Rating Group: Empower Mississippi
2014 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS | Secretary of State | Michael Watson | Republican | 94% |
| MS | Mayor - At-Large | Toby Barker | 88% | |
| Videt Carmichael | 88% | |||
| MS | Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce | Andy Gipson | Republican | 88% |
| MS | State House - 81 | Stephen Horne | Republican | 88% |
| MS | State Senate - 4 | Rita Parks | Republican | 88% |
| Joseph Warren | 88% | |||
| Tom Weathersby, Sr. | 88% | |||
| MS | State Senate - 43 | Dennis DeBar, Jr. | Republican | 81% |
| Mac Huddleston | 81% | |||
| Gene Alday, Jr. | 75% | |||
| MS | State House - 96 | Angela Cockerham | Independent | 75% |
| MS | State House - 118 | Greg Haney | Republican | 75% |
| MS | State Senate - 23 | Briggs Hopson III | Republican | 75% |
| Sampson Jackson II | 75% | |||
| MS | State House - 52 | Bill Kinkade | Republican | 75% |
| MS | State Senate - 30 | Dean Kirby | Republican | 75% |
| Will Longwitz | 75% | |||
| Philip Moran | 75% | |||
| MS | Commissioner of Transportation | Willie Simmons | Democratic | 75% |
| J. P. Wilemon, Jr. | 69% | |||
| MS | State House - 21 | Donnie Bell | Republican | 63% |
| Cecil Brown | 63% | |||
| Kimberly Campbell | 63% | |||
| Alyce Clarke | 63% | |||
| Steve Hale | 63% | |||
| Stephen Holland | 63% | |||
| MS | State House - 76 | Greg Holloway, Sr. | Democratic | 63% |
| MS | Mayor | John Horhn | Democratic | 63% |
| MS | State House - 94 | Robert Johnson III | Democratic | 63% |
| Chris Massey | 63% | |||
| Tom Miles | 63% | |||
| Ferr Smith | 63% | |||
| Johnny Stringer | 63% | |||
| Preston Sullivan | 63% | |||
| MS | State House - 91 | Bob Evans | Democratic | 56% |
| MS | State House - 34 | Kevin Horan | Republican | 56% |
| Kenneth Jones | 56% | |||
| Sherra Lane | 56% | |||
| Nick Bain | 50% | |||
| MS | State House - 67 | Earle Banks | Democratic | 50% |
| David Baria | 50% | |||
| Edward Blackmon, Jr. | 50% | |||
| MS | State Senate - 29 | David Blount | Democratic | 50% |
| Nickey Browning | 50% | |||
| MS | State Senate - 37 | Albert Butler | Democratic | 50% |
| Kelvin Butler | 50% | |||
| Credell Calhoun | 50% | |||
| Linda Coleman | 50% | |||
| Mary Coleman | 50% | |||
| Deborah Dawkins | 50% | |||
| Blaine Eaton II | 50% | |||
| Tyrone Ellis | 50% | |||
| James Evans | 50% | |||
| Michael Evans | 50% | |||
| MS | State Senate - 27 | Hillman Frazier | Democratic | 50% |
| MS | State House - 36 | Karl Gibbs | Democratic | 50% |
| Esther Harrison | 50% | |||
| MS | State House - 50 | John Hines, Sr. | Democratic | 50% |
| Robert Huddleston | 50% | |||
| Robert Jackson | 50% | |||
| Russell Jolly | 50% | |||
| David Jordan | 50% | |||
| MS | State House - 13 | Steve Massengill | Republican | 50% |
| America Middleton | 50% | |||
| Robert Moak | 50% | |||
| Haskins Montgomery | 50% | |||
| David Myers | 50% | |||
| Pat Nelson | 50% | |||
| MS | State Senate - 28 | Sollie Norwood | Democratic | 50% |
| Brad Oberhousen | 50% | |||
| Randall Patterson | 50% | |||
| Willie Perkins, Sr. | 50% | |||
| Thomas Reynolds II | 50% | |||
| Ray Rogers | 50% |