JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House voted 66-54 Wednesday to pass a bill that would rewrite the state’s public school funding formula. A yes vote was to approve the bill, while a no vote opposed that action. Voting yes were 64 Republicans and two Democrats. Voting no were nine Republicans and 45 Democrats. One Democrat did not vote.
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Republicans voting yes (64):
Aguirre, Tupelo; Arnold, Booneville; Baker, Brandon; Barnett, Waynesboro; Barton, Moss Point; Beckett, Bruce; D. Bell, Fulton; Bennett, Long Beach; Bomgar, Madison; Bounds, Philadelphia;
Boyd, Mantachie; Brown, Nettleton; Busby, Pascagoula; Byrd, Petal; Carpenter, Burnsville; Chism, Columbus; Corley, Lumberton; Crawford, Pass Christian; Criswell, Olive Branch; Currie, Brookhaven;
DeLano, Biloxi; Denny, Jackson; Eubanks, Walls; Eure, Biloxi; Foster, Hernando; Gipson, Braxton; Guice, Ocean Springs; Gunn, Clinton; Hale, Nesbit; Haney, Gulfport;
Henley, Southaven; Hopkins, Southaven; M. Huddleston, Pontotoc; Kinkade, Byhalia; Ladner, Poplarville; Lamar, Senatobia; Mangold, Brookhaven; Massengill, Hickory Flat; McLeod, Lucedale; McNeal, Leakesville;
Mettetal, Sardis; Mims, McComb; Morgan, Morgantown; Patterson, Biloxi; Pigott, Tylertown; Powell, Brandon; Read, Gautier; Roberson, Starkville; M. Rogers, New Albany; R. Rogers, Pearl;
Rushing; Decatur Scoggin, Ellisville; Smith, Columbus; Snowden, Meridian; Steverson, Ripley; Touchstone, Hattiesburg; Tullos, Raleigh; Turner, Baldwyn; Weathersby, Florence; White, West;
Wilkes; Picayune; Willis, Diamondhead; Wilson, Madison; Zuber, Ocean Springs.
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Democrat voting yes (2):
Cockerham, Magnolia; Middleton, Port Gibson.
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Republicans voting no (9):
Ford, Vicksburg; Hood, Ackerman; Horne, Meridian; C. Johnson, Hattiesburg; McGee, Hattiesburg; Oliver, Winona; Sanford, Collins; Shirley, Quitman; Staples; Laurel.
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Democrats voting no (45):
Anderson, Escatawpa; Bailey, Greenville; Bain, Corinth; Banks, Jackson; Baria, Bay St. Louis; Williams-Barnes, Gulfport; C. Bell, Jackson; Burnett, Tunica; Blackmon, Canton; Calhoun, Jackson;
Clark, Pickens; Clarke, Jackson; Denton, Vicksburg; Dixon, Raymond; Dortch, Raymond; B. Evans, Monticello; M. Evans, Preston; Faulkner, Holly Springs; D. Gibbs, Jackson; K. Gibbs, West Point;
Hines, Greenville; Holland, Plantersville; Holloway, Hazlehurst; Horan, Grenada; R. Huddleston, Sumner; Hudson, Shelby; Hughes, Oxford; Jackson, Como; R. Johnson, Natchez; Karriem, Columbus;
Mickens, Brooksville; Miles, Forest; Paden, Clarksdale; Perkins, Greenwood; Reynolds, Charleston; Scott, Laurel; Straughter, Belzoni; Sullivan, Okolona; Sykes, Jackson; Taylor, Starkville;
Thomas, Indianola; Walker, Carthage; Watson, Hattiesburg; Wooten, Jackson; Young, Meridian.
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Democrats not voting (1):
Myers, McComb.
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