Melanie Sojourner
Melanie Sojourner (born January 5, 1968) is an American politician from the state of Mississippi.[1] She serves in the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 37th district. She is a member of the Republican Party.[2]
Melanie Sojourner | |
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Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 37th district | |
Assumed office January 7, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Bob Dearing |
In office January 3, 2012 – January 5, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Bob Dearing |
Succeeded by | Bob Dearing |
Personal details | |
Born | Centreville, Mississippi, U.S. | January 5, 1968
Political party | Republican |
Relations | Albert Boyd Sojourner (great-grandfather) |
Residence(s) | Natchez, Mississippi, U.S. |
Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
Website | www |
She was born in Centreville, Mississippi, and was raised in Kingston, Mississippi.[3] She is the great-granddaughter of Albert Boyd Sojourner, who was in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1916.[3]
She attended Adams County Christian School, which was founded as a segregation academy and uses the Confederate flag as its symbol, and has enrolled her daughter there. She opposed the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the Flag of Mississippi.[5]
Sojourner graduated from Louisiana State University. She then worked for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association for eight years, and then as a 4-H associate for Mississippi State University.[6]
Sojourner defeated Bob Dearing in the 2011 elections to serve in the State Senate.[7] She served as the campaign manager for Chris McDaniel's 2014 U.S. Senate campaign.[8] Sojourner lost her reelection bid to Dearing in the 2015 elections.[9] She was elected back to the Senate in the 2019 elections.[10]
References
- Reid J. Epstein. "Mississippi Senate Results to Be Certified Monday". WSJ. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- "Mississippi's revolution may be just starting". POLITICO. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- Guajardo, Rod (February 20, 2014). "Southwest Mississippi Legislators: Sojourner willing to serve Miss. citizens". The Natchez Democrat. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- Ashton Pittman. "MS Senator: Romney's call to remove Confederate flag is "what's wrong with society"". Deep South Daily. Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- "Sojourner joins Stedman Realtors as associate - Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper". Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- "All votes in, Sojourner wins - Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper". Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- "In Mississippi, Senate hopeful McDaniel embodies what GOP fears about tea party". Washington Post. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- Gates, Jimmie E. "Sojourner: Shy of votes to keep District 37 Senate seat". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- "Sojourner, Mims, Cockerham win election to Legislature seats". Natchez Democrat. Retrieved January 19, 2020.