JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House voted 67-49 Wednesday to seat Republican Mark Tullos of Raleigh in an election dispute, denying the seat to Democrat Bo Eaton of Taylorsville. Eaton had won a drawing of straws after election officials counted a tie in the House seat, covering Jasper and Smith counties, but a House committee concluded five affidavit ballots were improperly counted, giving Tullos at least a one-vote margin of victory. A yes vote was to seat Tullos, while a no vote opposed seating Tullos. Voting yes were 66 Republicans and one Democrat. Voting no were 49 Democrats and two Republicans.
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Republicans voting yes (66):
Aguirre, Tupelo; Arnold, Booneville; Baker, Brandon; Barker, Hattiesburg; 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; Crawford, Pass Christian; Criswell, Olive Branch; Currie, Brookhaven;
DeLano, Biloxi; Denny, Jackson; Eubanks, Walls; Eure, Biloxi; Formby, Picayune; Foster, Hernando; Frierson, Poplarville; Gipson, Braxton; Guice, Ocean Springs; Gunn, Clinton;
Hale, Nesbit; Henley, Southaven; Hood, Ackerman; Hopkins, Southaven; M. Huddleston, Pontotoc; C. Johnson, Hattiesburg; Kinkade, Byhalia; Ladner, Poplarville; Lamar, Senatobia; Mangold, Brookhaven;
Massengill, Hickory Flat; McLeod, Lucedale; McNeal, Leakesville; Mettetal, Sardis; Mims, McComb; Monsour, Vicksburg; Moore, Brandon; Morgan, Morgantown; Oliver, Winona; Patterson, Biloxi;
Pigott, Tylertown; Powell, Brandon; Read, Gautier; Roberson, Starkville; M. Rogers, New Albany; R. Rogers, Pearl; Rushing, Decatur; Snowden, Meridian; Steverson, Ripley; Touchstone, Hattiesburg;
Turner, Baldwyn; Weathersby, Florence; White, West; Willis, Diamondhead; Wilson, Madison; Zuber, Ocean Springs.
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Democrat voting yes (1):
Cockerham, Magnolia.
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Republicans voting no (2):
Horne, Meridian; Shirley, Quitman.
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Democrats voting no (47):
Anderson, Escatawpa; Bailey, Greenville; Bain, Corinth; Banks, Jackson; Baria, Bay St. Louis; Williams-Barnes, Gulfport; C. Bell, Jackson; Blackmon, Canton; Burnett, Tunica; Calhoun, Jackson;
Campbell, Jackson; Clark, Pickens; Clarke, Jackson; Coleman, Mound Bayou; Denton, Vicksburg; Dixon, Raymond; Dortch, Raymond; Eaton, Taylorsville; Ellis, Starkville; B. Evans, Monticello;
M. Evans, Preston; Faulkner, Holly Springs; Gibbs, West Point; Hines, Greenville; Holloway, Hazlehurst; Horan, Grenada; R. Huddleston, Sumner; Hughes, Oxford; Jackson, Como;
Johnson R, Natchez; Karriem, Columbus; Mickens, Brooksville; Middleton, Port Gibson; Miles, Forest; Myers, McComb; Paden, Clarksdale; Perkins, Greenwood; Reynolds, Charleston; Scott, Laurel;
Straughter, Belzoni; Sullivan, Okolona; Sykes, Jackson; Thomas, Indianola; Walker, Carthage; Watson, Hattiesburg; Wooten, Jackson; Young, Meridian.
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Republicans voting present (3):
Haney, Gulfport; Sanford, Collins; Staples; Laurel.
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Republicans not voting (1):
Shows, Ellisville.
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Paired votes
Two representatives cast a “paired” vote, which does not count for or against the final tally. Republican Jeff Smith of Columbus, who was in the chamber, cast a “paired yes” vote for himself and a “paired no” vote for his colleague, Democrat Steve Holland of Plantersville, who was not in the chamber.
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