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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Gary Chism | 91% | |||
Bill Denny, Jr. | 91% | |||
James Ellington | 91% | |||
Mark Formby | 91% | |||
Brian Aldridge | 90% | |||
MS | State House - 56 | Philip Gunn | Republican | 90% |
William Hewes III | 90% | |||
MS | State House - 97 | Sam Mims V | Republican | 90% |
John Moore | 90% | |||
Gary Staples | 90% | |||
MS | State House - 44 | C. Scott Bounds | Republican | 89% |
MS | State House - 92 | Becky Currie | Republican | 89% |
Thomas King, Jr. | 89% | |||
MS | State Senate - 30 | Dean Kirby | Republican | 89% |
T.O. Moffatt | 89% | |||
MS | State House - 99 | Bill Pigott | Republican | 89% |
Dannie Reed | 89% | |||
Giles Ward | 89% | |||
Videt Carmichael | 88% | |||
Alan Nunnelee | 88% | |||
Terry Burton | 87% | |||
Billy Hudson, Sr. | 86% | |||
Rita Martinson | 86% | |||
MS | Alderman - At-Large | Alex Monsour | 86% | |
Greg Snowden | 86% | |||
Jim Beckett | 85% | |||
MS | State House - 81 | Stephen Horne | Republican | 85% |
Mac Huddleston | 85% | |||
Perry Lee | 85% | |||
MS | State Senate - 25 | Walter Michel | Republican | 85% |
MS | State House - 100 | Ken Morgan | Republican | 85% |
Steven Palazzo | 85% | |||
Sidney Bondurant | 84% | |||
Daniel Guice, Jr. | 84% | |||
Gary Jackson | 84% | |||
Michael Janus | 84% | |||
W.T. Mayhall, Jr. | 84% | |||
Nolan Mettetal | 84% | |||
Noal Akins | 83% | |||
MS | State House - 120 | Richard Bennett | Republican | 83% |
Eugene Clarke | 83% | |||
Merle Flowers | 83% | |||
Herbert Frierson | 83% | |||
Frank Hamilton | 83% | |||
Bobby Howell | 83% | |||
Kevin McGee | 83% | |||
MS | State House - 74 | Lee Yancey | Republican | 83% |
MS | State House - 104 | Larry Byrd | Republican | 82% |
MS | State Senate - 14 | Lydia Chassaniol | Republican | 82% |
Doug Davis | 82% | |||
Harvey Fillingane | 82% | |||
MS | Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce | Andy Gipson | Republican | 82% |
Roger Ishee | 82% | |||
Billy Nicholson | 82% | |||
MS | State House - 18 | Jerry Turner | Republican | 82% |
Nickey Browning | 81% | |||
Terry Brown | 80% | |||
Chris McDaniel | 80% | |||
Mary Stevens | 80% | |||
Larry Baker | 79% | |||
Tad Campbell | 79% | |||
MS | U.S. Senate - Jr | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Republican | 79% |
Jeffrey Smith | 79% | |||
J. P. Wilemon, Jr. | 79% | |||
MS | State House - 1 | Lester Carpenter | Republican | 78% |
Bobby Shows | 78% | |||
MS | Secretary of State | Michael Watson | Republican | 78% |
Margaret Rogers | 77% | |||
Tommy Woods | 77% | |||
George Dickerson | 76% | |||
MS | State Senate - 41 | Joey Fillingane | Republican | 76% |
MS | State Senate - 23 | Briggs Hopson III | Republican | 76% |
MS | State House - 112 | John Read | Republican | 76% |
Tommy Gollott | 75% | |||
MS | State House - 113 | Henry Zuber III | Republican | 75% |
Mark Baker | 74% | |||
Carl Gordon, Jr. | 73% | |||
Ezell Lee | 73% | |||
Haskins Montgomery | 72% | |||
Ray Rogers | 71% | |||
Eugene Hamilton | 67% | |||
Wanda Jennings | 67% | |||
Russ Nowell | 67% | |||
Deryk Parker | 66% | |||
Sidney Albritton | 64% | |||
Bob Dearing | 64% | |||
Jack Gadd | 64% | |||
Jessica Upshaw | 64% | |||
Randall Patterson | 62% | |||
Tom Weathersby, Sr. | 60% | |||
MS | Mayor - Ward 1 | Toby Barker | 54% | |
MS | State Senate - 29 | David Blount | Democratic | 54% |
Gray Tollison | 53% | |||
David Norquist | 52% | |||
MS | State Senate - 7 | Hob Bryan | Democratic | 51% |
MS | State Senate - 27 | Hillman Frazier | Democratic | 46% |
Eric Powell | 46% | |||
Greg Ward | 45% | |||
Bill Stone | 43% | |||
Sampson Jackson II | 40% |