David Blount

David Blount
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 29th district
In office
2008–
Personal details
Born (1967-07-19) July 19, 1967
Jackson, Mississippi
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Katie Blount
Children Susanna and Charley Blount
Residence Jackson, Mississippi
Alma mater Davidson College, University of Virginia
Occupation Commercial real estate
Religion Episcopalian

David Blount is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate, representing the 29th District since 2008. His present term of office is to end in 2020.

Prior to being a state senator, he was employed at the office of the Secretary of State of Mississippi. (Eric Clark was then the Secretary of State.) In 2007, he defeated two other Democratic opponents to win the Democratic nomination for Senate seat #29 in Hinds County. He went on to defeat the incumbent senator, Richard White. Blount was re-elected in 2011 with 69 percent of the vote over a Republican opponent, and again in 2015 with 79 percent of the vote.

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