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Voting by State Representatives is Given Numerical Grade

Elbert Peters of Huntsville has reviewed the voting by Alabama State Representatives in the 2004 Regular Session to determine which Representatives were the most and least conservative. The project took several months and resulted in a numerical grade for each of the 105 Representatives in the Alabama Legislature.

There are 42 Republicans and 63 Democrats in the Alabama House of Representatives.

The numerical grade was determined by 30 key votes that covered bills to increase fees and taxes, bills of interest to social conservatives, bills on education issues, and the bill to abolish the Office of State Auditor. The votes on the General Fund budget and the Education Budget were also included.

Scott Beason (R) from Gardendale and Mickey Hammon (R) from Decatur received a numerical grade of 70 and tied for the most conservative State Representative.

Five other Republican Representatives --- Greg Albritton from Excel, Mark Gaines from Homewood, Jim Carns from Birmingham, Steve McMillan from Gulf Shores, and Dick Brewbaker from Montgomey --- finished in places three through seven, respectively. McMillan missed nine of the 30 votes, most of them due to the illness and death of his daughter. If not for this, he would probably have been in the running for the most conservative representative.

The highest rated Democrat was State Representative Mike Millican from Hamilton in 24th place. Lea Fite from Anniston, the next highest Democrat, finished in 30th place.

The three least conservative Republican State Representatives were Johnny Ford from Tuskegee in 92nd place, Ronald Johnson from Sylacauga in 55th place, and Mac Gipson from Prattville in 53rd place. John Hawkins did not have a good grade, but this was because he missed nineteen of these thirty votes due to a very serious illness that resulted in his death a few weeks after the session ended.

The lowest score was a zero and five people tied for the least conservative State Representative --- Marcel Black from Tuscumbia, Thomas E. Jackson from Thomasville, John F. Knight, Jr. from Montgomery, Richard J. Lindsey from Centre, and James L. Thomas from Selma.

Peters, a long-time political activist from Huntsville, said he undertook the project after observing the way members of the Legislature voted on various bills. Peters said, "As I watched the voting during the last regular session, I could not tell which Legislators were the most and least conservative because there was a lack of consistency in their voting. A Legislator I thought to be conservative sometimes voted for a tax or fee increase or did not vote conservative on another issue. I finally concluded that the only way I could get a handle on how Legislators were voting was to do this project."

One veto override vote was included in the 30 votes and a State Representative was given credit for not voting on this item. This was done because 53 YES votes are required to override a governor's veto regardless of the number of Representatives voting NO.

Peters said he believed his rating system is sound. "The problem with state government in Alabama is primarily the Legislature and this rating system reports this fact about as clearly as it is possible to do," stated Peters. "A significant majority of Alabama Legislators find it too easy to tax and spend other people's money. The Legislature is much less conservative than the voters in Alabama," he concluded.

The relative place and actual score of each of the 105 State Representatives is shown below. Their party affiliation is indicated by an R for Republican and a D for Democrat.
1 Scott Beason
70
R
2 Mickey Hammon
70
R
3 Greg Albritton
67
R
4 Mark Gaines
63
R
5 Jim Carns
57
R
6 Steve McMillan*
57
R
7 Dick Brewbaker
53
R
8 Bobby Humphries
53
R
9 Randy Wood
53
R
10 Jeremy Oden
50
R
11 Mike Hubbard
47
R
12 Jay Love
47
R
13 Blaine Galliher
43
R
14 Jamie Ison
43
R
15 Jim McClendon
43
R
16 Arthur Payne
43
R
17 Howard Sanderford
43
R
18 Ray Garner
40
R
19 Todd Greeson
40
R
20 Cam Ward
40
R
21 Jim Barton
37
R
22 Lynn Greer
37
R
23 David Grimes
37
R
24 Mike Millican
37
R
25 Albert Morton
37
R
26 Gerald Allen
33
R
27 Robert Bentley
33
R
28 Duwayne Bridges
33
R
29 Spencer Collier
33
R
30 Lea Fite
33
D
31 Victor Gaston
33
R
32 Richard Laird
33
D
33 Neal Morrison
33
D
34 Randy Davis
30
R
35 Frank McDaniel
30
D
36 Mike Ball
27
R
37 Rusty Glover
27
R
38 Albert Hall
27
D
39 Craig Ford
23
D
40 Allen Layson
23
D
41 Mary Sue McClurkin**
23
R
42 Warren Beck
20
R
43 Mike Hill
20
R
44 Mary Moore
20
D
45 Elwyn Thomas
20
R
46 Steve Clouse
17
R
47 Bill Dukes
17
R
48 Joe Faust
17
R
49 Ronald Grantland
17
D
50 Eric Major
17
D
51 Charles Newton
17
D
52 Alan Boothe
13
D
53 H. Mac Gipson, Jr.
13
R
54 John Hawkins***
13
R
55 Ronald Johnson
13
R
56 Johnny Morrow
13
D
57 John Rogers
13
D
58 Nelson Starkey
13
D
59 William Thigpen
13
D
60 Barbara Boyd
10
D
61 James Buskey
10
D
62 Tommy Carter
10
D
63 Merika Coleman
10
D
64 Randy Hinshaw
10
D
65 Jody Letson
10
D
66 Jeff McLaughlin
10
D
67 Joseph Mitchell
10
D
68 Oliver Robinson
10
D
69 Yusaf Salaam
10
D
70 Bobby Singleton
10
D
71 Jack Venable
10
D
72 Billy Beasley
7
D
73 Linda Coleman
7
D
74 Ken Guin
7
D
75 Laura Hall
7
D
76 Alvin Holmes
7
D
77 Steve Hurst
7
D
78 Yvonne Kennedy
7
D
79 Thad McClammy
7
D
80 George Perdue
7
D
81 John Robinson
7
D
82 Tommy Sherer
7
D
83 Terry Spicer
7
D
84 Lesley Vance
7
D
85 Sonny Baker
3
D
86 George Bandy
3
D
87 Lucius Black****
3
D
88 Joe Carothers
3
D
89 William Clark
3
D
90 Jeff Dolbare*****
3
D
91 Priscilla Dunn
3
D
92 Johnny Ford
3
R
93 Betty Carol Graham
3
D
94 Seth Hammett
3
D
95 Jimmy Martin
3
D
96 Bryant Melton, Jr.
3
D
97 Demetrius Newton
3
D
98 Jack Page
3
D
99 Sue Schmitz
3
D
100 Frank P. White
3
D
101 Marcel Black
0
D
102 Thomas E. Jackson
0
D
103 John F. Knight, Jr.
0
D
104 Richard J. Lindsey
0
D
105 James L. Thomas
0
D


Voting Records of the Alabama House of Representatives .
* Steve McMillan missed nine of 30 votes, most due to the illmess and death of his daughter.
** Mary Sue McClurkin missed seven votes, some due to receiving treatment for cancer.
*** John Hawkins missed 19 votes due to illness and subsequent death.
**** Lucius Black missed most of the session due to illness.
***** Jeff Dolbare missed most of the session due to illness and subsequent death.

 

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The bills included in this project are listed below. The number to the right indicates the number of votes on each bill that were included in the scoring.

HB42 Teacher Tenure – BIR and final passage and No was the correct vote - 2

HB43 Support Personnel Tenure – BIR and final passage and No was correct vote - 2

HB44 State employee’s insurance, etc. – BIR and final passage and No was correct vote - 2

HB56 Abolish State Auditor’s Office – BIR and No was correct vote - 1

HB61 Commute life without parole – BIR and final passage and No was correct vote - 2

HB96 Display “In God We Trust” in schools – Final passage and Yes was correct vote - 1

HB266 Nursing home bed tax – BIR and final passage and No was correct vote - 2

HB270 General Fund Budget - Final passage and No was correct vote - 1

HB308 Increase court fees - BIR and final passage and No was correct vote - 2

HB358 Establish Alabama Job Development Authority – BIR and final passage and NO was correct vote - 2

HB370 Increase fees by Agriculture and Industries - Final passage and No was correct vote - 1

HB612 Sunday liquor sales without a vote of the people – BIR and No was correct vote - 1

HB716 Increase taxes on tobacco products - BIR and final passage and No was correct vote 2

HB815 Increase oil and gas severance tax - BIR and final passage and No was correct vote - 2

HB846 Remove tax exemption on road builders - BIR and final passage and No is correct vote - 2

SB223 Education Budget – Table Amendment and Final passage and No was correct vote - 2

SB399 Allow alcohol sales at Country Clubs in certain dry counties - BIR, final passage, and override. Correct vote was No - 3

Total number of votes - 30

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