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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Brad A. Touchstone
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 101 (Lamar County)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Toby Barker
| succeeded=
| birth_date=September 19, 1979
| birth_place=Hattiesburg, [[Mississippi]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Janice Burke Touchstone
| children=Ryleigh Jane Touchstone
| alma_mater=Oak Grove High School<br>
Pearl River Community College<br>
Millsaps College<br>
Mississippi College School of Law
| occupation=[[Lawyer]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| residence=Hattiesburg, Mississippi
}}
'''Brad A. Touchstone''' (born September 19, 1979) is a [[lawyer]] from his native Hattiesburg, [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 101 in Lamar County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/touchstone.xml|title=Brad Touchstone|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Touchstone graduated from Oak Grove High School in Hattiesburg and attended Pearl River Community College in Poplarville, Mississippi. He received bachelor's (2002) and master's (2004) degrees in business administration from Millsaps College in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. In 2009, he graduated from the Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson. A practicing attorney since 2009, he is a former Lamar County prosecutor. Since 2014, he has been in the Hattiesburg firm, Nelson Touchstone. He is a member of large Temple [[Baptist]] Church in Hattiesburg.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156373/brad-touchstone#.WeEsxbpFzb0|title=Brad Touchstone's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Touchstone ran unopposed in the 2015 Republican [[primary]] and [[general election]] for House District 101.<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 13, 2017}}</ref> The seat was vacated by the Republican Toby Barker. In 2011, Barker had defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] David Cook, 3,957 (65.9 percent) to 2,049 (34.1 percent).<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|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|date=November 8, 2011|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Touchstone sits on these House committees: (1) Insurance (vice chairman), (2) Drug Policy, (3) Education, (4) Judiciary A, (5) Public Health and Human Services, (6) Public Utilities, (7) Revenue and Expenditure General Bills, (8) Transportation, and (9) Youth and Family Affairs.<ref name=pvs/>
Representative Touchstone voted in 2016 against dismemberment abortions in the state. He supported the expansion of exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. 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 for the overall protection of the congregation. he supported the bill to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]]. He voted to increase identification requirement for [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156373/brad-touchstone#.WeE1TbpFzb0|title=Brad Touchstone's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
*[[Dan Eubanks]]
*[[Robert Foster]]
*[[Ashley Henley]]
*[[Rob Roberson]]
*[[Karl Oliver]]
*[[Bill Kinkade]]
*[[Vince Mangold]]
*[[Brent Powell]]
*[[Cory Wilson]]
*[[William Shirley]]
*[[Shane Barnett]]
*[[Chris Johnson]]
*[[Noah Sanford]]
*[[Timmy Ladner]]
*[[Patricia Willis]]
*[[Roun McNeal]]
==References==
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| name=Brad A. Touchstone
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 101 (Lamar County)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Toby Barker
| succeeded=
| birth_date=September 19, 1979
| birth_place=Hattiesburg, [[Mississippi]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Janice Burke Touchstone
| children=Ryleigh Jane Touchstone
| alma_mater=Oak Grove High School<br>
Pearl River Community College<br>
Millsaps College<br>
Mississippi College School of Law
| occupation=[[Lawyer]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| residence=Hattiesburg, Mississippi
}}
'''Brad A. Touchstone''' (born September 19, 1979) is a [[lawyer]] from his native Hattiesburg, [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 101 in Lamar County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/touchstone.xml|title=Brad Touchstone|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Touchstone graduated from Oak Grove High School in Hattiesburg and attended Pearl River Community College in Poplarville, Mississippi. He received bachelor's (2002) and master's (2004) degrees in business administration from Millsaps College in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. In 2009, he graduated from the Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson. A practicing attorney since 2009, he is a former Lamar County prosecutor. Since 2014, he has been in the Hattiesburg firm, Nelson Touchstone. He is a member of large Temple [[Baptist]] Church in Hattiesburg.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156373/brad-touchstone#.WeEsxbpFzb0|title=Brad Touchstone's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Touchstone ran unopposed in the 2015 Republican [[primary]] and [[general election]] for House District 101.<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 13, 2017}}</ref> The seat was vacated by the Republican Toby Barker. In 2011, Barker had defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] David Cook, 3,957 (65.9 percent) to 2,049 (34.1 percent).<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|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|date=November 8, 2011|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Touchstone sits on these House committees: (1) Insurance (vice chairman), (2) Drug Policy, (3) Education, (4) Judiciary A, (5) Public Health and Human Services, (6) Public Utilities, (7) Revenue and Expenditure General Bills, (8) Transportation, and (9) Youth and Family Affairs.<ref name=pvs/>
Representative Touchstone voted in 2016 against dismemberment abortions in the state. He supported the expansion of exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. 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 for the overall protection of the congregation. he supported the bill to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]]. He voted to increase identification requirement for [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156373/brad-touchstone#.WeE1TbpFzb0|title=Brad Touchstone's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
*[[Dan Eubanks]]
*[[Robert Foster]]
*[[Ashley Henley]]
*[[Rob Roberson]]
*[[Karl Oliver]]
*[[Bill Kinkade]]
*[[Vince Mangold]]
*[[Brent Powell]]
*[[Cory Wilson]]
*[[William Shirley]]
*[[Shane Barnett]]
*[[Chris Johnson]]
*[[Noah Sanford]]
*[[Timmy Ladner]]
*[[Patricia Willis]]
*[[Roun McNeal]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Touchstone, Brad}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]