Michael McLendon
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 1st district
Assumed office
January 7, 2020
Preceded byChris Massey
Personal details
Born
Michael Warren McLendon

(1963-11-14) November 14, 1963
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Children2
Alma materNorthwest Mississippi Community College
Memphis State University
OccupationPolitician, insurance producer

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 and later moved to Tennessee, where he attended Oakhaven Baptist Academy in Memphis.[1] He graduated from Memphis State University, earning a degree in business and marketing.[2]

Career

McLendon worked as an insurance agent for Farm Bureau Insurance of Tennessee, before later joining Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance in 2013.[3] In the same year, he ran for the Hernando City Council and became a councilmember.[3]

In 2019, he ran for election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 1, which represents part of DeSoto county [4] He finished second in the Republican primary and came first in the Republican primary runoff election.[4] He won the general election uncontested.[4]

For the 2021 session, he serves as the Vice-Chair for the Insurance Committee and is a member on the following committees: Appropriations, Business and Financial Institutions, Education, Highways and Transportation, Municipalities, Investigate State Offices, and technology.[1]

Personal life

He is a member of the Methodist Church.[1] He is married to Vickey Blythe McLendon and has two children, Dr. Hunter McLendon and Sadler McLendon.[1]

On June 5th, 2023, McLendon was arrested in Foley, Alabama and charged with “DUI combined with substance.”[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Michael McLendon". billstatus.ls.state.ms.us. Mississippi State Senate. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Your ballot explained". www.ballotready.org. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Michael McLendon". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  5. ↑ Pender, Geoff (June 12, 2023). "State Sen. McLendon faces Alabama DUI charge". Mississippi Today. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
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