Rating Group: Business & Industry Political Education Committee
2006 Positions on Economic Growth and Jobs
Issues:
Business and Consumers
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS | U.S. House-1 | Alan Nunnelee | R | 86 |
| MS | State House-5 | Kelvin Buck | D | 41 |
| MS | State House-6 | Eugene Hamilton | R | 73 |
| MS | State House-7 | Wanda Jennings | R | 79 |
| MS | State House-9 | Clara Burnett | D | 28 |
| MS | State House-10 | H. Nolan Mettetal | R | 84 |
| MS | State House-14 | Margaret Rogers | R | 67 |
| MS | State House-16 | Steve Holland | D | 34 |
| MS | State House-17 | Brian Aldridge | R | 82 |
| MS | State House-18 | Jerry Turner | R | 80 |
| MS | State House-22 | Preston Sullivan | D | 48 |
| MS | State House-23 | Jim Beckett | R | 85 |
| MS | State House-27 | Ferr Smith | D | 31 |
| MS | State House-29 | Linda Coleman | D | 39 |
| MS | State House-30 | Robert Huddleston | D | 20 |
| MS | State House-31 | Sara Thomas | D | 28 |
| MS | State House-32 | Willie Perkins, Sr. | D | 27 |
| MS | State House-33 | Thomas Reynolds II | D | 33 |
| MS | State House-37 | Gary Chism | R | 90 |
| MS | State House-38 | Tyrone Ellis | D | 42 |
| MS | State House-39 | Jeffrey Smith | R | 80 |
| MS | State House-41 | Esther Harrison | D | 28 |
| MS | State House-42 | Reecy Dickson | D | 26 |
| MS | State House-44 | C. Scott Bounds | R | 86 |
| MS | State House-45 | Bennett Malone | D | 50 |
| MS | State House-46 | Bobby Howell | R | 77 |
| MS | State House-47 | Bryant Clark | D | 35 |
| MS | State House-49 | Willie Bailey | D | 28 |
| MS | State House-50 | John Hines | D | 26 |
| MS | State House-51 | Rufus Straughter | D | 28 |
| MS | State House-53 | Robert Moak | D | 35 |
| MS | State House-55 | George Flaggs, Jr. | D | 50 |
| MS | State House-56 | Philip Gunn | R | 91 |
| MS | State House-57 | Edward Blackmon, Jr. | D | 31 |
| MS | State House-58 | Rita Martinson | R | 94 |
| MS | State House-60 | John Moore | R | 95 |
| MS | State House-61 | Ray Rogers | R | 80 |
| MS | State House-62 | Thomas Weathersby, Sr. | R | 69 |
| MS | State House-64 | William Denny, Jr. | R | 93 |
| MS | State House-65 | Mary Coleman | D | 38 |
| MS | State House-66 | Cecil Brown | D | 50 |
| MS | State House-67 | Earle Banks | D | 25 |
| MS | State House-68 | Credell Calhoun | D | 31 |
| MS | State House-69 | Alyce Clarke | D | 34 |
| MS | State House-70 | James Evans | D | 27 |
| MS | State House-74 | Mark Baker | R | 90 |
| MS | State House-76 | Greg Holloway, Sr. | D | 35 |
| MS | State House-79 | Blaine Eaton II | D | 33 |
| MS | State House-80 | Omeria Scott | D | 30 |
| MS | State House-81 | Stephen Horne | R | 57 |
| MS | State House-83 | Elton Gregory Snowden | R | 89 |
| MS | State House-85 | America Middleton | D | 28 |
| MS | State House-86 | Sherra Lane | D | 36 |
| MS | State House-87 | Johnny Stringer | D | 52 |
| MS | State House-88 | Gary Staples | R | 86 |
| MS | State House-89 | C. Shows | R | 69 |
| MS | State House-90 | Joseph Warren | D | 46 |
| MS | State House-94 | Robert Johnson III | D | 35 |
| MS | State House-96 | Angela Cockerham | D | 30 |
| MS | State House-97 | Sam Mims V | R | 87 |
| MS | State House-98 | David Myers | D | 32 |
| MS | State House-103 | Percy Watson | D | 38 |
| MS | State House-106 | Herbert Frierson | R | 76 |
| MS | State House-108 | Mark Formby | R | 94 |
| MS | State House-110 | Billy Broomfield | D | 32 |
| MS | State House-112 | John Read | R | 83 |
| MS | State House-113 | Henry Zuber III | R | 84 |
| MS | State House-115 | Randall Patterson | D | 73 |
| MS | State Senate-3 | Nickey Browning | R | 80 |
| MS | State Senate-5 | J. P. Wilemon, Jr. | D | 82 |
| MS | State Senate-7 | Hob Bryan | D | 58 |
| MS | State Senate-9 | Gray Tollison | R | 59 |
| MS | State Senate-11 | Robert Jackson | D | 53 |
| MS | State Senate-13 | Willie Simmons | D | 52 |
| MS | State Senate-15 | Gary Jackson | R | 82 |
| MS | State Senate-17 | Terry Brown | R | 89 |
| MS | State Senate-22 | Eugene Clarke | R | 89 |
| MS | State Senate-24 | David Jordan | D | 42 |
| MS | State Senate-26 | John Horhn | D | 50 |
| MS | State Senate-27 | Hillman Frazier | D | 52 |
| MS | State Senate-30 | Dean Kirby | R | 96 |
| MS | State Senate-31 | Terry Burton | R | 88 |
| MS | State Senate-32 | Sampson Jackson II | D | 54 |
| MS | State Senate-33 | Fredie Carmichael | R | 87 |
| MS | State Senate-35 | Perry Lee | R | 86 |
| MS | State Senate-38 | Kelvin Butler | D | 69 |
| MS | State Senate-41 | Joey Fillingane | R | 88 |
| MS | State Senate-48 | Deborah Dawkins | D | 45 |
| MS | State Senate-50 | Tommy Gollott | R | 80 |
| MS | Auditor | Stacey Pickering | R | 91 |
| MS | Commissioner of Insurance | Michael Jackson Chaney | R | 95 |
| MS | Commissioner of Transportation | Thomas King, Jr. | R | 90 |
| MS | Supervisor-3 | Dirk Dedeaux | D | 49 |
| MS | Public Service Commissioner | Leonard Bentz | Other | 91 |
| MS | Public Service Commissioner | Lynn Posey | R | 79 |
| MS | Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce | Cindy Hyde-Smith | R | 85 |
| Noal Akins | Other | 71 | ||
| Sidney Albritton | Other | 82 | ||
| Tracy Arinder, Jr. | Other | 70 | ||
| Larry Baker | Other | 77 | ||
| Jim Barnett | Other | 65 | ||
| Sidney Bondurant | Other | 83 | ||
| Virginia Carlton | Other | 91 | ||
| Joseph Compretta | Other | 58 | ||
| Scottie Cuevas | Other | 81 | ||
| Ricky Cummings | Other | 37 | ||
| Doug Davis | Other | 91 | ||
| Lee Jarrell Davis | Other | 79 | ||
| Bob Dearing | Other | 82 | ||
| Ralph Doxey | Other | 92 | ||
| James Ellington | Other | 85 | ||
| Henry William Espy III | Other | 38 | ||
| Erik Fleming | Other | 27 | ||
| Merle Flowers | Other | 90 | ||
| Jamie Franks, Jr. | Other | 27 | ||
| Frances Fredericks | Other | 32 | ||
| Jack Gadd | Other | 58 | ||
| David Gibbs | Other | 31 | ||
| Carl Gordon, Jr. | Other | 77 | ||
| James Gale Gregory | Other | 79 | ||
| Daniel Guice, Jr. | Other | 85 | ||
| Frank Hamilton | Other | 81 | ||
| Alice Harden | Other | 45 | ||
| William Hewes III | Other | 95 | ||
| Joe Hudson | Other | 60 | ||
| Roger Ishee | Other | 77 | ||
| Michael Janus | Other | 85 | ||
| Ezell Lee | Other | 76 | ||
| Travis Little | Other | 84 | ||
| Michael Lott | Other | 88 | ||
| James Markham, Jr. | Other | 43 | ||
| Chester Masterson, Sr. | Other | 77 | ||
| W.T. Mayhall, Jr. | Other | 88 | ||
| John Mayo | Other | 45 | ||
| Warner McBride | Other | 65 | ||
| William McCoy | Other | 35 | ||
| J. Walter Michel | Other | 92 | ||
| William Miles | Other | 43 | ||
| T.O. Moffatt | Other | 93 | ||
| B. Pat Montgomery | Other | 41 | ||
| J. Ed Morgan | Other | 91 | ||
| Leonard Morris | Other | 57 | ||
| E. Harvey Moss | Other | 47 | ||
| Billy Nicholson | Other | 70 | ||
| David Norquist | Other | 47 | ||
| Deryk Parker | Other | 72 | ||
| Diane Peranich | Other | 32 | ||
| Dannie Reed | Other | 80 | ||
| John Raymond Reeves | Other | 64 | ||
| Thomas Robertson | Other | 96 | ||
| Eric Robinson | Other | 82 | ||
| Walter Robinson, Jr. | Other | 36 | ||
| Charles Ross | Other | 96 | ||
| Clinton Rotenberry, Jr. | Other | 78 | ||
| James Simpson, Jr. | Other | 93 | ||
| Clayton Smith | Other | 84 | ||
| Mary Stevens | Other | 76 | ||
| Billy Thames | Other | 74 | ||
| Joseph Thomas | Other | 49 | ||
| Bennie Turner | Other | 48 | ||
| Jessica Upshaw | Other | 84 | ||
| Robert Vince | Other | 61 | ||
| James Walley | Other | 77 | ||
| J. Shaun Walley | Other | 53 | ||
| Johnnie Walls, Jr. | Other | 42 | ||
| Greg Ward | Other | 60 | ||
| Carmen Wells-Smith | Other | 84 | ||
| Richard White | Other | 91 | ||
| Gloria Williamson | Other | 38 | ||
| Tommy Woods | Other | 79 | ||
| Charles Young, Sr. | Other | 35 |
How to Interpret these Evaluations
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