Won
66 percent of the vote against Troy Brown in 2000
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
POLITICAL
EXPERIENCE
Mississippi
House of Representatives, 1999-present
U.S.
House of Representatives, 1972-88
COMMITTEES
COMMITTEES
Conservation
and Water Resources; Judiciary; Labor; Ports, Harbors and Airports; Transportation
Chairman,
Joint Committee on Printing; chairman, Rules and Administration; Finance; Select
Committee on Intelligence; Joint Committee on the Library; Joint Committee on
Taxation
PREVIOUS WORK
PREVIOUS
WORK
President,
Young Democrats of Mississippi, 1991-92; chairman of the Hinds County Democratic
Executive Committee, 1996-99; National Committeeman of the Young Democrats of
America, 1993-95; sergeant-at-arms of the Mississippi Senate, 1996
Attorney
BORN
BORN
Feb.
2, 1965 in Chicago
Oct.
9, 1941 in Grenada, Miss.
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
B.A.
in political science from Jackson State University, 1987
B.S.
in public administration from University of Mississippi, 1963; J.D. from University
of Mississippi, 1967
FAMILY
FAMILY
Married;
has one son and two stepsons
Married
to Tricia Lott; has two children and four grandchildren
