John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American novelist,lawyer,and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives,known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement,Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers,and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K. Rowling,Grisham is one of only three authors to have sold two million copies on the first printing.
Bude is a town in Franklin County,Mississippi,United States. The population was 1,063 at the 2010 census. Bude is located on the north bank of the Homochitto River,which bisects the county on a diagonal running from northeast to southwest,where it flows on its way to the Mississippi River. U.S. Routes 98 and 84 run by Bude.
The Mississippi Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate,along with the lower Mississippi House of Representatives,convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson.
Richard F. "Dickie" Scruggs is an American former naval aviator and disbarred trial lawyer. He is the brother-in-law of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Scruggs first came to the public eye after successfully suing the asbestos industry on behalf of ill shipyard workers. He later represented the state of Mississippi in the tobacco litigation of the 1990s. He also represented hundreds of homeowners in lawsuits against insurance companies following Hurricane Katrina,and a national class action of patients against HMOs in the early 2000s.
David Wayne Baria is an American politician,attorney,and former contractor. A trial lawyer by trade,Baria was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives representing the 122nd district until the end of the 2019 legislative session. He also served as the House Minority Leader. Baria was a member of the Mississippi Senate before he was elected to the retiring J. P. Compretta's seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives. Baria was the Democratic nominee for the 2018 United States Senate election in Mississippi.
Mark Waller is a former Colorado county commissioner as well as a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado and county level assistant district attorney. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2008,Waller had represented House District 15,which encompasses portions of northeastern Colorado Springs,Colorado. Waller also served in the US Air Force from 1993 until 2000,joining the Air Force Reserves in 2001,and following his graduation from the University of Denver Law School,he worked as an attorney prosecuting insurgents during the Iraq War;he was deployed in 2006.
Jacob Rodney Candelaria is an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the New Mexico Senate for the 26th district from 2013 to 2022. First elected in 2012 as a Democrat,he later left the party in 2021 to become an independent.
Michelle Lujan Grisham is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the 32nd governor of New Mexico. A member of the Democratic Party,Lujan Grisham previously served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2013 to 2019.
Aaron Darnell Ford is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 34th Attorney General of Nevada,since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a Nevada State Senator for the 11th district from 2013 to 2018,which encompasses parts of the Las Vegas Valley including portions of the communities of Spring Valley and Enterprise.
Derrick Terrell Simmons is an American politician and trial lawyer serving as a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for the 12th district since 2011. He is the Minority Leader of the Mississippi Senate,being elected in 2017.
David M. Gowan Sr. is an American politician who currently serves in the Arizona Senate from January 14,2019,and previously as Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives for the 2015–2017 legislative session and a Representative for Legislative District 14 from January 14,2013,to January 9,2017. Gowan served consecutively from January 2009 until January 14,2013 in the District 30 seat which redistricted into District 14 in 2012. In 2013,he was elected Majority Leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives. In 2015,Gowan was elected to serve as Speaker of the House. On October 5,2015,Gowan announced his candidacy for Arizona's 1st congressional district,but withdrew before the Republican primary.
V. Lowry Snow is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives,representing District 74 since his January 11,2012 appointment to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of David Clark. He has lived in Washington County for over 40 years and is married to former high school music educator,Sheryl Snow. They have been married for 47 years and have 6 children and 17 grandchildren. They currently reside in Santa Clara.
Whitney H. Westerfield is an American attorney,politician and a Republican member of the Kentucky Senate representing District 3 since January 8,2013. In 2015,Westerfield was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Attorney General of Kentucky,losing to Democrat Andy Beshear by a margin of 0.2 percent.
Jason Mark White is an American politician. He is the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives,being elected in 2024. He represents the 48th district,being first elected in 2011. He is a member of the Republican party.
J. P. "Jay" Hughes Jr. is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 12th District for four years,being first elected in 2015.
Sally Doty is an American attorney and politician who served as the Republican member of the Mississippi Senate,representing the 39th District from 2012 to 2020.
Nicole Akins Boyd is an American attorney,business woman,teacher,volunteer,and politician. She is a Republican who has served the 9th district in the Mississippi State Senate since 2020.
Jason Todd Barrett is an American politician,serving in the Mississippi State Senate from the 39th district since 2020.
Solomon Curtis Osborne is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 32nd district. He assumed office on March 18,2019.
Ollie Mohamed was an American store owner and politician. He was a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate in the mid-to-late 20th century and its President pro tempore in 1992.
