Breakdown Of House Votes On Lottery

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi House voted Tuesday to pass a bill to create a state lottery, with 58 members voting yes and 54 voting no. A yes vote was to pass the bill, while a no vote was to defeat the bill.

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Democrats voting yes (18)

Banks, Jackson; Blackmon, Canton; Burnett, Tunica; Calhoun, Jackson; Clarke, Jackson; Cockerham, Magnolia; Denton, Vicksburg; Dixon, Raymond; M. Evans, Preston; D. Gibbs, Jackson;

K. Gibbs, West Point; Holland, Plantersville; Holloway, Hazlehurst; Hughes, Oxford; Mickens, Brooksville; Miles, Forest; Reynolds, Charleston; Watson, Hattiesburg.

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Republicans voting yes (40)

Aguirre, Tupelo; Baker, Brandon; Barnett, Waynesboro; Barton, Moss Point; Bennett, Long Beach; Busby, Pascagoula; Carpenter, Burnsville; Crawford, Pass Christian; Currie, Brookhaven; DeLano, Biloxi;

Denny, Jackson; Eure, Biloxi; Ford, Vicksburg; Guice, Ocean Springs; Haney, Gulfport; Hood, Ackerman; Kinkade, Byhalia; Ladner, Poplarville; Massengill, Hickory Flat; McGee, Hattiesburg;

McLeod, Lucedale; Mettetal, Sardis; Morgan, Morgantown; Patterson, Biloxi; Pigott, Tylertown; Powell, Brandon; Read, Gautier; Roberson, Starkville; R. Rogers, Pearl; Rushing, Decatur;

Sanford, Collins; Shanks, Brandon; Steverson, Ripley; Tullos, Raleigh; Wallace, Mendenhall; White, West; Wilkes, Picayune; Willis, Diamondhead; Wilson, Madison; Zuber, Ocean Springs.

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Democrats voting no (25)

Anderson, Escatawpa; Bailey, Greenville; Bain, Corinth; Baria, Bay St. Louis; Williams-Barnes, Gulfport; C. Bell, Jackson; Clark, Pickens; Dortch, Raymond; B. Evans, Monticello; Faulkner, Holly Springs;

Hines, Greenville; Horan, Grenada; Hudson, Shelby; Jackson, Como; R. Johnson, Natchez; Karriem, Columbus; Paden, Clarksdale; Perkins, Greenwood; Rosebud, Tutwiler; Straughter, Belzoni;

Sullivan, Okolona; Sykes, Jackson; Taylor, Starkville; Walker, Carthage; Wooten, Jackson.

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Republicans voting no (29)

Arnold, Booneville; Beckett, Bruce; D. Bell, Fulton; Bomgar, Madison; Bounds, Philadelphia; Boyd, Mantachie; Byrd, Petal; Chism, Columbus; Corley, Lumberton; Criswell, Olive Branch;

Foster, Hernando; Gunn, Clinton; Henley, Southaven; Hopkins, Southaven; Horne, Meridian; Huddleston, Pontotoc; C. Johnson, Hattiesburg; Lamar, Senatobia; Mangold, Brookhaven; McNeal, Leakesville;

Mims, McComb; Oliver, Winona; M. Rogers, New Albany; Scoggin, Ellisville; Shirley, Quitman; Smith, Columbus; Snowden, Meridian; Staples, Laurel; Turner, Baldwyn.

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Democrat not voting (1)

Young, Meridian.

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Republican not voting (1)

Touchstone, Hattiesburg.

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Democrats absent (3)

Middleton, Port Gibson; Myers, McComb; Scott, Laurel.

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Republicans absent (4)

Brown, Nettleton; Eubanks, Walls; Hale, Nesbit; Weathersby, Florence.