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Columbia is a city in and the county seat of Marion County,Mississippi,United States. Formed six years before Mississippi was admitted to statehood,Columbia was named for Columbia,South Carolina,from which many of the early settlers had migrated. The population was 5,864 as of the 2020 census,down from 6,582 in 2010.
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.
Roger Frederick Wicker is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Mississippi,a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party,Wicker was a Mississippi State Senator from 1988 to 1995 and the U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 1st congressional district from 1995 until 2007.
The Council of Conservative Citizens is an American white supremacist organization. Founded in 1985,it advocates white nationalism,and supports some paleoconservative causes. In the organization's statement of principles,it states that they "oppose all efforts to mix the races of mankind".
Gary Eugene Taylor is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 2011 and previously a member of the Mississippi Senate from 1983 to 1989. He was defeated for re-election in 2010 by State Representative Steven Palazzo. In 2014,he changed his long-time membership from the Democratic Party,becoming a Republican. The same year,he ran for election against Palazzo to return to the House of Representatives. Securing only 43 percent of the vote,Taylor lost in the primary.
Charles Willis"Chip" Pickering Jr. is an American businessman and former politician who has served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Incompas since 2014.
William Meyers Colmer was an American politician from Mississippi.
Erik Robert Fleming is an American politician who was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives representing the 72nd District from 1999 to 2008. He has been the Democratic nominee twice for one of the state's two U.S. Senate seats. He faced incumbent Republican Thad Cochran in the November 4,2008 general election,and was defeated. Erik was the Director of Policy with the Mississippi chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He now resides in the metro Atlanta area and continues to advocate for African American issues as the host of the podcast,A Moment with Erik Fleming.
Nicholas A. "Nic" Lott,is the first black student to have been elected student body president at the University of Mississippi at Oxford. Lott defeated five other candidates in the race at an institution once characterized by its strong support of segregation.
The 2006 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held November 7,2006. Incumbent Republican Trent Lott won re-election to a fourth term.
Lott as a surname or given name may refer to:
Charles Wayne Dowdy is an American politician,lawyer and jurist from Mississippi. He was first elected in a 1981 special election and served four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989. He later served as chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party.
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District is a public school system based in Pascagoula,Mississippi.
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The 2008 congressional elections in Mississippi were held on November 4,2008 to determine who will represent the state of Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives. The primary election for candidates seeking the nomination of the Republican Party or the Democratic Party was held on March 11,with a run-off being held for the Republican nomination in the first and third districts,and for the Democratic nomination in the first district.
The 1988 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 8,1988. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John C. Stennis decided to retire instead of seeking a seventh full term. Republican Trent Lott won the open seat,becoming the first of his party to win this seat since 1874.
Joey Hood is a Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Ackerman,Mississippi. Hood attended the French Camp Academy in French Camp,Mississippi,and received a history and political science degree from Mississippi State University. He then worked for Republican senator Trent Lott in Washington D.C. Hood later returned to Mississippi to study at the Mississippi College School of Law and became a law clerk and attorney.
The 2019 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2019,to choose the next governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Governor Phil Bryant was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. The Democratic Party nominated incumbent Attorney General Jim Hood,the only Democrat holding statewide office in Mississippi;the Republican Party nominated incumbent Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves. In the general election,Reeves defeated Hood by a margin of 5.08%,with Reeves significantly underperforming Donald Trump,who won the state by 17 points in 2016.
Jodi Lott is an American politician who has served in the Georgia House of Representatives from the 122nd district since 2015.
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- ↑ "Hank Lott". Ballotpedia . Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ↑ "Hank Lott". Mississippi House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
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