Jeffrey Hulum III | |
State: | Mississippi |
District: | 119th |
State House: | Mississippi |
Term Start: | August 5, 2022 |
Predecessor: | Sonya Williams-Barnes |
Birth Date: | July 23, 1976 |
Birth Place: | Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Jeffrey Hulum III (born July 23, 1976) is an American politician who is currently serving in the Mississippi House of Representatives from Mississippi's 119th House of Representatives district, a district based in the city of Gulfport. He was elected in a 2022 special election. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Hulum was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, on July 23, 1976.[1]
In the 2019 Mississippi House of Representatives election, Hulum unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Democrat Sonya Williams-Barnes in Mississippi's 119th House of Representatives district, losing in the Democratic primary.[2]
In May 2022, Williams-Barnes resigned from the district to join the Southern Poverty Law Center, triggering a special election.[3] The election was held on July 19, 2022. Hulum won against fellow Democrat Gary Fredericks by a large margin.