Birth Date: | 11 December 1976 |
State House: | Mississippi |
District: | 35th |
Termstart: | January 2012 |
Predecessor: | Dannie Reed[1] |
Party: | Republican |
Birth Place: | Amory, Mississippi, U.S. |
Joey Hood (born December 11, 1976) is a Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Ackerman, Mississippi. Hood attended the French Camp Academy in French Camp, Mississippi, and received a history and political science degree from Mississippi State University.[2] He then worked for Republican senator Trent Lott in Washington D.C. Hood later returned to Mississippi to study at the Mississippi College School of Law and became a law clerk and attorney.[3]
On August 2, 2011, Hood won a Republican primary election and stood as his party's candidate for District 35.[4] No Democrat ran against him and Hood easily defeated the Libertarian candidate in the November 8, 2011 general election.[5]