[5] In the 2015 campaign, Murphy supported the establishment of a reservoir in Senate District 12, but Mizell voiced her opposition to the project on the grounds that it would require eminent domain of private land in violation of the wishes of many of the impacted property owners.

[6] Mizell sits on the Senate committees on (1) Education, (2) Retirement, (3) Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs.

[6] The NRA Political Victory Fund rated Mizell 86 percent in 2015, based on her campaign promises.

Senators voted 29–10 for the tax hike, a part of the revenue-raising measures pushed by Governor John Bel Edwards.

[8] A House and Senate conference committee subsequently trimmed the five years to twenty-seven months, effective from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018.