Tony Smith | |
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Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 47th district | |
In office January 3, 2012 –January 5, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Ezell Lee |
Succeeded by | Mike Seymour |
Personal details | |
Born | Jackson,Mississippi,U.S. | December 14,1962
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Angie |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Picayune,Mississippi |
Education | University of Southern Mississippi |
Tony L. Smith (born December 14,1962) is an American politician who served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 47th district from 2012 to 2016. A Republican,he defeated longtime incumbent Ezell Lee in the district's 2011 party primary,just months after Lee left the Democratic Party to run as a Republican. Smith previously won the Republican nomination to challenge Lee in 1999. [1]