Jay Mosley is an American politician serving as a member of the

Missouri House of Representatives The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...

from the 68th district. Elected in November 2016, he assumed office in January 2017.

Early life and education

Mosley was born and raised in

Sacramento, California ) , image_map = Sacramento County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sacramento Highlighted.svg , mapsize = 250x200px , map_caption = Location within Sacramento C ...

. After graduating from

Rio Linda High School Rio Linda High School is a high school located in Rio Linda, Sacramento, California, United States. It has an enrollment of 2,035 students. It is part of the Twin Rivers Unified School District, and was formerly part of the Grant Unified School ...

, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in leisure studies and therapeutic recreation from

Grambling State University Grambling State University (GSU, Grambling, or Grambling State) is a public historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African American Heritage ...

Career

From 2004 to 2009, Mosley served as a firefighter in

Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emer ...

. Since 2012, he has worked as a shuttle driver. Mosley was elected to the

in November 2016 and assumed office in January 2017. In the 2021–2022 legislative session, Mosely is the ranking member on the Consent and House Procedure Committee.

Electoral history

State representative

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mosley, Jay Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Politicians from Sacramento, California Grambling State University alumni Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives African-American state legislators in Missouri 21st-century African-American people Rio Linda High School alumni