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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • AA, Hinds Community College
  • MED, Mississippi College, 1971
  • BS, University of Southern Mississippi, 1968

Political Experience

  • AA, Hinds Community College
  • MED, Mississippi College, 1971
  • BS, University of Southern Mississippi, 1968
  • Representative, Mississippi State House of Representatives, District 62, 1992-present

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Banking and Financial Services Committee, Mississippi State House of Representatives

Former Member, Energy Committee, Mississippi State House of Representatives

Former Member, Judiciary A Committee, Mississippi State House of Representatives

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Insurance Committee

Member, Management Committee

Chair, Public Property Committee

Member, Transportation Committee

Member, Ways and Means Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • AA, Hinds Community College
  • MED, Mississippi College, 1971
  • BS, University of Southern Mississippi, 1968
  • Representative, Mississippi State House of Representatives, District 62, 1992-present
  • Member, American Legion Exchange Council, present
  • Member, Copiah County Chamber of Commerce, present
  • Member, Kiwanis, present
  • Member, Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, present
  • Member, National Rifle Association, present
  • Member, Rankin County Chamber of Commerce, present
  • Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, present
  • Member, Board of Directors, Southern States Energy Board
  • Member, Florence Riding Club
  • Member, Freemasons
  • Member, Lions Club
  • Member, National Conference of State Legislators
  • Board Member, Rankin County Livestock Association
Policy Positions

Mississippi State Legislative Election 1999 National Political Awareness Test

Abortion

Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning abortion.

1. Abortions should always be legally available.
- No Answer

2. Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy.
- X

3. Abortions should be legal when pregnancy resulted from incest or rape.
- X

4. Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered.
- X

5. Abortions should always be illegal.
- No Answer

6. Abortions should be limited by waiting periods and parental notification requirements.
- No Answer

7. Prohibit the late-term abortion procedure known as "partial-birth" abortion.
- X

8. Support "buffer zones" by requiring demonstrators to stay at least 15 feet away from abortion clinic doorways and driveways.
- X

9. Other
- No Answer

10. Should Mississippi government funding be provided to clinics and medical facilities that provide abortion services?
- No

Affirmative Action

Indicate the principles you support (if any) concerning affirmative action. State government agencies should take race and sex into account in the following sectors:

1. College and university admissions
- No

2. Public employment
- No

3. State contracting
- No

4. Other
- No Answer

Crime

Indicate which principles you support (if any) to address crime.

1. Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff.
- X

2. Support contracting with private sector firms to build and/or manage state prisons.
- No Answer

3. End parole for repeat violent offenders.
- X

4. Support the use of the death penalty.
- X

5. Oppose the death penalty.
- No Answer

6. Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders.
- X

7. Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community.
- X

8. Increase state funds for programs which rehabilitate and educate inmates during and after their prison sentences.
- X

9. Decriminalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
- No Answer

10. Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes.
- X

11. Strengthen penalties and sentences for sex offenders.
- X

12. Lower the blood-alcohol-content limit defining drunk driving.
- No Answer

13. Prosecute juveniles who commit murder or other serious violent crimes as adults.
- X

14. Other
- No Answer

Economy and Employment

Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning the economy and employment.

1. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- X

2. Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion.
- X

3. Support limits on cash damages in lawsuits against businesses and professionals for product liability or malpractice.
- X

4. Increase funding for state job-training programs that retrain displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
- X

5. Other
- No Answer

Education

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.

1. Increase state funds for professional development of public school teachers and administrators.
- X

2. Encourage private or corporate investment in public school programs.
- X

3. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating school (public, private, religious).
- No Answer

4. Favor charter schools where independent groups receive state authorization and funding to establish new schools.
- X

5. Support sex education programs which stress abstinence.
- X

6. Support sex education programs which stress safe sexual practices.
- No Answer

7. Increase state funds for school construction and facility maintenance.
- No Answer

8. Increase state funds for hiring of additional teachers.
- X

9. Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
- X

10. Increase state funding to raise teacher salaries to the average of other Southern states.
- X

11. Other
- No Answer

Environment & Energy

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.

1. Require the use of cleaner burning fuels in order to prevent pollution.
- No Answer

2. Support "self-audit" legislation which creates incentives for industries to audit themselves and clean up pollution.
- X

3. Require a cost/benefit analysis to determine the economic impact of proposed environmental regulations before they are implemented.
- X

4. Require the state to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses on privately owned land.
- X

5. Provide funding for recycling programs in Mississippi.
- X

6. Request added flexibility from the federal government in enforcing and funding federal environmental regulations.
- X

7. Suspend participation in unfunded, federally mandated environmental protection legislation.
- No Answer

8. Restructure the electric utility industry to allow consumers to choose their power company.
- No Answer

9. Other
- No Answer

10. Should state environmental regulations be stricter than federal law?
- No

Government Reform

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding government reform.

Do you support limits on the number of terms of the following (state) officials?

1. State Senators and Representatives
- No

2. Governor
- No

Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates?

1. Individual
- No

2. PAC
- No

3. Corporate
- No

4. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes

5. Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns?
- No

6. Do you support partial funding from state taxes for state level political campaigns?
- Yes

7. Do you support requiring voters to show identification when voting?
- Yes

8. Do you support an open primary system allowing voters to choose candidates in any party?
- Yes

9. Do you support moving Mississippi state and county elections to even-numbered years?
- Undecided

10. Other
- No Answer

Gun

Indicate which principles you support (if any) concerning gun issues.

1. Ban the sale or transfer of all forms of semi-automatic weapons.
- No Answer

2. Increase state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- No Answer

3. Maintain state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- No Answer

4. Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms.
- No Answer

5. Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens.
- X

6. Favor allowing citizens to carry concealed firearms.
- No Answer

7. Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks with firearms.
- No Answer

8. Other
- No Answer

Health

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health issues.

1. Provide tax incentives to small businesses that provide health care to their employees.
- X

2. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state funded care where necessary.
- No Answer

3. Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs.
- No Answer

4. Use state funds to continue some Medicaid coverage for legal immigrants.
- No Answer

5. Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits.
- X

6. Guaranteeing medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government.
- No Answer

7. Expand enrollment eligibility in the Children's Health Insurance Program by reducing waiting periods and changing the income requirements to include more families.
- No Answer

8. Other
- No Answer

Social

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues.

1. Increase state funding for programs to prevent teen pregnancy.
- X

2. Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.
- X

3. Increase state funds to provide child care to children in low-income working families.
- No Answer

4. Deny or suspend state-issued permits and licenses to parents who are delinquent in paying court-ordered child support.
- No Answer

5. Favor banning smoking in public places.
- No Answer

6. Increase state funding for Head Start in order to serve additional children and/or increase services from a half to a full day.
- X

7. Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth.
- X

8. Support state funding of programs for at-risk youth such as guaranteed college loans and job training and placement.
- No Answer

9. Other
- No Answer

10. Do you believe that the Mississippi government should include sexual orientation in Mississippi's anti-discrimination laws?
- No Answer

11. Do you believe that the Mississippi government should recognize same-sex marriages?
- No

State Budget

Indicate the funding levels you will support for the following general categories. Select one level only.

1. Agriculture
- Slightly Increase

2. Education (K-12)
- Slightly Increase

3. Education (Higher)
- Slightly Increase

4. Environment
- Slightly Increase

5. Health care
- Slightly Increase

6. Law enforcement
- Slightly Increase

7. Transportation infrastructure (highways, roads, bridges)
- Greatly Increase

8. Welfare
- Eliminate

9. Other
- No Answer

State Taxes

Indicate the tax levels you will support. Select one level only.

1. Capital gains taxes
- Eliminate

2. Cigarette taxes
- No Answer

3. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Decrease

4. Food taxes
- Greatly Decrease

5. Gasoline taxes
- No Answer

6. Income taxes (incomes below $75,000)
- Slightly Decrease

7. Income taxes (incomes above $75,000)
- Slightly Decrease

8. Property taxes
- Slightly Decrease

9. Sales taxes
- Slightly Decrease

10. Other
- No Answer

11. Do you support a flat tax structure for state income taxes?
- Undecided

Welfare

Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare.

1. Maintain current time limits on welfare benefits.
- No Answer

2. Maintain the requirement that able-bodied recipients work in order to receive benefits.
- X

3. Increase employment and job training programs for welfare recipients.
- X

4. Provide tax incentives to businesses that hire welfare recipients.
- X

5. Provide child care for welfare recipients who work.
- X

6. Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
- X

7. Allow welfare recipients to remain eligible for benefits while saving money for education, starting a business, or buying a home.
- No Answer

8. Limit benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare.
- X

9. Eliminate government-funded welfare programs.
- No Answer

10. Other
- No Answer

Legislative Priorities

Please explain what your two main legislative priorities will be if elected. Please explain how you would obtain any additional government funding needed to implement these priorities.
- No Answer