Tom Miles (born November 3, 1979) is a former member of the

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, representing the 75th district ( Rankin County and Scott County) from 2012 to 2024. Representative Miles is now currently serving as the Chancery Clerk of Scott County. Miles is a graduate of Morton High School and

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. As a college student, Miles opened a business to pay for his own education. In 2013, Miles announced a plan to introduce truth-in-labeling laws, which would require country of origin labels for chicken. In 2019 Miles tweeted in favor of a new license plate design which includes the phrase "

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," after freedom from religion advocates threatened to sue the state over the design. Miles is a Sunday School teacher at Forest Baptist Church; a member of the Rankin, Scott, and Forest County Chambers of Commerce; the president of Friends of Roosevelt State Park; and a first responder for the Scott County Search and Rescue team. Miles chose not to run for re-election to the Mississippi of House of Representatives at the end of his term in 2023. Instead, he ran for and won the position of Chancery Clerk of Scott County.

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Living people Democratic Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives 1979 births People from Morton, Mississippi Mississippi State University alumni 21st-century American legislators {{Mississippi-politician-stub