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American politician (born 1954)
Phil Bryant
64th Governor of Mississippi
In office January 10, 2012 – January 14, 2020
Lieutenant
Tate Reeves
Preceded by
Haley Barbour
Succeeded by
Tate Reeves
31st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
In office January 10, 2008 – January 10, 2012
Governor
Haley Barbour
Preceded by
Amy Tuck
Succeeded by
Tate Reeves
40th Auditor of Mississippi
In office November 1996 – January 10, 2008
Governor
Kirk Fordice Ronnie Musgrove Haley Barbour
Preceded by
Steve Patterson
Succeeded by
Stacey Pickering
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Hinds County
In office 1991–1996
Personal details
Born
Dewey Phillip Bryant
(1954-12-09) December 9, 1954 (age 69) Moorhead, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Deborah Hays
(m. 1976)
Children
2
Education
Hinds Community College University of Southern Mississippi (BA) Mississippi College (MA)
Dewey Phillip Bryant (born December 9, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 64th governor of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020.[1][2] A member of the Republican Party, he was the 31st lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 2008 to 2012 and 40th state auditor of Mississippi from 1996 to 2008. Bryant was elected governor in 2011, defeating the Democratic nominee Mayor Johnny DuPree of Hattiesburg. He was re-elected in 2015, defeating Democratic nominee Robert Gray.
^"Phil Bryant (b. 1954)". The Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
^"About Governor Bryant – Mississippi's 64th Governor, Phil Bryant". Governorbryant.com. January 12, 2016. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
ineligible to seek a third term in the 2019 gubernatorial election. In 2015, PhilBryant refused to support legislation to change the flag of Mississippi to remove...
2011. "Who Is Lucky Enough To Make Phil Jackson's All-Insult Team?". ESPN. May 17, 2010. Lazenby 2006, p.423 "Bryant, Artest rally Lakers to 16th championship"...
Kobe Bean Bryant (/ˈkoʊbi/ KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his...
role in connecting VanLandingham with Mississippi Governor PhilBryant. Later messages Bryant not only agreed to use welfare money as a source for project...
to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Republican Governor PhilBryant ran for re-election to a second and final term in office. This is the...
Lieutenant Governor PhilBryant defeated the Democratic nominee, Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree. Sworn in on January 10, 2012, Bryant became only the third...
Mississippi Today. October 26, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2020. PhilBryant [@PhilBryantMS] (June 25, 2020). "I was proud as Governor to add 'In God We...
November general election, he was elected lieutenant governor, succeeding PhilBryant, who was elected to his first term as governor. Reeves ran without Democratic...
Democratic Governor Ronnie Musgrove. Republican governors Barbour and PhilBryant reappointed Epps on January 13, 2004 and January 11, 2012, respectively...
introduced MCEC's founders to top state welfare officials. Former Governor PhilBryant is also involved in the scandal. On May 4, 2020, an audit in Favre's...
office in the Deep South. He was appointed to the position by Governor PhilBryant in July 2018 and was subsequently elected without opposition in 2019...
Kristopher Lee Bryant (born January 4, 1992), nicknamed "KB", is an American professional baseball third baseman and outfielder for the Colorado Rockies...
for reelection as lieutenant governor in 2007. She was succeeded by PhilBryant on January 10, 2008. In October 2007 it was announced that Tuck would...
Republican Bobby Jindal in Louisiana, while Republicans re-elected incumbent PhilBryant in Mississippi and picked up the seat of term-limited Democrat Steve...
Governor Bryant may refer to: C. Farris Bryant (1914–2002), 34th Governor of Florida PhilBryant (born 1954), 64th Governor of Mississippi Governor Bryan...
senator Thad Cochran resigned due to health concerns. Mississippi Governor PhilBryant appointed Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith to fill the vacancy. Hyde-Smith...
2019, to choose the next Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Governor PhilBryant was ineligible to run for a third term due to term limits. The Democratic...
preliminary injunction blocking the rest of HB 1523. On July 7, 2016, Governor PhilBryant filed an appeal against Judge Reeves' preliminary injunction. On July...
Governor PhilBryant; former New Orleans Federal Reserve Board Chairman Dave Dennis; and Pearl River County District Supervisor Hudson Holliday. Bryant won...
and Cultural Ambassador of Mississippi by that state's then-governor PhilBryant. Stephen Thomas Azar was born April 11, 1964, as one of five children...
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