Gautier is a city in Jackson County,Mississippi,United States,along the Gulf of Mexico west of Pascagoula. It is part of the Pascagoula Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 18,572 at the 2010 census,up from 11,681 at the 2000 census. In 2002,Gautier had annexed land more than doubling its area.
Chester Trent Lott Sr. is an American lobbyist,lawyer,author,and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to 2007. Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both chambers of Congress as one of the first of a wave of Republicans winning seats in Southern states that had been solidly Democratic. Later in his career,he served twice as Senate Majority Leader,and also,alternately,Senate Minority Leader. In 2003,he stepped down from the position after controversy due to his praising of Senator Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.
William Thad Cochran was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. A Republican,he previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978.
Bennie Gordon Thompson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party,Thompson served as the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023. He was both the first Democrat and the first African American to chair the committee. He is the dean of Mississippi's congressional delegation since 2018 after Thad Cochran left Congress,as well as its only Democrat.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast,also known as Mississippi Coast,Mississippi Gulf Coast region,Coastal Mississippi,and The Coast,is the area of Mississippi along the Mississippi Sound at the northern extreme of the Gulf of Mexico.
Kwame Raoul is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Karen Eileen Spilka is an American politician and attorney serving as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate. She represents the towns of Ashland,Framingham,Holliston,Hopkinton,Medway and Natick in the MetroWest region of Massachusetts. She has served as the 95th President of the Massachusetts Senate since July 2018. Previously she served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2001 to 2005.
William Gardner Hewes III is an American Republican politician. He is the mayor of Gulfport,Mississippi and the former President pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate.
The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission is a Nigerian agency that was inaugurated on 29/9/2000 following the recommendation of President Olusegun Obasanjo. The mandate is to receive and investigate reports of corruption and in appropriate cases prosecute the offender(s),to examine,review and enforce the correction of corruption prone systems and procedures of public bodies,with a view to eliminating corruption in public life,and to educate and enlighten the public on and against corruption and related offences with a view to enlisting and fostering public support for the fight against corruption. The Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Act 2000 governs the committee's activities.
Scott Anthony Surovell is an American lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Virginia Senate,representing the 34th district,which encompasses portions of Fairfax roughly following U.S. Route 1,Kingstowne and Lorton. He previously represented the 36th district which also included portions of Prince William and Stafford counties until the 2023 redistricting and the 44th district in the Virginia House of Delegates. He is a Democrat.
Elgie R. Sims Jr. is the Illinois state Senator for the 17th district. The 17th district includes the Chatham neighborhoods of Chicago along with the all or parts of Burnham,Calumet City,Lansing,Ford Heights,Lynwood,Sauk Village,Beecher,Manteno,and Grant Park.
Justin Quincy Slaughter is an American politician and retired college basketball player. Slaughter has served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 27th district,which consists of portions of Chicago and neighboring communities.
Sally Doty is an American attorney and politician who served as the Republican member of the Mississippi Senate,representing the 39th District from 2012 to 2020.
David M. Ishee is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi.
Nicole Akins Boyd is an American attorney,business woman,teacher,volunteer,and politician. She is a Republican who has served the 9th district in the Mississippi State Senate since 2020.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi were held on November 8,2022,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Mississippi,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Jeremy Thomas England is an American politician serving in the Mississippi State Senate from the 51st district since 2020.
Isaac Leon Brown is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head coach at Wichita State.
Perrin H. Purvis was an American businessman and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1964 to 1988.
Walter Michael Ezell is a former American law enforcement officer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 4th congressional district since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party.
