Mississippi Senate committee chairmen

JACKSON - Committee leaders appointed by Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant on Friday.

Agriculture: Chairwoman Cindy Hyde-Smith, D-Brookhaven; Vice Chairman Perry Lee, R-Mendenhall.

Appropriations: Chairman Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo; Vice Chairman Doug Davis, R-Hernando.

Business and Financial Institutions: Chairman Gary Jackson, R-Kilmichael; Vice Chairman Johnnie Walls, D-Greenville.

Constitution: Chairman Bennie Turner, D-West Point; Vice Chairman Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall.

Corrections: Chairman Willie Simmons, D-Cleveland; Vice Chairman Sidney Albritton, R-Picayune.

County Affairs: Chairman Nickey Browning, D-Pontotoc; Vice Chairman John Horhn, D-Jackson.

Economic Development: Walter Michel, R-Jackson; Vice Chairman Haskins Montgomery, D-Bay Springs.

Education: Chairman Videt Carmichael, R-Meridian; Vice Chairman Gray Tollison, D-Oxford.

Elections: Chairman Terry Burton, R-Newton; Vice Chairman Tommy Dickerson, D-Waynesboro.

Enrolled Bills: Chairwoman Alice Harden, D-Jackson; Vice Chairman J.P. Wilemon, D-Belmont.

Environment: Chairman Tommy Moffatt, R-Gautier; Vice Chairwoman Deborah Dawkins, D-Pass Christian.

Ethics: Chairman Merle Flowers, R-Southaven; Vice Chairman Hillman Frazier, D-Jackson.

Executive Contingent Fund: Chairman Johnnie Walls, D-Greenville; Vice Chairman Walter Michel, R-Jackson.

Fees and Salaries: Chairman Terry Brown, R-Columbus; Vice Chairman David Blount, D-Jackson.

Finance: Chairman Dean Kirby, R-Pearl; Vice Chairman Eugene “Buck” Clarke, R-Hollandale.

Forestry: Chairman Perry Lee, R-Mendenhall; Vice Chairman Vincent Davis, D-Fayette.

Highways and Transportation: Chairman Tom King, R-Petal; Vice Chairman Lee Yancey, R-Brandon.

Housing: Chairman Hillman Frazier, D-Jackson; Vice Chairman Merle Flowers, R-Southaven.

Insurance: Eugene “Buck” Clarke, R-Hollandale; Vice Chairman Bennie Turner, D-West Point.

Interstate and Federal Cooperation: Chairman Sampson Jackson, D-DeKalb; Vice Chairman Nolan Mettetal, D-Sardis.

Investigate State Offices: Chairman David Jordan, D-Greenwood; Vice Chairwoman Deborah Dawkins, D-Pass Christian.

Judiciary A: Chairman Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall; Vice Chairman Briggs Hopson III, R-Vicksburg.

Judiciary B: Chairman Gray Tollison, D-Oxford; Vice Chairman Michael Watson, R-Pascagoula.

Labor: Chairman John Horhn, D-Jackson; Vice Chairman Eric Powell, D-Corinth.

Local and Private: Chairman Kelvin Butler, D-Magnolia; Vice Chairman Giles Ward, R-Louisville.

Municipalities: Chairman J.P. Wilemon, D-Belmont; Vice Chairman Bill Stone, D-Ashland.

Oil, Gas and Other Minerals: Chairman Bob Dearing, D-Natchez; Vice Chairman Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville.

Ports and Marine Resources: Chairman Tommy Dickerson, D-Waynesboro; Vice Chairman Tommy Gollott, R-Biloxi.

Public Health and Welfare: Chairman Hob Bryan, D-Amory; Vice Chairman Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo.

Public Property: Chairman Jack Gordon, D-Okolona; Vice Chairman Terry Burton, R-Newton.

Public Utilities: Chairman Nolan Mettetal, D-Sardis; Vice Chairman Nickey Browning, D-Pontotoc.

State Library: Chairman Sidney Albritton, R-Picayune; Vice Chairman Videt Carmichael, R-Meridian.

Tourism: Chairwoman Lydia Chassaniol, R-Winona; Vice Chairman David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis.

Universities and Colleges: Chairman Doug Davis, R-Hernando; Vice Chairman Sampson Jackson, D-DeKalb.

Veterans and Military Affairs: Chairman Ezell Lee, D-Picayune; Vice Chairman Robert Jackson, D-Marks.

Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks: Chairman Tommy Gollott, R-Biloxi; Vice Chairman Billy Hudson, R-Purvis

Nunnelee and Bryan appointed …

Staff and The Assocated Press 

JACKSON - Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant named his committee assignments on Friday, and some Democrats who once led prominent committees were demoted.Sen. Jack Gordon, D-Okolona, who had served the past eight years as chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee, was chosen to lead the low-profile Public Property Committee for the next four years.

Sen. Alan Nunnelee, R-Tupelo, was named the new Appropriations chairman. Sen. Dean Kirby, R-Pearl, was named chairman of the Finance Committee, the other group that handles money. Also, Sen. Hob Bryan D-Amory was appointed chairman of the Public Health committee. 

Still, Bryant’s overall selection of committee chiefs was diverse, including Democrats, women and black members of the chamber. But most of the top committee assignments went to Republicans.

Sen. Alice Harden, D-Jackson, was appointed chairwoman of the Enrolled Bills Committee, and said she had “no idea what the Enrolled Bills Committee does.”

Harden said she had asked for the Universities and Colleges Committee since she had chaired the committee previously.

“I’m going to do the best job I can,” Harden said.