Jackson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census,the population was 143,252,making it the fifth-most populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Pascagoula. The county was named for Andrew Jackson,general in the United States Army and afterward President of the United States. Jackson County is included in the Pascagoula,MS Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located at the southeastern tip of the state. The county has sandy soil and is in the Piney Woods area. It borders the state of Alabama on its east side. The county was severely damaged by both Hurricane Camille in August 1969 and Hurricane Katrina on August 29,2005,which caused catastrophic effects.
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.
Moss Point is a city in Jackson County,Mississippi,United States. The population was 12,147 in 2020,a decline from the figure of 13,704 in 2010. The Moss Point Historic District and several individual buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places' Jackson County listings.
Pascagoula is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County,Mississippi,United States. It is the principal city of the Pascagoula metropolitan area,and is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi–Pascagoula Combined Statistical Area and the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. The population was 22,392 at the 2010 census,down from 26,200 at the 2000 census. In 2019 the population was 21,699.
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 Meyers Colmer was an American politician from Mississippi.
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 district is currently represented by Republican Mike Ezell. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+22,it is the most Republican district in Mississippi.
Brandon C. Jones is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 111th district from 2008 to 2012.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Mississippi on November 3,2015. All of Mississippi's executive officers were up for election. Primary elections were held on August 4,2015,with primary runoffs to be held on August 25,2015 if no candidate received a majority in the primary. The filing deadline for primary ballot access was February 27.
James Andrew Gipson is an American attorney and politician who has served as the Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner since 2018. A member of the Republican Party,Gipson was appointed to the position by Governor Phil Bryant,succeeding Cindy Hyde-Smith,who was appointed to serve in the U.S. Senate. He was elected to a full term in 2019 with 59% of the vote and won reelection in 2023 with 58% of the vote.
Thomas Edward King,Jr. is an American politician. A Republican,he served for nearly two decades in the Mississippi Legislature before successfully running for the Southern District seat on the Mississippi Transportation Commission in 2011. He retired from the position in 2023.
Cory Todd Wilson is an American attorney and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2020. A member of the Republican Party,Wilson was previously a judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals and a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
Wayne Oliver Burkes was an American politician,Baptist minister,and military officer.
Shanda M. Yates is an American politician,representing the 64th district in the Mississippi House of Representatives since 2020. She is an Independent.
De'Keither Stamps is an American politician serving as a member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission. He previously served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 66th district as a Democrat from 2020 to 2024. He ran for the 2023 election to the Mississippi Public Service Commission for the Central District,defeating Republican incumbent Brent Bailey in a rematch of their 2019 race. He assumed office in 2024.
Joseph Tubb is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 87th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on December 8,2020.
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.
The Mississippi Transportation Commission is a government agency in the U.S. state of Mississippi which is responsible for overseeing the Mississippi Department of Transportation,overseeing the transportation industry,and formulating state transportation policy. It is the only popularly-elected state transportation board in the United States.
Dane Maxwell is an American businessman and Mississippi politician,serving on the Mississippi Public Service Commission from 2019 to 2023. Prior to that,he was the Mayor of Pascagoula,Mississippi.
Dick Hall was a Mississippi politician who served on the Mississippi Transportation Commission for the Central District from 1999 to 2019,the longest tenure of any commissioner in state history. He also served in the Mississippi State Senate and Mississippi House of Representatives for three terms each. He was a Republican.
