The NFIB Mississippi Political Action Committee has endorsed candidates in 105 state legislative races.
The PAC has endorsed 31 candidates for seats in the state Senate and 74 candidates running for seats in the House of Representatives. The NFIB Mississippi PAC is comprised exclusively of NFIB members.
“Our members support the candidates who support small business, and these candidates are clearly the best for small business,” said Ron Aldridge, state director in Mississippi. “The candidates endorsed by the NFIB Mississippi PAC understand the challenges facing the state’s job creators, and we believe they will do everything they can to support small businesses on issues affecting their ability to grow and create jobs.”
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The NFIB Mississippi PAC’s endorsement is critical to the candidates’ campaigns. Small business owners and their employees vote in high numbers and are known for urging friends, family members and acquaintances to go to the polls. The NFIB Mississippi PAC’s support is based on the candidates’ positions and records on small business issues.
NFIB is the nation’s leading small business advocacy organization. To learn more about NFIB in Mississippi, visitwww.NFIB.com/MS and follow @NFIB_MS on Twitter.
Here is a list of endorsed candidates.
Senate
District Candidate (Counties)
1 Chris Massey (DeSoto)
2 David Parker (DeSoto)
4 Rita Parks (Alcorn, Tippah)
6 Chad McMahan (Itawamba, Lee)
10 Neil Whaley (Marshall, Tate)
14 Lydia Chassaniol (Attala, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Panola, Tallahatchie)
15 Gary Jackson (Choctaw, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Winston )
17 Chuck Younger (Lowndes, Monroe)
18 Jenifer Branning (Leake, Neshoba, Winston)
19 Kevin Blackwell (DeSoto, Marshall)
20 Josh Harkins (Rankin)
23 Briggs Hopson (Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo )
25 Walter Michel (Hinds, Madison)
30 Dean Kirby (Rankin)
32 Sampson Jackson (Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee, Winston )
33 Jeff Tate (Clarke, Lauderdale)
34 Juan Barnett (Forrest, Jasper, Jones)
35 Chris Caughman (Copiah, Rankin, Simpson)
38 Kelvin Butler (Adams, Amite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson)
39 Sally Doty (Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Walthall)
40 Angela Burks Hill (Marion, Pearl River)
41 Joey Fillingane (Covington, Forrest, Jeff Davis, Lamar, Smith)
42 Chris McDaniel (Forrest, Jones)
43 Dennis DeBar (George, Greene, Wayne)
44 John Polk (Lamar, Pearl River)
45 Chris Johnson (Forrest, Perry)
46 Philip Moran (Hancock, Harrison)
47 Mike Seymour (Jackson, Pearl River, Stone)
49 Joel Carter (Harrison)
50 Scott Delano (Harrison)
52 Brice Wiggins (Jackson)
House
District Candidate (Counties)
1 Bubba Carpenter (Alcorn, Tishomingo)
2 Nick Bain (Alcorn)
3 Tracy Arnold (Alcorn, Prentiss)
4 Jody Steverson (Alcorn, Tippah)
6 Dana Criswell (DeSoto)
7 Steve Hopkins (DeSoto)
8 Trey Lamar (Lafayette, Tate)
9 Cedric Burnett (Coahoma, Quitman, Tate, Tunica)
13 Steve Massengill (Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union)
15 Mac Huddleston (Pontotoc)
17 Shane Aguirre (Lee)
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)
24 Jeff Hale (DeSoto)
25 Dan Eubanks (DeSoto)
33 Tommy Reynolds (Grenada, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha)
35 Joey Hood (Attala, Choctaw, Webster, Winston)
37 Gary Chism (Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha)
39 Jeff Smih (Lowndes, Monroe)
40 Ashley Henley (DeSoto, )
43 Rob Roberson (Oktibbeha, Winston)
44 Scott Bounds (Leake, Neshoba)
45 Michael Ted Evans (Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Winston)
46 Karl Oliver (Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery,Webster)
48 Jason White (Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Leake)
52 Bill Kincade (DeSoto, Marshall )
53 Vince Mangold (Franklin, Jeff Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln,Pike)
54 Kevin Ford (Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo)
56 Philip Gunn (Hinds, Madison)
58 Joel Bomgar (Madison)
59 Brent Powell (Rankin)
60 Fred Shanks (Rankin)
62 Tom Weathersby (Copiah, Rankin, Simpson)
63 Deborah Dixon (Hinds, Warren, Yazoo)
64 Bill Denny (Hinds, Madison)
74 Lee Yancey (Rankin)
75 Vance Cox (Rankin, Scott)
77 Price Wallace (Rankin, Simpson)
78 Randy Rushing (Leake, Newton, Scott)
79 Mark Tullos (Jasper, Smith)
81 Steve Horne (Clarke, Lauderdale)
83 Greg Snowden (Lauderdale)
84 William Shirley (Clarke, Jasper, Newton)
86 Shane Barnett (Greene, Perry, Wayne)
88 Gary Staples (Jasper, Jones)
89 Donnie Scoggin (Jones)
90 Noah Sanford (Covington, Jeff Davis, Simpson)
92 Beckie Currie (Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln)
93 Tim Ladner (Hancock, Pearl River, Stone)
95 Patricia Willis (Hancock, Harrison)
96 Angela Cockerham (Adams, Amite, Pike, Wilkinson)
97 Sam Mims (Adams, Amite, Franklin, Pike)
99 Bill Pigott (Lamar, Marion, Walthall)
100 Ken Morgan (Lamar, Marion)
101 Kent McCarty (Lamar)
102 Missy McGee (Forrest, Lamar)
104 Larry Byrd (Forrest)
105 Roun McNeal (George, Greene, Perry)
106 John Glen Corley (Lamar, Pearl River)
107 Doug McLeod (George, Stone)
108 Stacey Wilkes (Pearl River)
109 Manly Barton (George, Jackson)
111 Charles Busby (Jackson)
112 John Read (Jackson)
113 Hank Zuber (Jackson)
114 Jeff Guice (Harrison, Jackson)
115 Randall Patterson (Harrison )
116 Casey Eure (Harrison)
118 Greg Haney (Harrison)
120 Richard Bennett (Harrison)
121 Carolyn Crawford (Harrison)
