Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

MS Scorecard 2023

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Mississippi Legislature in 2023 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our third state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate

House of Representatives

1. Increasing Funds for Public Schools

Good Vote: No

Increasing Funds for Public Schools (passed 115 to 2 on 3/31/2023). Gives, as part of the Mississippi Department of Education appropriations bill, an additional $117 million in funding for K-12 public schools during Fiscal Year 2024.

2. Authorizing Firearm Suppressors

Good Vote: Yes

Authorizing Firearm Suppressors (passed 87 to 26 on 3/28/2023). Provides that firearms suppressors manufactured and possessed in Mississippi are not subject to federal laws and regulations governing firearm suppressors.

3. Restoring Sound Money

Good Vote: Yes

Restoring Sound Money (passed 115 to 0 on 3/27/2023) Exempts sales of coins, currency, and bullion from sales taxes.

4. Continuing Government Health Care

Good Vote: No

Continuing Government Health Care (passed 106 to 5 on 3/27/2023). Makes an appropriation for the purpose of continuing to provide medical assistance under the Mississippi Medicaid Law.

5. Prohibiting Ballot Harvesting

Good Vote: Yes

Prohibiting Ballot Harvesting (passed 73 to 44 on 3/7/2023). Prohibits a person from knowingly collecting and transmitting a ballot that was mailed to another person, with certain exceptions.

6. Ban on Sex Mutilation Against Minors

Good Vote: Yes

Ban on Sex Mutilation Against Minors (passed 78 to 29 on 1/19/2023). Bans, through the Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures (REAP) Act, “gender transition" surgeries and drugs for minor children.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Shane Aguirre	R	HD-017	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Jeramey Anderson	D	HD-110	20%	-	-	+	-	-	.
Brent Anderson	R	HD-122	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Otis Anthony	D	HD-031	40%	-	+	+	-	-	.
William Arnold	R	HD-003	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Willie Bailey	D	HD-049	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Perry Bailey	R	HD-023	60%	-	+	+	-	+	.
Nick Bain	R	HD-002	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Earle Banks	D	HD-067	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Shane Barnett	R	HD-086	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Manly Barton	R	HD-109	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Christopher Bell	D	HD-065	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Donnie Bell	R	HD-021	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Richard Bennett	R	HD-120	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Edward Blackmon	D	HD-057	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Joel Bomgar	R	HD-058	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Scott Bounds	R	HD-044	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Randy Boyd	R	HD-019	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Andy Boyd	R	HD-037	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Chris Brown	R	HD-020	100%	.	.	+	.	+	+
William Brown	D	HD-070	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Cedric Burnett	D	HD-009	40%	-	+	+	-	-	.
Charles Busby	R	HD-111	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Larry Byrd	R	HD-104	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Billy Calvert	R	HD-083	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Lester Carpenter	R	HD-001	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Bryant Clark	D	HD-047	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Alyce Clarke	D	HD-069	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Angela Cockerham	D	HD-096	40%	-	+	+	-	-	.
Carolyn Crawford	R	HD-121	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Sam Creekmore	R	HD-014	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Dana Criswell	R	HD-006	100%	+	+	+	+	+	+
Ronnie Crudup	D	HD-071	20%	-	-	+	-	-	.
Becky Currie	R	HD-092	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Jerry Darnell	R	HD-028	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Oscar Denton	D	HD-055	20%	-	-	+	-	-	.
Clay Deweese	R	HD-012	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Dan Eubanks	R	HD-025	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Casey Eure	R	HD-116	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Bob Evans	D	HD-091	0%	-	-	.	-	-	.
Michael Evans	D	HD-045	60%	-	+	+	-	.	+
John Faulkner	D	HD-005	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Kevin Felsher	R	HD-117	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Kevin Ford	R	HD-054	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Jill Ford	R	HD-073	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Stephanie Foster	D	HD-063	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Karl Gibbs	D	HD-036	40%	-	+	+	-	-	.
Dale Goodin	R	HD-105	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Jeffrey Guice	R	HD-114	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Philip Gunn	R	HD-056	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Jeff Hale	R	HD-024	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Greg Haney	R	HD-118	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Jeffery Harness	D	HD-085	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
John Hines	D	HD-050	20%	-	.	+	-	-	-
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes	R	HD-108	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Gregory Holloway	D	HD-076	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Joey Hood	R	HD-035	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Steve Hopkins	R	HD-007	100%	.	+	+	+	+	+
Kevin Horan	R	HD-034	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Stephen Horne	R	HD-081	80%	-	+	+	.	+	+
Mac Huddleston	R	HD-015	NA	.	.	.	.	.	.
Jeffrey Hulum	D	HD-119	40%	-	+	+	-	-	.
Lataisha Jackson	D	HD-011	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Hester Jackson-McCray	D	HD-040	40%	-	+	+	-	-	.
Robert Johnson	D	HD-094	20%	-	.	+	-	-	-
Kabir Karriem	D	HD-041	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Bill Kinkade	R	HD-052	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Timmy Ladner	R	HD-093	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
John Lamar	R	HD-008	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Jon Lancaster	D	HD-022	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Vince Mangold	R	HD-053	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Steve Massengill	R	HD-013	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Kent McCarty	R	HD-101	60%	-	+	+	.	-	+
Jay McKnight	R	HD-095	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Doug McLeod	R	HD-107	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Carl Mickens	D	HD-042	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Tom Miles	D	HD-075	50%	-	+	+	-	-	+
Sam Mims	R	HD-097	80%	-	+	+	.	+	+
Ken Morgan	R	HD-100	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Gene Newman	R	HD-061	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Karl Oliver	R	HD-046	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Solomon Osborne	D	HD-032	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Jansen Owen	R	HD-106	60%	-	+	+	.	-	+
Orlando Paden	D	HD-026	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Randall Patterson	R	HD-115	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Bill Pigott	R	HD-099	80%	-	+	+	.	+	+
Daryl Porter	D	HD-098	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Brent Powell	R	HD-059	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
John Read	R	HD-112	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Thomas Reynolds	D	HD-033	25%	-	+	.	-	-	.
Rob Roberson	R	HD-043	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Robin Robinson	R	HD-088	67%	-	.	.	.	+	+
Tracey Rosebud	D	HD-030	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Randal Rushing	R	HD-078	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Robert Sanders	D	HD-029	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Noah Sanford	R	HD-090	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Donnie Scoggin	R	HD-089	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Omeria Scott	D	HD-080	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Fred Shanks	R	HD-060	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Troy Smith	R	HD-084	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
De Stamps	D	HD-066	50%	-	+	+	-	.	.
Jody Steverson	R	HD-004	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Rufus Straughter	D	HD-051	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Zakiya Summers	D	HD-068	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
Cheikh Taylor	D	HD-038	33%	-	+	+	-	-	-
Rickey Thompson	D	HD-016	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Joseph Tubb	R	HD-087	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Mark Tullos	R	HD-079	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Jerry Turner	R	HD-018	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Dana Underwood McLean	R	HD-039	60%	-	+	+	-	.	+
Kenneth Walker	D	HD-027	NA	.	.	.	.	-	-
Price Wallace	R	HD-077	60%	-	.	+	-	+	+
Missy Warren McGee	R	HD-102	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Percy Watson	D	HD-103	17%	-	-	+	-	-	-
Tom Weathersby	R	HD-062	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Jason White	R	HD-048	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Brady Williamson	R	HD-010	83%	-	+	+	+	+	+
Lee Yancey	R	HD-074	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+
Shanda Yates	I	HD-064	40%	-	.	+	-	-	+
Charles Young	D	HD-082	20%	-	-	+	.	-	-
Henry Zuber	R	HD-113	67%	-	+	+	-	+	+

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Republican	69.2%
Democrat	25.2%
Independent	40%

Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution