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Lamar ran without opposition in both the 2011 and 2015 elections for his first two terms in the legislature. He succeeded fellow Republican Larry J. Baker.<ref>{{cite web|url=

Lamar ran without opposition in both the 2011 and 2015 elections for his first two terms in the legislature. He succeeded fellow Republican Larry J. Baker.<ref>{{cite web|url=

http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=Mississippi  Election Returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2015|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref> Lamar serves on these House committees: (1) Ways and Means (vice chairman), (2) County Affairs, and (3) Judiciary A.<ref name=treyl/> In 2013, Lamar voted to make the office of state superintendent of education appointed, but the majority voted to keep the office elected. In 2014, he supported a teacher pay hike. That same year, Lamar voted to ban [[abortion]]s after twenty weeks of gestation and in 2015 to permit "wrongful death" lawsuits regarding the loss of the unborn child. He opposed an amendment to exempt pregnancies resulting from [[rape]] or [[incest]] from the 20-week limit. In 2017, he voted to authorize additional methods of execution in Mississippi and to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/130266/trey-lamar-iii#.WdzttLpFzb0|title=Trey Lamar's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>  

http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=Mississippi  Election Returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=Election Returns|date=November 3, 2015|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref> Lamar serves on these House committees: (1) Ways and Means (vice chairman), (2) County Affairs, and (3) Judiciary A.<ref name=treyl/> In 2013, Lamar voted to make the office of state superintendent of education appointed, but the majority voted to keep the office elected. In 2014, he supported a teacher pay hike. That same year, Lamar voted to ban [[abortion]]s after twenty weeks of gestation and in 2015 to permit "wrongful death" lawsuits regarding the loss of the unborn child. He opposed an amendment to exempt pregnancies resulting from [[rape]] or [[incest]] from the 20-week limit. In 2017, he voted to authorize additional methods of execution in Mississippi and to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/130266/trey-lamar-iii#.WdzttLpFzb0|title=Trey Lamar's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>  

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Steve Hopkins]]  

*[[Steve Hopkins]]  

*[[Shane Aguirre]]

*[[Shane Aguirre]]

==References==

==References==