Madison is the 11th most populous city in Mississippi,United States,located in Madison County,13 miles (21 km) north of the state capital,Jackson. The population was 27,747 at the 2020 census,up from 24,149 in 2010. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Ridgeland is a city in Madison County,Mississippi,United States. The population was 24,340 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Jackson metropolitan area.
Belhaven University is a private evangelical Christian university in Jackson,Mississippi. Founded in 1883,the university offers traditional majors,programs of general studies,and pre-professional programs in Christian Ministry,Medicine,Dentistry,Law,and Nursing.
David Ronald Musgrove is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 62nd governor of Mississippi from 2000 to 2004. A Democrat,he previously served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 1996 to 2000. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2008 special election for one of Mississippi's seats in the United States Senate,losing to incumbent Senator Roger Wicker. Musgrove is a principal at a public affairs consulting firm,Politics. In 2014,he became founding partner of a new law firm in Jackson,Mississippi,Musgrove/Smith Law. As of 2024,he is the most recent Democrat to hold the office of Governor of Mississippi.
Fielding Lewis Wright was an American politician who served as the 19th lieutenant governor and 49th and 50th governor of Mississippi. During the 1948 presidential election he served as the vice presidential nominee of the States' Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrats) alongside presidential nominee Strom Thurmond. During his political career he fought to maintain racial segregation,fighting with President Harry S. Truman over civil rights legislation,and holding other racist views.
Jonathan Tate Reeves is an American politician serving since 2020 as the 65th governor of Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party,Reeves served as the 32nd lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020 and as the 53rd Mississippi State Treasurer from 2004 to 2012.
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.
BeyondTrust(formerly Symark) is an American company that develops,markets,and supports a family of privileged identity management / access management (PIM/PAM),privileged remote access,and vulnerability management products for UNIX,Linux,Windows and macOS operating systems.
Mary Hawkins Butler has served since 1981 as the Republican Party mayor of Madison in suburban Jackson,Mississippi. She is serving her tenth consecutive four-year term. First elected to office at age twenty-eight,she is among the longest-serving mayors in the United States.
Philip Anthony Gunn is an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi. A member of the Republican Party,Gunn was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives and represented the 56th district. He served in the Mississippi House beginning in 2004 and became Speaker in 2012. Gunn was the first Republican to serve as Speaker of the Mississippi House since 1976. He left office in 2024.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi were held on Tuesday,November 6,2018,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the U.S. state of Mississippi;one from each of the state's four congressional districts. Primaries were held on June 5,2018. The elections and primaries coincided with the elections and primaries of other federal and state offices.
Michael Patrick Guest is an American attorney and Republican politician. He has represented Mississippi's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2019. He became the ranking member of the United States House Committee on Ethics upon the August 2022 death of Jackie Walorski,and became its chair in the 118th Congress after Republicans won a House majority that November.
Barbara Anita Blackmon is an American lawyer and politician who served in the Mississippi State Senate,representing the 21st district from 1992 to 2004 and from 2016 to 2024. She was also the Democratic Party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 2003,losing to Amy Tuck.
Shane Barnett is an American politician who has served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 86th district since 2016.
Kathy L. Chism is an American politician,serving in the Mississippi State Senate from the 3rd district since 2020.
Shanda M. Yates is an American politician,representing the 64th district in the Mississippi House of Representatives since 2020. She is an Independent.
William Tracy Arnold is an American politician,representing the 3rd district in the Mississippi House of Representatives since 2012.
Thelma Williams Farr Baxter was an American politician,schoolteacher,and business owner who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1950 to 1956. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected after running unopposed to fill the seat vacated by her late husband,Paul Farr,who had died in a car accident. She ran for re-election the following year against four primary opponents;after no candidate received a majority of the vote,a runoff election was held,which Farr won. After leaving office in 1956,she continued to teach English and managed a family business.
Shane Aguirre is an American accountant and Republican politician. He is a current member of the Mississippi House of Representatives,having represented the state's 17th House district since 2016.
Kent McCarty is an American business owner and politician,representing the 101st District in the Mississippi House of Representatives since 2019.
