Joey Hood | |
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Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the 35th district | |
Assumed office January 2012 | |
Preceded by | Dannie Reed [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | Amory,Mississippi,U.S. | December 11,1976
Political party | Republican |
Joey Hood (born December 11,1976) 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. [2] He then worked for Republican senator Trent Lott in Washington D.C. [2] Hood later returned to Mississippi to study at the Mississippi College School of Law and became a law clerk and attorney. [2] [3]
On August 2,2011,Hood won a Republican primary election and stood as his party's candidate for District 35. [4] No Democrat ran against him and Hood easily defeated the Libertarian candidate in the November 8,2011 general election. [5]