Jenifer Burrage Branning (born March 13, 1979) is an American lawyer and politician. She serves as a Republican member of the

Mississippi State Senate The Mississippi Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate, along with the lower Mississippi House of Representatives, convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol ...

Early life

Jenifer Branning was born on March 13, 1979. Her family has lived in

Neshoba County, Mississippi Neshoba County is located in the central part of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,087. Its county seat is Philadelphia. It was named after ''Nashoba'', a Choctaw chief. His name means "wolf" in the ...

for five generations. Her grandfather was

Olen Lovell Burrage Olen Lavelle Burrage (March 16, 1930 – March 15, 2013) was a Mississippi farmer and businessman. He was alleged to have been linked to the murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner who were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in June 1964. The bodies ...

who was involved in the 1964 Freedom Summer Murders. Branning graduated from

Mississippi State University Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Unive ...

, where she received a bachelor of arts degree. She received a juris doctor from the

Mississippi College School of Law Mississippi College School of Law is an American Bar Association accredited law school. MC Law is one of only two law schools in the state of Mississippi, and is the only law school in the capital city of Jackson, Mississippi. The school is a prof ...

in 2004.

Career

Branning is a lawyer in Philadelphia, Mississippi. In 2015, she ran to win state senator Giles Ward's seat. She has served as a Republican member of the

since January 2016, where she represents District 18, including parts of Leake County, Neshoba County, and Winston County.

Personal life

Branning has a husband, Chancy. She is a Christian.

References

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