Rating Group: Business & Industry Political Education Committee
1996-1998 Positions
Issues:
Business and Consumers
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS | U.S. House-1 | Alan Nunnelee | R | 78% |
| MS | State House-7 | Wanda Jennings | R | 74% |
| MS | State House-10 | H. Nolan Mettetal | R | 71% |
| MS | State House-16 | Steve Holland | D | 66% |
| MS | State House-27 | Ferr Smith | D | 30% |
| MS | State House-29 | Linda Coleman | D | 35% |
| MS | State House-30 | Robert Huddleston | D | 38% |
| MS | State House-31 | Sara Thomas | D | 49% |
| MS | State House-32 | Willie Perkins, Sr. | D | 30% |
| MS | State House-33 | Thomas Reynolds II | D | 54% |
| MS | State House-38 | Tyrone Ellis | D | 34% |
| MS | State House-39 | Jeffrey Smith | R | 74% |
| MS | State House-42 | Reecy Dickson | D | 29% |
| MS | State House-45 | Bennett Malone | D | 37% |
| MS | State House-46 | Bobby Howell | R | 88% |
| MS | State House-49 | Willie Bailey | D | 27% |
| MS | State House-51 | Rufus Straughter | D | 23% |
| MS | State House-53 | Robert Moak | D | 28% |
| MS | State House-55 | George Flaggs, Jr. | D | 57% |
| MS | State House-57 | Edward Blackmon, Jr. | D | 39% |
| MS | State House-58 | Rita Martinson | R | 83% |
| MS | State House-60 | John Moore | R | 87% |
| MS | State House-61 | Ray Rogers | R | 73% |
| MS | State House-62 | Thomas Weathersby, Sr. | R | 72% |
| MS | State House-64 | William Denny, Jr. | R | 91% |
| MS | State House-65 | Mary Coleman | D | 65% |
| MS | State House-67 | Earle Banks | D | 27% |
| MS | State House-69 | Alyce Clarke | D | 39% |
| MS | State House-70 | James Evans | D | 16% |
| MS | State House-79 | Blaine Eaton II | D | 48% |
| MS | State House-85 | America Middleton | D | 29% |
| MS | State House-87 | Johnny Stringer | D | 66% |
| MS | State House-89 | C. Shows | R | 79% |
| MS | State House-90 | Joseph Warren | D | 64% |
| MS | State House-94 | Robert Johnson III | D | 41% |
| MS | State House-98 | David Myers | D | 36% |
| MS | State House-103 | Percy Watson | D | 15% |
| MS | State House-106 | Herbert Frierson | R | 65% |
| MS | State House-108 | Mark Formby | R | 91% |
| MS | State House-110 | Billy Broomfield | D | 35% |
| MS | State House-112 | John Read | R | 71% |
| MS | State Senate-3 | Nickey Browning | R | 74% |
| MS | State Senate-7 | Hob Bryan | D | 51% |
| MS | State Senate-9 | Gray Tollison | R | 48% |
| MS | State Senate-13 | Willie Simmons | D | 47% |
| MS | State Senate-14 | Lydia Chassaniol | R | 76% |
| MS | State Senate-24 | David Jordan | D | 17% |
| MS | State Senate-26 | John Horhn | D | 21% |
| MS | State Senate-27 | Hillman Frazier | D | 19% |
| MS | State Senate-30 | Dean Kirby | R | 88% |
| MS | State Senate-31 | Terry Burton | R | 81% |
| MS | State Senate-32 | Sampson Jackson II | D | 33% |
| MS | State Senate-50 | Tommy Gollott | R | 65% |
| MS | Supervisor-3 | Dirk Dedeaux | D | 43% |
| MS | Public Service Commissioner | Lynn Posey | R | 60% |
| Jim Crawley Barnett | Other | 71% | ||
| Lester Barnett, Jr. | Other | 91% | ||
| Barbara Martin Blackmon | Other | 28% | ||
| William Bowles | Other | 62% | ||
| Thomas Cameron III | Other | 89% | ||
| William Ward Canon | Other | 94% | ||
| Charles Wilson Capps, Jr. | Other | 89% | ||
| Neely Carlton | Other | 39% | ||
| Robert Clark, Jr. | Other | 46% | ||
| Joseph Compretta | Other | 67% | ||
| Scottie Cuevas | Other | 36% | ||
| Ricky Cummings | Other | 43% | ||
| Lee Jarrell Davis | Other | 80% | ||
| Bob Dearing | Other | 74% | ||
| George Dickerson | Other | 47% | ||
| James Ellington | Other | 93% | ||
| Joe Ellzey | Other | 76% | ||
| Ronald David Farris | Other | 73% | ||
| Timothy Alan Ford | Other | 87% | ||
| Jamie Franks, Jr. | Other | 42% | ||
| Frances Fredericks | Other | 36% | ||
| Vernon Delma Furniss | Other | 21% | ||
| Jack Gadd | Other | 57% | ||
| David Gibbs | Other | 48% | ||
| Carl Gordon, Jr. | Other | 57% | ||
| David Green | Other | 32% | ||
| Joe Grist, Jr. | Other | 39% | ||
| Daniel Guice, Jr. | Other | 80% | ||
| Edwin Glenn Hamilton | Other | 85% | ||
| Frank Hamilton | Other | 81% | ||
| Alice Harden | Other | 18% | ||
| Clayton Henderson | Other | 50% | ||
| William Hewes III | Other | 85% | ||
| Tommy Horne | Other | 19% | ||
| Joe Hudson | Other | 53% | ||
| Roger Ishee | Other | 71% | ||
| Michael Janus | Other | 82% | ||
| Timothy Lamar Johnson | Other | 84% | ||
| Andrew Ketchings | Other | 91% | ||
| Ezell Lee | Other | 48% | ||
| Travis Little | Other | 87% | ||
| R.L. Livingston | Other | 27% | ||
| Percy Maples | Other | 68% | ||
| James Markham, Jr. | Other | 69% | ||
| Warner McBride | Other | 83% | ||
| William McCoy | Other | 64% | ||
| William Miles | Other | 73% | ||
| William Minor | Other | 89% | ||
| Thomas Mitchell | Other | 73% | ||
| T.O. Moffatt | Other | 82% | ||
| Keith Norris Montgomery, Sr. | Other | 91% | ||
| Robert Moody | Other | 75% | ||
| E. Harvey Moss | Other | 44% | ||
| Clem Mullins Nettles | Other | 49% | ||
| Diane Peranich | Other | 39% | ||
| John Raymond Reeves | Other | 67% | ||
| Thomas Robertson | Other | 83% | ||
| Valeria Brower Robertson | Other | 84% | ||
| Eric Robinson | Other | 69% | ||
| Walter Robinson, Jr. | Other | 35% | ||
| Charles Ross | Other | 87% | ||
| Clinton Rotenberry, Jr. | Other | 77% | ||
| Vincent Scoper, Jr. | Other | 93% | ||
| Eloise Hale Scott | Other | 64% | ||
| James Simpson, Jr. | Other | 91% | ||
| Charles Smith | Other | 85% | ||
| Robert Harold Smith | Other | 38% | ||
| Mary Stevens | Other | 72% | ||
| Joseph Thomas Stogner | Other | 74% | ||
| Bobby Taylor | Other | 65% | ||
| Billy Thames | Other | 51% | ||
| Jimmy Thornton | Other | 23% | ||
| Bennie Turner | Other | 35% | ||
| Tom Wallace | Other | 52% | ||
| Johnnie Walls, Jr. | Other | 18% | ||
| Carmen Wells-Smith | Other | 83% | ||
| Phillip West | Other | 58% | ||
| John Robert White | Other | 26% | ||
| Richard White | Other | 93% | ||
| Tommy Woods | Other | 92% | ||
| Charles Young, Sr. | Other | 53% |
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