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Jeramey Anderson
Jeramey Anderson (born December 6, 1991) is an American politician serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 110th district. Upon election in 2013, Anderson became the youngest African-American candidate to be elected to any legislature in the United States. Early life and education Born in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Anderson graduated from Moss Point High School. He earned an associate degree in criminal justice from Pearl River Community College, attending on a soccer scholarship. He then went on to Tulane University, where he completed his bachelor's degree in homeland security.Moss Point's Jeramey Anderson sworn into the Mississippi House of Representatives '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Broomfield
Billy Broomfield (born January 15, 1945) is an American politician. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected fo ... from the 110th District, from 1992 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected mayor of Moss Point, Mississippi in 2013. Running as an independent, he lost reelection to Democrat Mario King in 2017. References 1945 births Living people African-American mayors in Mississippi African-American state legislators in Mississippi Mayors of places in Mississippi Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives People from Moss Point, Mississippi 21st-century American politicians 21st-century African-American politicians 20th-century African-American people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Palazzo
Steven McCarty Palazzo (; born February 21, 1970) is an American politician who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2023. The district included Mississippi's Gulf Coast, Biloxi, Gulfport, Mississippi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, Mississippi, Pascagoula, Laurel, Mississippi, Laurel and Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Hattiesburg. Palazzo is a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Palazzo defeated 10-term Democratic Party (US), Democratic incumbent Gene Taylor (Mississippi politician), Gene Taylor, 52%-47%, in 2010 United States House of Representatives elections, 2010. He represented District 116 in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2006 to 2011. Palazzo lost renomination to Mike Ezell in the June 28, 2022, Republican primary. Early life, education, and military service Palazzo was born on February 21, 1970, in Gulfport. He graduated from St. John High School (Gulfport, Mississippi), Saint John H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party Members Of The Mississippi House Of Representatives
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African-American State Legislators In Mississippi
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21st-century American Politicians
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Living People
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1991 Births
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Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia is a nonprofit and nonpartisan online political encyclopedia that covers federal, state, and local politics, elections, and public policy in the United States. The website was founded in 2007. Ballotpedia is sponsored by the Lucy Burns Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Middleton, Wisconsin. Originally a collaboratively edited wiki, Ballotpedia is now written and edited entirely by a paid professional staff. As of 2014, Ballotpedia employed 34 writers and researchers; it reported an editorial staff of over 50 in 2021. Mission Ballotpedia's stated goal is "to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government." The website "provides information on initiative supporters and opponents, financial reports, litigation news, status updates, poll numbers, and more." It originally was a "community-contributed web site, modeled after Wikipedia" which is now edited by paid staff. It "contains volumes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi Secretary Of State
The Mississippi Secretary of State is an officer of Mississippi originally established under the Article IV, §14 of Mississippi Constitution of 1817, and was reestablished under Article V, §133 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890. Several African Americans served in the office during the Reconstruction era: James D. Lynch, Hiram Revels, H. C. Carter, M. M. McLeod, and James Hill. The current secretary of state is Michael Watson. History The office of Secretary of State of Mississippi was initially created by the state's original 1817 constitution, which stipulated in Article IV, Section 14, "A Secretary of State shall be appointed, who shall continue in office during the term of two years. He shall keep a fair register of all the official acts and proceedings of the Governor, and shall, when required, lay the same, and all papers, minutes, and vouchers relative thereto, before the General Assembly, and shall perform such other duties as may be required by law." The stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Herald
The ''Sun Herald'' is a U.S. newspaper based in Biloxi, Mississippi, that serves readers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The paper's current executive editor and general manager is Blake Kaplan and its headquarters is in the city of Gulfport. It is owned by The McClatchy Company, one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States. It was founded in 1884 as ''The Weekly Herald'', based in Biloxi. It expanded its coverage into Gulfport in 1905, and by 1934 had changed its name to ''The Daily Herald'', becoming an evening and Saturday newspaper. The State Record Company bought the paper from its longtime owners, the Wilkes family, in 1968. Around this time, it moved its Saturday edition to morning publication and added a Sunday edition. It added a morning companion paper, the ''South Mississippi Sun'', in 1973. That edition ran until 1985, when the two papers were merged as the ''Sun Herald'', a seven-day all-day paper. The evening edition was dropped in 1986, shortl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reform Party Of The United States Of America
The Reform Party of the United States of America (RPUSA), generally known as the Reform Party USA or the Reform Party, is a centrist political party in the United States, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot. Perot believed Americans were disillusioned with the state of politics as being corrupt and unable to deal with vital issues. After he received 18.9 percent of the popular vote as an independent candidate in the 1992 presidential election, he founded the Reform Party and presented it as a viable alternative to Republicans and Democrats. As the Reform Party presidential nominee, Perot won 8.4 percent of the popular vote in the 1996 presidential election. Although he did not receive a single electoral vote, no other third-party or independent candidate has since managed to receive as high a share of the popular vote. The party has nominated other presidential candidates over the years, including Pat Buchanan and Ralph Nader. Its most significant victory came when Jesse Ventura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi's 4th Congressional District
Mississippi's 4th congressional district covers the southeastern region of the state. It includes all of Mississippi's Gulf Coast, stretching ninety miles between the Alabama border to the east and the Louisiana border to the west, and extends north into the Pine Belt region. It includes three of Mississippi's four most heavily populated cities: Gulfport, Biloxi, and Hattiesburg. Other major cities within the district include Bay St. Louis, Laurel, and Pascagoula. The people of the Mississippi's 4th are currently represented by Republican Steven Palazzo. During the 111th Congress, MS-4, along with Texas's 17th congressional district, was the most Republican district in the nation to be represented by a Democrat, with a Cook PVI of R+20. However, on November 2, 2010, the Democratic incumbents of both districts were defeated by their respective Republican challengers. State Representative Steven Palazzo defeated Democrat Gene Taylor by a 5% vote differential. From statehood t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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