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| | '''William Franklin Kinkade''', known as '''Bill Kinkade''' (born 1957), is a [[business]]man from Byhalia, [[Mississippi]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 52 in DeSoto and Marshall counties in the northwestern portion of his state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/kinkade.xml|title=Bill Kinkade|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> | | '''William Franklin Kinkade''', known as '''Bill Kinkade''' (born 1957), is a [[business]]man from Byhalia, [[Mississippi]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 52 in DeSoto and Marshall counties in the northwestern portion of his state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/kinkade.xml|title=Bill Kinkade|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | Kinkade graduated from Orange High School in Orange, [[California]], and attended the University of New Mexico at [[Albuquerque]], years unspecified. He was a security police officer in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1975 to 1978. Since 2006, he has been the vice president for operations and sales for Champion Awards and Apparel, a company which first employed Kinkade in 1988.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=|title=Bill Kinkade's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> | + | Kinkade graduated from Orange High School in Orange, [[California]], and attended the University of New Mexico at [[Albuquerque]], years unspecified. He was a security police officer in the [[United States Air Force]] from 1975 to 1978. Since 2006, he has been the vice president for operations and sales for Champion Awards and Apparel, a company which first employed Kinkade in 1988.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/143589/bill-kinkade#.Wd7Sr7pFzb0|title=Bill Kinkade's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> |
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| | Kinkade's House service began in 2012, when he succeeded fellow Republican Tommy L. Woods, who resigned early in his term after suffering a stroke.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 12, 2017}]</ref> He was unopposed for a full term in the [[general election]] held on November 3, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref> | | Kinkade's House service began in 2012, when he succeeded fellow Republican Tommy L. Woods, who resigned early in his term after suffering a stroke.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=Election Returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 12, 2017}]</ref> He was unopposed for a full term in the [[general election]] held on November 3, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref> |