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.

External links

Mississippi State Senate - David Blount official government website
Project Vote Smart - Senator David Blount (MS) profile
Follow the Money - David Blount
- 2007 campaign contributions

Members of the Mississippi State Senate

President of the Senate: Tate Reeves (R) President pro Tempore: Terry Burton (R)

Chris Massey (R) David Parker (R) Nickey Browning (R) Rita Potts Parks (R) J. P. Wilemon (D) Chad McMahan (R) Hob Bryan (D) Russell Jolly (D) Gray Tollison (R) Bill Stone (D) Robert L. Jackson (D) Derrick Simmons (D) Willie Lee Simmons (D) Lydia Chassaniol (R) Gary Jackson (R) Angela Turner (D) Terry W. Brown (R) Jenifer Branning (R) Kevin Blackwell (R) Josh Harkins (R) Barbara Blackmon (D) Eugene S. Clarke (R) Briggs Hopson (R) David Lee Jordan (D) Will Longwitz (R) John A. Horhn (D) Hillman Terome Frazier (D) Sollie Norwood (D) David Blount (D) Dean Kirby (R) Terry Clark Burton (R) Sampson Jackson II (D) Videt Carmichael (R) Juan Barnett (D) Chris Caughman (R) Albert Butler (D) Bob Dearing (D) Tammy Witherspoon (D) Sally Doty (R) Angela Burks Hill (R) Joey Fillingane (R) Chris McDaniel (R) Dennis DeBar (R) John A. Polk (R) Billy Hudson (R) Philip Moran (R) Joseph Seymour (R) Deborah Jeanne Dawkins (D) Sean Tindell (R) Tommy Gollott (R) Michael Watson (R) Brice Wiggins (R)

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