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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Joseph Michael "Mike" Seymour
| office=Mississippi State Senator<br> for District 47 (Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone counties)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Tony Smith
| succeeded=
| birth_date=April 15, 1959
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Kerri Husley Seymour
| children=
| alma_mater=St. Martin High School<br>
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=[[Baptist]]
| residence=Vancleave<br>Jackson County<br>Mississippi
}}
'''Joseph Michael Seymour''', also known as '''Mike Seymour''' (born April 15, 1959), is a [[business]]man from Vancleave, [[Mississippi]], who has since 2016 represented District 47 in the Mississippi State Senate. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district includes Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone counties in the Gulf Coast portion of his state.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/moran.xml|title=Philip Moran|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
Seymour graduated from St. Martin High School in Ocean Springs in Jackson and attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston. He is self-employed. He is married to the former Kerri Husley. He is a [[Baptist]].<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/40160/joseph-seymour#.Wef3kLpFzb0|title=Joseph Seymour's Biography|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref name=billstatus/>
In 2003, Seymour ran unsuccessful for the state Senate, but he rebouded with victory in 2015 when the incumbenty Republican Tony Smith did not seek reelection. Seymour defeated Mike Tyson in the Republican runoff [[primary]] and won the [[general election]] on November 3 over the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Jimmy Lamar "Bo" Alawine of Ocean Springs, 8,420 (76.3 percent) to 2,609 (23.7 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_Seymour|title=Joseph Seymour|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
Seymour is the vice chairman of the Senate Ports and Marine Resources Committee and sits on these committees: (1) Agriculture, (2) Appropriations, (3) County Affairs, (4) Environmental Protection, Conservation, and Water Resources, (5) Executive Contingent Fund, (6) Forestry, and (7) Public Property.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2016, Senator Seymour voted to prohibit state funds to the large abortion provider, [[Planned Parenthood]]. He supported HB 1523, which attempts to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience in regard to [[Christian]]s being mandated to service [[homosexual]] activities. He co-sponsored the bill that prohibits local governments in Mississippi from establishing [[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/40160/joseph-seymour#.Wef2grpFzb0|title=Joseph Seymour's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]
| name=Joseph Michael "Mike" Seymour
| office=Mississippi State Senator<br> for District 47 (Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone counties)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Tony Smith
| succeeded=
| birth_date=April 15, 1959
| birth_place=
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=Kerri Husley Seymour
| children=
| alma_mater=St. Martin High School<br>
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=[[Baptist]]
| residence=Vancleave<br>Jackson County<br>Mississippi
}}
'''Joseph Michael Seymour''', also known as '''Mike Seymour''' (born April 15, 1959), is a [[business]]man from Vancleave, [[Mississippi]], who has since 2016 represented District 47 in the Mississippi State Senate. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district includes Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone counties in the Gulf Coast portion of his state.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/moran.xml|title=Philip Moran|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
Seymour graduated from St. Martin High School in Ocean Springs in Jackson and attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston. He is self-employed. He is married to the former Kerri Husley. He is a [[Baptist]].<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/40160/joseph-seymour#.Wef3kLpFzb0|title=Joseph Seymour's Biography|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref name=billstatus/>
In 2003, Seymour ran unsuccessful for the state Senate, but he rebouded with victory in 2015 when the incumbenty Republican Tony Smith did not seek reelection. Seymour defeated Mike Tyson in the Republican runoff [[primary]] and won the [[general election]] on November 3 over the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Jimmy Lamar "Bo" Alawine of Ocean Springs, 8,420 (76.3 percent) to 2,609 (23.7 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Joseph_Seymour|title=Joseph Seymour|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
Seymour is the vice chairman of the Senate Ports and Marine Resources Committee and sits on these committees: (1) Agriculture, (2) Appropriations, (3) County Affairs, (4) Environmental Protection, Conservation, and Water Resources, (5) Executive Contingent Fund, (6) Forestry, and (7) Public Property.<ref name=pvs/>
In 2016, Senator Seymour voted to prohibit state funds to the large abortion provider, [[Planned Parenthood]]. He supported HB 1523, which attempts to guarantee within Mississippi protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience in regard to [[Christian]]s being mandated to service [[homosexual]] activities. He co-sponsored the bill that prohibits local governments in Mississippi from establishing [[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/40160/joseph-seymour#.Wef2grpFzb0|title=Joseph Seymour's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Seymour, Joseph}}
[[Category:Mississippi]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:Baptists]]
[[Category:Pro-life]]