The National Federation of Independent Business, Mississippi’s leading small-business association, said today it has endorsed candidates in 99 legislative races.
NFIB has endorsed 32 candidates for seats in the state Senate and 67 candidates running for seats in the House of Representatives. Of the 99 candidates endorsed, 95 are incumbents.
The endorsements were made by the NFIB/Mississippi SAFE (Save America’s Free Enterprise) Trust, which is comprised exclusively of NFIB members.
“Our members support the candidates who support small business,” said Ron Aldridge, state director of NFIB/Mississippi. “These candidates have consistently voted to ease the burdens on Mississippi’s job creators or have pledged to support small business on issues affecting their ability to grow and create jobs.”
The NFIB/Mississippi SAFE Trust’s endorsement is critical to the candidates’ campaigns. Small-business owners and their employees vote in high numbers and are known for actively recruiting friends, family members and acquaintances to go to the polls. NFIB has pledged it will activate its grassroots network on behalf of the campaign. NFIB’s political support is based on the candidates’ positions and records on small-business issues.
Senate
District/name/counties represented
1 Chris Massey (DeSoto)
2 David Parker (DeSoto)
3 Nickey Browning (Benton, Pontotoc, Union)
4 Rita Parks (Alcorn, Tippah)
5 J. P. Wilemon Jr. (Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo)
6 Nancy A. Collins (Itawamba, Lee)
9 Gray Tollison (Lafayette, Panola)
10 Steve Hale (Marshall, Tate)
14 Lydia Chassaniol (Attala, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha)
15 Gary Jackson (Choctaw, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster)
17 Chuck Younger (Lowndes, Monroe)
19 Kevin Blackwell (DeSoto, Marshall)
20 Josh Harkins (Rankin)
21 Kenneth Wayne Jones (Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo)
22 Buck Clarke (Bolivar, Humphreys, Madison, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo)
23 Briggs Hopson III (Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo)
25 Will Longwitz (Hinds, Madison)
30 Dean Kirby (Rankin)
31 Terry Burton (Lauderdale, Newton, Scott)
33 Videt Carmichael (Clarke, Lauderdale)
37 Melanie Sojourner (Adams, Amite, Franklin, Pike)
39 Sally Doty (Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Walthall)
40 Angela Hill (Marion, Pearl River)
41 Joey Fillingane (Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Smith)
42 Chris McDaniel (Forrest, Jones)
44 John A. Polk (Lamar, Pearl River)
45 Billy Hudson (Forrest, Perry)
46 Philip Moran (Hancock, Harrison)
49 Sean Tindell (Harrison)
50 Tommy Gollott (Harrison)
51 Michael Watson (Jackson)
52 Brice Wiggins (Jackson)
HOUSE
District/name/counties represented
1 Bubba Carpenter (Alcorn, Tishomingo)
2 Nick Bain (Alcorn)
3 Tracy Arnold (Alcorn, Prentiss)
4 Jody Steverson (Alcorn, Tippah)
6 Forrest Hamilton (DeSoto)
7 Wanda Jennings (DeSoto)
8 John “Trey” Lamar III (Lafayette, Tate)
10 Nolan Mettetal (Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie)
12 Brad Mayo (Lafayette)
13 Steve Massengill (Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union)
14 Margaret Rogers (Union)
15 Mac Huddleston (Pontotoc)
18 Jerry Turner (Lee, Prentiss, Union)
19 Randy Boyd (Itawamba, Lee)
20 Chris Brown (Itawamba, Lee, Monroe)
21 Donnie Bell (Itawamba, Tishomingo)
23 Jim Beckett (Calhoun, Grenada, Lafayette, Webster)
25 W.E. “Gene” Alday (DeSoto)
34 Reta Holden (Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Leflore, Tallahatchie)
35 Joey Hood (Attala, Choctaw, Webster, Winston)
37 Gary Chism (Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha)
39 Jeff Smith (Lowndes, Monroe)
40 Pat Nelson (DeSoto)
44 C. Scott Bounds (Leake, Neshoba)
45 Michael T. Evans (Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Winston)
48 Jason M White (Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Leake)
52 Bill Kinkade (DeSoto, Marshall)
54 Alex Monsour Jr. (Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo)
56 Philip Gunn (Hinds, Madison)
59 Brent Powell (Rankin)
60 John L. Moore (Rankin)
61 Ray Rogers (Rankin)
62 Tom Weathersby (Copiah, Rankin, Simpson)
63 Deborah Butler Dixon (Hinds, Warren, Yazoo)
64 Bill Denny, Jr. (Hinds, Madison)
73 Cory Wilson (Madison)
74 Mark Baker (Rankin)
77 Andy Gipson (Rankin, Simpson)
78 Randy Rushing (Leake, Newton, Scott)
81 Steve Horne (Clarke, Lauderdale)
83 Greg Snowden (Lauderdale)
84 William E. Shirley Jr. (Clarke, Jasper, Newton)
88 Gary Staples (Jasper, Jones)
89 Bobby Shows (Jones)
92 Becky Currie (Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln)
93 Timmy Ladner (Hancock, Pearl River, Stone)
95 Patricia Willis (Hancock, Harrison)
97 Sam C. Mims V (Adams, Amite, Franklin, Pike)
99 Bill Pigott (Lamar, Marion, Walthall)
100Ken Morgan (Lamar, Marion)
101 Brad Touchstone (Lamar)
102 Toby Barker (Forrest, Lamar)
104 Larry Byrd (Forrest)
106 Herb Frierson (Lamar, Pearl River)
107 Doug McLeod (George, Stone)
108 Mark Formby (Pearl River)
109 Manly Barton (George, Jackson)
111 Charles Busby (Jackson)
112 John Read (Jackson)
113 Hank Zuber III (Jackson)
114 Jeff Guice (Harrison, Jackson)
115 Randall Patterson (Harrison)
116 Casey Eure (Harrison)
117 Scott Delano (Harrison)
118 Greg Haney (Harrison)
120 Richard Bennett (Harrison)
121 Carolyn Crawford (Harrison)
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NFIB is the nation’s leading small business association, with offices in Washington, D.C. and all 50 state capitals. Founded in 1943 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, NFIB gives small- and independent-business owners a voice in shaping the public policy issues that affect their business. NFIB’s powerful network of grassroots activists sends its views directly to state and federal lawmakers through our unique member-only ballot, thus playing a critical role in supporting America’s free enterprise system. NFIB’s mission is to promote and protect the right of our members to own, operate and grow their businesses. More information about NFIB is available online at www.NFIB.com/newsroom.
