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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Dennis Lee DeBar, Jr.
| office=Mississippi State Senator<br> for District 43 (George, Greene, and Wayne counties)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Phillip Gandy
| succeeded=
| office2=Mississippi State Representative for District 105 (Forrest, George, Greene, Perry, and Wayne counties)
| term_start2=2012
| term_end2=2016
| preceded2=James Shaun Walley
| succeeded2=[[Roun McNeal]]
| birth_date=October 25, 1971
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Kelley Porter DeBar
| children=Nathan and Leilani DeBar
| alma_mater=University of Central Florida<br>
Mississippi College School of Law
| occupation=[[Lawyer]]
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| residence=Leakesville<br>Greene County<br>[[Mississippi]]
}}
'''Dennis Lee DeBar, Jr. (born October 25, 1971), is a [[lawyer]] from Leakesville, [[Mississippi]], who has since 2016 represented District 43 in the Mississippi State Senate. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district includes George, Greene, and Wayne counties in the southeastern portion of his state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/debar.xml|title=Dennis DeBar, Jr.|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
DeBar graduated from the University of Central Florida in [[Orlando]], [[Florida]], and the Mississippi College School of Law in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. DeBar served in the [[United States Air Force]] and was stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base near Rapid City, [[South Dakota]]. He continued in the Air Force Reserves while engaged in the private practice of law. He is a [[United Methodist]]. he and his wife, the former Kelley Porter, have two children.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130305/dennis-debar-jr#.WeeTI7pFzb0|title=Dennis DeBar's Biography|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
In 2011, DeBar was elected to House District 105, when the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] incumbent, James Shaun Walley (born 1977), did not seek reelection. DeBar won the [[general election]] for the House seat on November 8, 2011, by defeating the Democratic nominee, Dale Mitchell Kimble, and the [[Independent voter|Independent]] Latricia Ann Cornelson. He polled 4,160 votes (50 percent) to Kimble's 3,440 (41.3 percent), and Cornelson's 725 (8.7 percent). After the one term in the House from 2012 to 2016, DeBar was elevated to the state Senate. In the 2015 Republican [[primary]] he unseated incumbent Senator Phillip Gandy, 3,554 votes (55.1 percent) to 2,893 (44.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Dennis_DeBar|title=Dennis DeBar|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
In the general election for state senator held on November 3, 2015, he handily defeated the Democrat Towana A. Wright, 12,295 votes (76 percent) to 3,871 (24 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 18, 2017}}</ref>
DeBar is the vice chairman of the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee and a member of these other committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) Corrections, (3) Drug Policy, (4) Energy, (5) Enrolled Bills, and (6) Judiciary A.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2012, Representative DeBar voted to authorize [[prayer]] in public schools and to require photo identification as a condition for voting in Mississippi. In 2013, he opposed the failed bill which would have made school superintendents appointive. In 2014, he voted to prohibit [[abortion]]s in Mississippi past twenty weeks of gestation of the unborn. He also backed the proposal that abortion counseling not be mentioned by crisis pregnancy centers in the state, but that measure failed to gain Senate approval. In 2015, he voted to allow "wrongful death" lawsuits regarding the life of the unborn. That same year he voted to [[repeal]] the [[state income tax]].<ref name=voting/>
In 2016, Senator DeBar voted to prohibit state funds to the large abortion provider, [[Planned Parenthood]]. He backed HB 1523 to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience in regard to Christians being mandated to service [[homosexual]] activities. he co-sponsored the prohibition against local governments pursuing [[sanctuary city]] policies. In 2017, he backed the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored another measure to declare as a [[hate crime]] the targeting of law-enforcement officers by the lawless element. He voted to retain a private contractor to audit [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/130305/dennis-debar-jr#.Wee827pFzb0|title=Dennis DeBar's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
[[Category:United States Air Force]]
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Dennis Lee DeBar, Jr.
| office=Mississippi State Senator<br> for District 43 (George, Greene, and Wayne counties)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Phillip Gandy
| succeeded=
| office2=Mississippi State Representative for District 105 (Forrest, George, Greene, Perry, and Wayne counties)
| term_start2=2012
| term_end2=2016
| preceded2=James Shaun Walley
| succeeded2=[[Roun McNeal]]
| birth_date=October 25, 1971
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Kelley Porter DeBar
| children=Nathan and Leilani DeBar
| alma_mater=University of Central Florida<br>
Mississippi College School of Law
| occupation=[[Lawyer]]
| religion=[[United Methodist]]
| residence=Leakesville<br>Greene County<br>[[Mississippi]]
}}
'''Dennis Lee DeBar, Jr. (born October 25, 1971), is a [[lawyer]] from Leakesville, [[Mississippi]], who has since 2016 represented District 43 in the Mississippi State Senate. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district includes George, Greene, and Wayne counties in the southeastern portion of his state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/debar.xml|title=Dennis DeBar, Jr.|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
DeBar graduated from the University of Central Florida in [[Orlando]], [[Florida]], and the Mississippi College School of Law in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. DeBar served in the [[United States Air Force]] and was stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base near Rapid City, [[South Dakota]]. He continued in the Air Force Reserves while engaged in the private practice of law. He is a [[United Methodist]]. he and his wife, the former Kelley Porter, have two children.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130305/dennis-debar-jr#.WeeTI7pFzb0|title=Dennis DeBar's Biography|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
In 2011, DeBar was elected to House District 105, when the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] incumbent, James Shaun Walley (born 1977), did not seek reelection. DeBar won the [[general election]] for the House seat on November 8, 2011, by defeating the Democratic nominee, Dale Mitchell Kimble, and the [[Independent voter|Independent]] Latricia Ann Cornelson. He polled 4,160 votes (50 percent) to Kimble's 3,440 (41.3 percent), and Cornelson's 725 (8.7 percent). After the one term in the House from 2012 to 2016, DeBar was elevated to the state Senate. In the 2015 Republican [[primary]] he unseated incumbent Senator Phillip Gandy, 3,554 votes (55.1 percent) to 2,893 (44.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Dennis_DeBar|title=Dennis DeBar|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
In the general election for state senator held on November 3, 2015, he handily defeated the Democrat Towana A. Wright, 12,295 votes (76 percent) to 3,871 (24 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 18, 2017}}</ref>
DeBar is the vice chairman of the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee and a member of these other committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) Corrections, (3) Drug Policy, (4) Energy, (5) Enrolled Bills, and (6) Judiciary A.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2012, Representative DeBar voted to authorize [[prayer]] in public schools and to require photo identification as a condition for voting in Mississippi. In 2013, he opposed the failed bill which would have made school superintendents appointive. In 2014, he voted to prohibit [[abortion]]s in Mississippi past twenty weeks of gestation of the unborn. He also backed the proposal that abortion counseling not be mentioned by crisis pregnancy centers in the state, but that measure failed to gain Senate approval. In 2015, he voted to allow "wrongful death" lawsuits regarding the life of the unborn. That same year he voted to [[repeal]] the [[state income tax]].<ref name=voting/>
In 2016, Senator DeBar voted to prohibit state funds to the large abortion provider, [[Planned Parenthood]]. He backed HB 1523 to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience in regard to Christians being mandated to service [[homosexual]] activities. he co-sponsored the prohibition against local governments pursuing [[sanctuary city]] policies. In 2017, he backed the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored another measure to declare as a [[hate crime]] the targeting of law-enforcement officers by the lawless element. He voted to retain a private contractor to audit [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/130305/dennis-debar-jr#.Wee827pFzb0|title=Dennis DeBar's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:DeBar, Dennis}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:United Methodists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
[[Category:United States Air Force]]