Bobby Shows
Appearance
Bobby Shows | |
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Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 89th district | |
In office January 1992 – July 2016 | |
Succeeded by | Donnie Scoggin |
Personal details | |
Born | Laurel, Mississippi, United States | August 28, 1938
Died | January 20, 2019 Ellisville, Mississippi | (aged 80)
Political party | Democratic (before 2010) Republican (2010-2019) |
Spouse | Sandra Odom |
Residence | Ellisville, Mississippi |
Profession | Businessman |
Clebern Hilburn "Bobby" Shows Jr. (August 28, 1938 – January 20, 2019)[1] was an American Republican politician.
Shows went to the University of Southern Mississippi and was a businessman. From 1992 to 2016, served as member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 89th District.[2]
He was a Democrat until 2010, when he switched affiliation to the Republican party, justifying by saying that “The majority leader, Mr. Ellis, (said) that you can see at this time that there is no room in the Democratic Party for white conservatives, so I am here to be a white conservative Republican.”[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Former Mississippi state Rep. Bobby Shows dies at 80". thestate. Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
- ^ "Bobby Shows". Mississippi House of Representatives. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Bobby Shows". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ "Republicans playing race card 2011 Legislative session off to rocky start | The Jackson Advocate". Retrieved 2019-07-07.
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