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In May 2021, Mills, who campaigned two years earlier as a conservative, joined five other North Louisiana state senators previously considered conservatives, [[Barrow Peacock]], [[Jay Morris]], [[Barry Milligan]], [[Mike Reese]], and [[Stewart Cathey]], in voting to extend a $400 million temporary state sales tax (.45 percent) even though the state is awaiting a windfall in federal [[coronavirus]] stimulus funding. Mills' vote was even in contrast to the Democratic Senator [[Greg Tarver]] of Caddo Parish, who opposed the tax extension.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' May 28, 2021.</ref>

In May 2021, Mills, who campaigned two years earlier as a conservative, joined five other North Louisiana state senators previously considered conservatives, [[Barrow Peacock]], [[Jay Morris]], [[Barry Milligan]], [[Mike Reese]], and [[Stewart Cathey]], in voting to extend a $400 million temporary state sales tax (.45 percent) even though the state is awaiting a windfall in federal [[coronavirus]] stimulus funding. Mills' vote was even in contrast to the Democratic Senator [[Greg Tarver]] of Caddo Parish, who opposed the tax extension.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' May 28, 2021.</ref>

With only 38 percent of the vote, Mills was handily defeated in his bid for Senate reelection in the primary held on October 14, 2023, by fellow Republican, [[Adam Bass]], an [[insurance]] agent and a member of the Bossier Parish School Board who maintained that Mills had not been a reliable conservative in his senatorial voting record.

With only 38 percent of the vote, Mills was handily defeated in his bid for Senate reelection in the primary held on October 14, 2023, by fellow Republican, Adam Bass, an [[insurance]] agent and a member of the Bossier Parish School Board.

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