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'''Shane Aguirre''' (born December 11, 1972) is an [[accountant]] from his native Tupelo, [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 17 in Lee County in the northeastern portion of his state.<ref name=shag>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/aguirre.xml|title=Shane Aguirre|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>  

'''Shane Aguirre''' (born December 11, 1972) is an [[accountant]] from his native Tupelo, [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 17 in Lee County in the northeastern portion of his state.<ref name=shag>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/aguirre.xml|title=Shane Aguirre|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>  

Aguirre was educated at [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville with a bachelor's degree in public accounting in 1995 and the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford, from which he obtained a master's in public accounting. Since 2005, he has been the chief financial officer of Alliance Healthcare Systems,; since 2011, he has held the same position with Montgomery Enterprises, Inc. He is a member of the [[United Methodist]] denomination.<ref name=saguirre>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156337/shane-aguirre#.Wd0BwLpFzb0|title=Shane Aguirre's  Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>

Aguirre was educated at Mississippi State University in Starkville with a bachelor's degree in public accounting in 1995 and the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford, from which he obtained in 1997 a master's in public accounting. Since 2005, he has been the chief financial officer of Alliance Healthcare Systems; since 2011, he has held the same position with Montgomery Enterprises, Inc. He is a member of the [[United Methodist]] denomination.<ref name=saguirre>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156337/shane-aguirre#.Wd0BwLpFzb0|title=Shane Aguirre's  Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>

In 2015, Aguirre won the Republican nomination for House District 17 over his intra-party rival, Mark Prince. The position opened with the incumbent Republican Brian Aldridge did not seek reelection. Aguirre then won the [[general election]] with nearly 76 percent of the vote over his opponent, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Charles Penson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2015|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref> Aguirre serves on these House committees: (1) Banking and Financial Services (vice chairman), (2) Gaming, and (3) Judiciary A.<ref name=shag/>  In 2016, he voted to prohibit dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He voted to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms and to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he voted to authorize additional methods of execution in Mississippi and to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156337/shane-aguirre#.Wd0DmLpFzb0|title=Shane Aguirre's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>  

In 2015, Aguirre won the Republican nomination for House District 17 over his intra-party rival, Mark Prince. The position opened with the incumbent Republican Brian Aldridge did not seek reelection. Aguirre then won the [[general election]] with nearly 76 percent of the vote over his opponent, [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Charles Penson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2015|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref> Aguirre serves on these House committees: (1) Banking and Financial Services (vice chairman), (2) Gaming, and (3) Judiciary A.<ref name=shag/>   

 

In 2016, he voted to prohibit dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He voted to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms and to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he voted to authorize additional methods of execution in Mississippi and to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156337/shane-aguirre#.Wd0DmLpFzb0|title=Shane Aguirre's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 10, 2017}}</ref>  

==See also==

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