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Commissioner Thomas 'Tom' E. King, Jr.

Full Name: Thomas 'Tom' E. King, Jr.
Office: Commissioner of Transportation (MS), Republican
First Elected: 11/08/2011
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Susan; 2 Children: Clay, Chad
Birth Date: 07/19/1947
Birth Place: Hattiesburg, MS
Home City: Petal, MS
Religion: Baptist

Recent Key Votes

SCR 692
Legislation (Yea)

April 4, 2011

SB 2179 - Restrictions on Employers of Undocumented Immigrants
Legislation (Yea)

Jan. 18, 2011 - -Establishes that for any lawful stop, detention or arrest made by a law enforcement official or agency where "reasonable suspicion exists" that the person is ...

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Recent Interest Group Ratings

Span Name Rating
2011 Business & Industry Political Education Committee Positions on Business,Jobs, and Economic Growth 100%
2008-2011 Mississippi National Federation of Independent Business Positions 100%
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Campaign Finances

Top industry Uncoded ($85,250.00)
Source FollowTheMoney.org
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Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)

Thomas King, Jr. REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY RESPONSES TO CITIZENS ON ISSUES THROUGH THE 2007 NATIONAL POLITICAL AWARENESS TEST WHEN ASKED TO DO SO BY Key national leaders of both major parties including: John McCain, Republican Senator Geraldine Ferraro, Former Democratic Congresswoman Michael Dukakis, Former Democratic Governor Bill Frenzel, Former Republican Congressman Richard Kimball, Project Vote Smart President Over 100 news organizations throughout the nation also urged their candidates to supply their issue positions through the National Political Awareness Test.

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