Chuck Purgason | |
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Member of the Missouri Senate from the 33rd district | |
In office 2004–2011 | |
Succeeded by | Mike Cunningham |
Chuck Purgason (born May 19,1960) was an American politician from the state of Missouri. A Republican,Purgason was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 2010 losing the Republican primary to then-U.S. Congressman Roy Blunt.
Purgason was born in West Plains,Missouri,and graduated from West Plains High School in 1978. He is married to Janet Purgason and they have three children:Robert,Tracey,and Cory. He is the founder and owner of Ozark Awards,Ozark Wings Hatchery and Hunting Preserve,and is a resident of Caulfield,Missouri.
He was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1996 through 2004,serving as his party's Majority Whip. He was first elected to the Missouri State Senate in 2004.
Shannon County is a county in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census,the population was 8,441. Its county seat is Eminence. The county was officially organized on January 29,1841,and was named in honor of George F. "Peg-Leg" Shannon,a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It is the second-largest county by area in Missouri.
Ozark County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census,the population was 8,553. The largest city and county seat is Gainesville. The county was organized as Ozark County,named after the Ozark Mountains,on January 29,1841. It was renamed Decatur County,after Commodore Stephen Decatur,from 1843 to 1845,after which the name Ozark County was restored.
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Howell County is a county located in the southern portion of Missouri. As of the 2010 census,the population was 40,400. The largest city and county seat is West Plains. The county was officially organized on March 2,1851,and is named after Josiah Howell,a pioneer settler in the Howell Valley.
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