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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Charles Harold Busby
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 111 (Jackson County)
| term_start=January 2012
| term_end=
| preceded=Brandon Jones
| succeeded=
| birth_date=July 24, 1963
| birth_place=Laurel<br>Jones County<br>[[Mississippi]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Felicia Hillman Busby
| children=
| alma_mater=Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College<br>
University of South Alabama
| occupation=[[Engineer]]
| religion=[[Episcopalian]]
| residence=Pascagoula, Mississippi
}}
'''Charles Harold Busby''' (born July 24, 1963), is an [[engineer]] and business owner in Pascagoula on the Gulf Coast of [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 111 in Jackson County.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/busby.xml|title=Doug McLeod|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
A native of Laurel in Jones County in southeastern Mississippi, Busby studied at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston in Stone County and the University of South Alabama in Mobile, [[Alabama]]. He is affiliated with Orion Engineering, Inc., in Pascagoula.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130311/charles-busby#.WeTLSbpFzb0|title=Charles Busby's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> He is an [[Episcopalian]]. He is affiliated with the Pascagoula Rotary International, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Council of Engineering Companies, and the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref name=billstatus/>
In the [[general election]] held on November 8, 2011, Busby narrowly claimed the District 111 House seat by unseating the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Brandon Jones (born 1977), 2,978 (50.3 percent) to 2,943 (49.7 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>
In the general election four years later on November 3, 2015, Busby defeated the Democrat educator Kay Sanford Sims of Pascagoula, 3,771 (77 percent) to 1,129 (23 percent).<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 16, 2017}}</ref>
Busby sits on these House committees: (1) Transportation (chairman), (2) Appropriations, (3) Conservation and Water Resources, (4) Education, (5) Insurance, and (6) Ports, Harbors, and Airports.<ref name=pvs/>
Representative Busby voted in 2012 to require photo identification as a condition for voting in Mississippi and co-sponsored the bill to permit [[prayer]] in Mississippi public schools. In 2013, he voted to have the position of state superintendent appointed, but the House rejected the conference report on the matter. In 2014, he voted to restrict [[abortion]]s to twenty weeks of gestation and to permit "wrongful death" lawsuits when an unborn child is killed. In 2016, Busby voted against dismemberment abortions. 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 also voted to increase identification requirements for [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/130311/charles-busby#.WeTMPrpFzb0|title=Charles Busby's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 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]]
*[[Brad Touchstone]]
*[[Roun McNeal]]
*[[Doug McLeod]]
*[[Scott DeLano]]
*[[Greg Haney]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Busby, Charles}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
| name=Charles Harold Busby
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 111 (Jackson County)
| term_start=January 2012
| term_end=
| preceded=Brandon Jones
| succeeded=
| birth_date=July 24, 1963
| birth_place=Laurel<br>Jones County<br>[[Mississippi]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Felicia Hillman Busby
| children=
| alma_mater=Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College<br>
University of South Alabama
| occupation=[[Engineer]]
| religion=[[Episcopalian]]
| residence=Pascagoula, Mississippi
}}
'''Charles Harold Busby''' (born July 24, 1963), is an [[engineer]] and business owner in Pascagoula on the Gulf Coast of [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 111 in Jackson County.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/busby.xml|title=Doug McLeod|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref>
A native of Laurel in Jones County in southeastern Mississippi, Busby studied at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston in Stone County and the University of South Alabama in Mobile, [[Alabama]]. He is affiliated with Orion Engineering, Inc., in Pascagoula.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130311/charles-busby#.WeTLSbpFzb0|title=Charles Busby's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 2017}}</ref> He is an [[Episcopalian]]. He is affiliated with the Pascagoula Rotary International, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Council of Engineering Companies, and the [[National Rifle Association]].<ref name=billstatus/>
In the [[general election]] held on November 8, 2011, Busby narrowly claimed the District 111 House seat by unseating the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Brandon Jones (born 1977), 2,978 (50.3 percent) to 2,943 (49.7 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>
In the general election four years later on November 3, 2015, Busby defeated the Democrat educator Kay Sanford Sims of Pascagoula, 3,771 (77 percent) to 1,129 (23 percent).<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 16, 2017}}</ref>
Busby sits on these House committees: (1) Transportation (chairman), (2) Appropriations, (3) Conservation and Water Resources, (4) Education, (5) Insurance, and (6) Ports, Harbors, and Airports.<ref name=pvs/>
Representative Busby voted in 2012 to require photo identification as a condition for voting in Mississippi and co-sponsored the bill to permit [[prayer]] in Mississippi public schools. In 2013, he voted to have the position of state superintendent appointed, but the House rejected the conference report on the matter. In 2014, he voted to restrict [[abortion]]s to twenty weeks of gestation and to permit "wrongful death" lawsuits when an unborn child is killed. In 2016, Busby voted against dismemberment abortions. 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 also voted to increase identification requirements for [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/130311/charles-busby#.WeTMPrpFzb0|title=Charles Busby's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 16, 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]]
*[[Brad Touchstone]]
*[[Roun McNeal]]
*[[Doug McLeod]]
*[[Scott DeLano]]
*[[Greg Haney]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Busby, Charles}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]