Michael McLendon
{{short description|American politician}}
{{About|the Mississippi politician|the murderer|Geneva County shootings}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Michael McLendon
| state_senate = Mississippi State
| district = 1st
| alma_mater = Northwest Mississippi Community College
Memphis State University
| birth_name = Michael Warren McLendon
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|11|14}}
| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.
| children = 2
| party = Republican Party
| termstart1 = January 7, 2020
| predecessor1 = Chris Massey
| occupation = Politician, insurance producer
| image =
}}
Michael McLendon (born November 14, 1963) is an American politician and insurance producer who has served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 1st district since 2020.
Early life and education
McLendon was born in Dallas, Texas and later moved to Tennessee, where he attended Oakhaven Baptist Academy in Memphis. He graduated from Northwest Mississippi Community College and Memphis State University.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Michael McLendon |url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/mclendon.xml |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 15, 2021 |website=Mississippi State Legislature |publisher=}}
Career
McLendon worked as an insurance agent for Farm Bureau Insurance of Mississippi for 19 years, before later joining Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance in 2013. In the same year, he ran for the Hernando City Council and became a councilmember for Ward 4.{{Cite web |title=Senate District 1: Michael W. McLendon |url=https://www.mspubliceducationpac.com/mclendon1 |access-date=March 31, 2024 |website=Mississippi Public Education PAC |language=en}}
In 2019, he ran for election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 1, which represents part of DeSoto county. He finished second in the Republican primary and came first in the Republican primary runoff election. He won the general election uncontested.{{Cite web |title=Michael McLendon |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Michael_McLendon |access-date=October 8, 2020 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}} He ran uncontested in 2023.{{Cite news |date=November 7, 2023 |title=Mississippi Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/07/us/elections/results-mississippi.html |access-date=March 31, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
For the 2024 session, he serves as the Chair for the State Library Committee and is a member of Insurance, Appropriations, Education, Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res, Gaming, Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs, and Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Personal life
He is a member of the Methodist Church. He is married to Vickey Blythe McLendon and has two children, Dr. Hunter McLendon and Sadler McLendon.
References
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Category:American businesspeople in insurance
Category:Mississippi city council members
Category:Republican Party Mississippi state senators
Category:21st-century members of the Mississippi Legislature