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'''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>

'''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>

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. 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 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>