801982, MS-5: won by 57.1 points19821984, MS-5: won by 69.3 points19841986, MS-5: won by 64.7 points19861988, MS Senate: won by 7.8 points1988MS Senate1994, MS Senate: won by 37.6 points19942000, MS Senate: won by 34.3 points20002006, MS Senate: won by 28.7 points2006
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won10 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 7.8 points1988, MS Senate
Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 10 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Mississippi’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Trent Lott (R) 1976–1986 → Larkin Smith (R) 1988 → Gene Taylor (D) 1990–2000. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.
Seat history, Mississippi Senate (class 1)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: John Stennis (D) 1976–1982 → Trent Lott (R) 1988–2006 → Roger F. Wicker (R) 2012–2024.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Mississippi done while Sen. Lott served?

2005 to 2006 in Mississippi: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflationU.S. $75.8KMississippi $53.9K
Mississippi: $53.2K in 2005 → $53.9K in 2006
Mississippi about the sameU.S. up 1%
Share of people below the poverty lineMississippi 21.1%U.S. 13.3%
Mississippi: 21.3% in 2005 → 21.1% in 2006
Mississippi about the sameU.S. about the same
Share of workers looking for a jobMississippi 8.9%U.S. 6.4%
Mississippi: 9.3% in 2005 → 8.9% in 2006
Mississippi about the sameU.S. down 0.5 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Mississippi during Lott’s time representing it (1989 to 2007). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Survey years start at 2005. The yearly estimates for Mississippi begin in 2005, so 1989 to 2004 are not shown. No 2020 yearly estimate exists.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored11Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed0None listed
With a committee report listed0None listed
Evidence
How counted
Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields
cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed
October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.