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'''Gene Steven Hopkins''', known as '''Steve Hopkins''' (born June 30, 1962), is a veteran employee of the FedEx Corporation who is a [[conservative]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 6 in [[suburb]]an DeSoto County in the far northwestern portion of [[Mississippi]].

'''Gene Steven Hopkins''', known as '''Steve Hopkins''' (born June 30, 1962), is a veteran employee of the FedEx Corporation who has been since 2016 a [[conservative]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 7 in [[suburb]]an DeSoto County in the far northwestern portion of [[Mississippi]].

In 1970, Hopkins at the age of eight moved with his family from his native [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], fourteen miles to the south to settle in Southaven in DeSoto County. He graduated in 1980 from Southaven High School and attended Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia and the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford. At FedEx, he works in Quality and Service Assurance. In 2014, he founded the Conservative Coalition of Mississippi. He and his wife, Beckie, a teacher, have three grown children. He is a non-denominational [[Christian]].<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156336/steve-hopkins#|title=Steve Hopkins' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref>

In 1970, Hopkins at the age of eight moved with his family from his native [[Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], fourteen miles to the south to settle in Southaven in DeSoto County. He graduated in 1980 from Southaven High School and attended Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia and the [[University of Mississippi]] at Oxford. At FedEx, he works in Quality and Service Assurance. In 2014, he founded the Conservative Coalition of Mississippi. He and his wife, Beckie, a teacher, have three grown children. He is a non-denominational [[Christian]].<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156336/steve-hopkins#|title=Steve Hopkins' Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref>