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Line 23: − A native of Pascagoula in Jackson County on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Criswell received a bachelor's degree in commercial aviation from Delta State University in Cleveland in Bolivar County in western Mississippi and a Master of Education from the University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. He and his wife, the former Julie Strum, have five children. He is affiliated with the non-denominational SouthPoint Church in Southaven, Mississippi.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156335/dana-criswell#.Wdvl_bpFzb0|title=Dana Criswell's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref>+
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'''Dana Lamar Criswell''' (born October 9, 1963) is an airline pilot who serves as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 6 in DeSoto County in the far northwestern part of his native [[Mississippi]].<ref name=danac>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/criswell.xml|title=Dana Criswell|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref>
'''Dana Lamar Criswell''' (born October 9, 1963) is an airline pilot who serves as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 6 in DeSoto County in the far northwestern part of his native [[Mississippi]].<ref name=danac>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/criswell.xml|title=Dana Criswell|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref>
Born in Pascagoula in Jackson County on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Criswell received a bachelor's degree in commercial aviation from Delta State University in Cleveland in Bolivar County in western Mississippi and a Master of Education from the University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. He and his wife, the former Julie Strum, have five children. He is affiliated with the non-denominational SouthPoint Church in Southaven, Mississippi.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156335/dana-criswell#.Wdvl_bpFzb0|title=Dana Criswell's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref>
In 2015, Criswell was elected without opposition to the state House in 2015 to succeed fellow Republican Eugene Forrest Hamilton, who did not seek reelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=Election Returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref> and serves on these House committees: (1) Constitution, (2) Drug Policy, (3) Education, and (4) Judiciary A.<ref name=danac/>
In 2015, Criswell was elected without opposition to the state House in 2015 to succeed fellow Republican Eugene Forrest Hamilton, who did not seek reelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=Election Returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref> and serves on these House committees: (1) Constitution, (2) Drug Policy, (3) Education, and (4) Judiciary A.<ref name=danac/>