1 2017 ECONOMIC FREEDOM SCORECARD Dear Concerned Taxpayer, 2 AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY’S MISSION Americans for Prosperity has developed into the Americans for Prosperity – Mississippi exists to recruit, educate, and mobilize citizens in preeminent grassroots support of the policies and goals of a free society at the local, state, and federal level, policy organization in the helping every American live their dream. Over 21,000 citizens having taken action with the country, with nearly 3.2 Mississippi chapter of AFP to date in its fight for more freedom and more opportunity for all million activists nationwide Mississippians. engaging their Congressmen, legislators, and local elected officials in the fight to advance economic freedom. ABOUT AMERICANS FOR METHODOLOGY PROSPERITY’S ECONOMIC AFP Mississippi is celebrating its 2-year anniversary FREEDOM SCORECARD This year’s Economic Freedom Scorecard around the release of the 2017 Economic Freedom includes 36 un-weighted House votes and 26 Scorecard. Our staff has worked hard to identify AFP Mississippi’s Economic Freedom un-weighted Senate votes, including some and promote ideas that will improve the lives of Scorecard informs citizens about the procedural votes on significant pieces of Mississippians. We continue to shape debate. performance of their elected representatives legislation. It also includes one bonus vote and senators on important tax, spending, (discussed below). For each correct vote, AFP Mississippi’s grassroots army has made hundreds regulatory, and education legislation. legislators received 1 point. For every incorrect of thousands of live voter contacts on a host of vote, legislators received 0 points. For every important issues. We have offered concerned citizens Selected bills were scored consistent absent or abstaining vote, 0.5 points. Unless educational opportunities through training and multiple with the principles spelled out at AFP’s otherwise noted, the vote scored was the last policy events with top-notch speakers. MSGrowthProject.com. These principles substantive vote taken on the legislation in a include fairer taxes that allow taxpayers to respective chamber. In 2017, we launched our “Not 1 More Cent” campaign, keep more of what they earn; spending limited designed to hold taxes and spending in check. Over to core functions of government; fewer job Legislators were eligible for 1 bonus point 22,000 emails were sent to legislators and over half killing regulations; and more freedom and for opposition to SB 3033, a bond bill which a million Mississippi residents saw our ads. Our team innovation in education. contained a number of expenditures that was also instrumental in supporting positive regulatory are inconsistent with the principle of limiting reform that will put more Mississippians to work. We In compiling its 2017 Economic Freedom spending to the core functions of government. also worked to end wasteful spending programs like Scorecard, AFP Mississippi considered Representatives Bomgar, Criswell, Eubanks, “Handouts to Hollywood.” thousands of pieces of legislation. We ultimately Foster, Hale, Henley, Hopkins, Horne, Hughes scored 37 votes on bills in the Mississippi and Shirley received this bonus. No Mississippi The Economic Freedom Scorecard is yet another House of Representatives and 27 votes on Senators voted against this bond bill. layer in our effort to inform the public about the bills in the Mississippi Senate. Multiplied over inner-workings of their government and to hold their the 122 members of the Mississippi House and GRADING SCALE leaders accountable. 52 members of the Mississippi Senate, the Economic Freedom Scorecard includes close to A – 90%-100% “Champion of Freedom” We invite you to join us as we push big ideas for a 6,000 individual votes. B – 80-89% “Friend of Freedom” better Mississippi. C – 70-79% The end result is the most comprehensive, D – 60-69% Sincerely, objective look at where our leaders stand F – 59% or Below on advancing economic freedom of any scorecard in the state. This year’s Economic Freedom Scorecard also introduces a lifetime average component to inform citizens of their legislators’ larger body of work. Simply put, their votes are their record. HOUSE 2017 SCORES 3 A’s Larry Byrd B (85%) B (88%) Tom Weathersby B (86.5%) B (88.75%) Lester "Bubba" Carpenter B (86.5%) B (88.75%) Jason White B (86.5%) B (88.75%) Lifetime Name 2017 Score Score John Glen Corley B (83.5%) B (83.5%) Cory Wilson B (86.5%) A (90%) William Tracy Arnold A (90.5%) B (88.5%) Carolyn Crawford B (83.5%) B (87.25%) H.B. "Hank" Zuber, III B (85%) B (89.25%) Joel Bomgar A (103%) A (101.5%) Scott DeLano B (83.5%) B (87.25%) C’s Randy Boyd A (90.5%) B (88.5%) William Denny B (85%) B (84.5%) Lifetime Name 2017 Score Chris Brown A (97.5%) A (94%) Casey Eure B (82%) B (86.5%) Score Gary Chism A (92%) B (89.75%) Andy Gipson B (89%) B (87%) Donnie Bell C (76.5%) D (69%) Dana Criswell A (99%) A (99.5%) Jeffrey C. Guice B (83.5%) B (87.25%) C. Scott Bounds C (72.5%) B (80.5%) Beckie Currie A (93.5%) A (91%) Philip Gunn B (86.5%) B (88.75%) Charles Busby C (78%) C (77%) Dan Eubanks A (100%) A (97.75%) Ashley Henley B (89%) A (91.25%) Angela Cockerham C (78%) C (75%) Mark Formby A (94.5%) A (91.5%) Timmy Ladner B (85%) B (85.75%) Steve Horne C (72.5%) C (78%) Robert Foster A (103%) A (100.5%) Trey Lamar, III B (81%) C (79.38%) Mac Huddleston C (75%) B (81.75%) Jeff Hale A (94.5%) B (87.75%) Vince Mangold B (81%) B (83.75%) Steve Massengill C (71%) D (60%) Joey Hood A (94.5%) A (92.25%) Roun S. McNeal B (82%) B (84.75%) Doug McLeod C (78%) C (77%) Steve Hopkins A (103%) A (100.5%) Nolan Mettetal B (82%) B (85.25%) Randall H. Patterson C (78%) B (83.25%) Chris Johnson A (94.5%) A (92.75%) Alex Monsour B (82%) B (86%) Bill Pigott C (78%) B (82.75%) Bill Kinkade A (92%) A (91.5%) Ken Morgan B (81%) B (82.63%) Rob Roberson C (74%) C (75%) Sam C. Mims, V A (90.5%) B (89.5%) Karl Oliver B (81%) B (83.75%) Margaret Ellis Rogers C (78%) C (76%) John L. Moore A (92%) B (89.75%) Brent Powell B (86.5%) B (88.75%) William Shirley C (78%) C (78.75%) Patricia Willis A (92%) A (91%) John O. Read B (81%) B (86%) Jody Steverson C (78%) D (66%) B’s Ray Rogers B (83.5%) C (76.13%) Lifetime Name 2017 Score Randy Rushing B (82%) B (84.75%) Score Shane Aguirre B (81%) C (73.5%) Donnie Scoggin B (89%) B (89%) Mark Baker B (89%) A (91%) Jeff Smith B (83.5%) B (86%) Shane Barnett B (82%) B (84.75%) Greg Snowden B (85%) B (87.5%) Manly Barton B (86.5%) B (88.75%) Brad A. Touchstone B (86.5%) B (87.5%) Jim Beckett B (81%) C (79%) Mark K. Tullos B (81%) B (81%) Richard Bennett B (82%) B (86.5%) Jerry R. Turner B (82%) B (84.25%) HOUSE 2017 SCORES 4 D’s F’s Orlando W. Paden F (57%) F (47.75%) Willie J. Perkins, Sr. F (51.5%) F (44.25%) Lifetime Lifetime Name 2017 Score Name 2017 Score Score Score Omeria Scott F (50%) F (43.5%) Nick Bain D (60%) F (57.25%) Jeramey D. Anderson F (53%) F (45%) Preston E. Sullivan F (56%) F (47.75%) Earle S. Banks D (60%) F (46.75%) Willie L. Bailey F (49%) F (44.25%) Kathy Sykes F (57%) F (49.5%) Kenneth Walker F (57%) F (49.5%) David Baria D (62.5%) F (49.75%) Sonya Williams-Barnes F (53%) F (46.25%) Adrienne Wooten F (57%) F (49.5%) Toby Barker D (62.5%) C (70%) Christopher M. Bell F (58.5%) F (48.5%) Alyce Griffin Clarke D (64%) F (53%) Edward Blackmon F (57%) F (47%) Deborah Butler Dixon D (69.5%) C (70.5%) Cedric Burnett F (58.5%) F (56.25%) Jarvis Dortch D (60%) F (49.75%) Credell Calhoun F (51.5%) F (51%) Michael T. Evans D (62.5%) F (51%) Bryant Clark F (58.5%) F (48.5%) Karl Gibbs D (61.5%) F (52.75%) Oscar Denton F (56%) F (46.5%) Greg Haney D (69.5%) D (61.75%) Tyrone Ellis F (57%) F (49.5%) Kevin Horan D (66.5%) F (52.5%) Bob Evans F (53%) F (46.75%) Jay Hughes D (62.5%) F (52.25%) John G. Faulkner F (54.5%) F (49.25%) Latisha Jackson D (61.5%) F (51.25%) Debra Hendricks Gibbs F (54.5%) F (54.5%)) Carl L. Mickens D (68.5%) F (56.25%) John W. Hines F (54.5%) F (45.25%) Tom Miles D (68.5%) F (59%) Steve Holland F (56%) F (48.25%) Tommy Reynolds D (61.5%) F (55.25%) Gregory Holloway, Sr. F (58.5%) F (56.25%) Noah Sanford D (69.5%) D (68.25%) Robert E. Huddleston F (54.5%) F (47%) Gary Staples D (69.5%) C (71.75%) Abe Marshall Hudson F (56%) F (56%) Rufus E. Straughter D (60%) F (51%) Robert L. Johnson, III F (53%) F (45.75%) Sara Richardson Thomas D (64%) D (61.5%) Kabir Karriem F (51.5%) F (45.5%) Percy W. Watson D (60%) F (45%) America "Chuck" Middleton F (53%) F (51.75%) Charles Young, Jr.