Jon Ray Lancaster

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}}

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| birth_place = Amory, Mississippi, U.S.

| state_house = Mississippi

| district = 22nd

| termstart = January 7, 2020

| party = Republican (since 2021)

| predecessor = Preston E. Sullivan

| otherparty = Democratic (until 2021)

}}

Johnathan Ray Lancaster is an American politician currently serving in the Mississippi House of Representatives, having first been elected in 2019. He is a Republican.

Biography

Jonathan Ray Lancaster was born in Amory, Mississippi.{{Cite web|title=Johnathan Ray Lancaster|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/lancaster.xml|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=billstatus.ls.state.ms.us}} He has graduated from Houston High School. In 2019, he was elected to represent Mississippi's 22nd House district as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives for the 2020–2024 term.{{Cite web|title=Jon Lancaster|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Jon_Lancaster|access-date=May 31, 2021|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}} He was inaugurated on January 7, 2020. Jon Lancaster switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party in November 2021.{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=1st-term Mississippi rep jumps from Democrat to Republican |url=https://www.wtok.com/2021/11/01/1st-term-mississippi-rep-jumps-democrat-republican/ |access-date=March 31, 2022 |website=Wtok.com |date=November 2021 |language=en}}

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