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'''Sally Burchfield Doty''' (born December 22, 1966),  is a [[lawyer]] and [[real estate]] owner from Brookhaven, [[Mississippi]], who has since 2012 represented District 39 in the Mississippi State Senate. The district embraces Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, and Walthall counties in the southwestern portion of her state.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/doty.xml|title=Sally Doty|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>

'''Sally Burchfield Doty''' (born December 22, 1966),  is a [[lawyer]] and [[real estate]] owner from Brookhaven, [[Mississippi]], who has since 2012 represented District 39 in the Mississippi State Senate. The district embraces Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, and Walthall counties in the southwestern portion of her state.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/doty.xml|title=Sally Doty|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref>

A native of Kosciusko in Attala County in central Mississippi, Doty, then Sally Burchfield, graduated from Koscuisko High School. In 1988, she graduated from the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, at which she was the student body president. She obtained her legal credentials from the Mississippi College School of Law in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. She practices with the law firm Jackson & Brookhaven and owns a real estate company in Brookhaven..<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130341/sally-doty#.WeZlJbpFzb0|title=Sally Doty's Biography|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref> She is a [[United Methodist]].<ref name=billstatus/> Her husband is the Brookhaven dentist William Donald Doty (born c. 1964). She has three children, Ellen, Sarah, and Ben.<ref name=pvs/> 

A native of Kosciusko in Attala County in central Mississippi, Doty, then Sally Burchfield, graduated from Koscuisko High School. In 1988, she graduated from the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, at which she was the student body president. She obtained her legal credentials from the Mississippi College School of Law in the capital city of [[Jackson]]. She practices with the law firm Jackson & Brookhaven and owns a real estate company in Brookhaven.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/130341/sally-doty#.WeZlJbpFzb0|title=Sally Doty's Biography|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref> She is a [[United Methodist]].<ref name=billstatus/> Her husband is the Brookhaven dentist William Donald Doty (born c. 1964). She has three children, Ellen, Sarah, and Ben.<ref name=pvs/> 

In 2011, Robert Dearing, the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] senator since 1980 for District 39, did not seek reelection. Sally Doty entered the race and won the Republican runoff election over Bill Boerner, 2,315 (54.7 percent) to 1,917 (45.3 percent). In the November 8 [[general election]], she defeated the Democrat W. L. Rayburn, 12,182 (57.9 percent) to 8,869 (42.1 percent). In 2015, Doty won a second term by defeating Mike Campbell in the Republican primary, 3,951 votes (57.3 percent) to 2,945 (42.7 percent). In the general election held on November 3, 2015, she defeated the Democrat Michael Smith, 11,230 (63.6 percent) to 6,422 (36.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Sally_Doty|title=Sally Doty|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref><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 17, 2017}}</ref>

In 2011, Robert Dearing, the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] senator since 1980 for District 39, did not seek reelection. Sally Doty entered the race and won the Republican runoff election over Bill Boerner, 2,315 (54.7 percent) to 1,917 (45.3 percent). In the November 8 [[general election]], she defeated the Democrat W. L. Rayburn, 12,182 (57.9 percent) to 8,869 (42.1 percent). In 2015, Doty won a second term by defeating Mike Campbell in the Republican primary, 3,951 votes (57.3 percent) to 2,945 (42.7 percent). In the general election held on November 3, 2015, she defeated the Democrat Michael Smith, 11,230 (63.6 percent) to 6,422 (36.4 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Sally_Doty|title=Sally Doty|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}</ref><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 17, 2017}}</ref>