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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Noah Lee Sanford
| office=Mississippi State Representative<br> for District 90 (Covington, Jeff Davis, and Simpson counties)
| term_start=January 2016
| term_end=
| preceded=Joe "J. L." Warren
| succeeded=
| birth_date=May 14, 1990
| birth_place=Hattiesburg, [[Mississippi]]
| citizenship=[[United States|American]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| spouse=
| children=
| alma_mater=Seminary High School<br>
Jones County Community College<br>
[[University of Mississippi]]
University of Mississippi School of Law
| occupation=[[Lawyer]]
| religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
| residence=Collins, Covington County<br> Mississippi
}}
'''Noah Lee Sanford''' (born May 14, 1990), is a [[lawyer]] from Collins, [[Mississippi]], who is the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative for District 90, which encompasses Covington, Jeff Davis, and Simpson counties in the southern portion of his state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/sanford.xml|
title=Noah Sanford|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Sanford graduated from Seminary High School in Seminary in Covington County and attended Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi. He obtained a bachelor's degree from the [[University of Mississippi]] and procured his legal credentials through the University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156370/noah-sanford#.WeDj3rpFzb0|title=Noah Sanford's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref>
In the 2015 Republican [[primary]] in House District 90, Sanford defeated intra-party rival Ricky Ward, 1,662 votes (64.1 percent) to 932 (35.9 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/John_B._Pope,_III|title=John B. Pope, III|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 13, 2017}]</ref> In the [[general election]] held on November 3, 2015, Sanford defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] John B. Pope, III, 4,177 (54.1 percent) to 3,538 (45.9 percent).<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 12, 2017}}</ref> The position opened when the Democrat Joe "J. L." Warren did not seek reelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/links/elections/results/statewide/MS%20House%20of%20Rep%20MULTI%20COUNTY%20-%20General%20Election%202011%20Results.pdf|title=General election returns|date=November 8, 2011|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
Sanford serves on these House committees: (1) State Library (Vice chairman), (2) Agriculture, (3) Apportionment and Elections, (4) County Affairs, (5) Energy, (6) Judiciary B, (7) Public Health and Human Services, and (8) Public Utilities.
<ref name=pvs/> In 2016, Representative Sanford voted against dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi. He supported the expansion of exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He supported legislation to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms for the overall protection of the congregation. He backed the bill to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he supported the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and backed the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]]. He voted to increase identification requirement for [[Medicaid]].<ref>{{cite web|url=|title=Noah Sanford's Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 13, 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
Other Mississippi Republican state House members:
*[[William Tracy Arnold]]
*[[Dana Criswell]]
*[[Steve Hopkins]]
*[[Trey Lamar]]
*[[Shane Aguirre]]
*[[Jeff Hale]]
*[[Dan Eubanks]]
*[[Robert Foster]]
*[[Ashley Henley]]
*[[Rob Roberson]]
*[[Karl Oliver]]
*[[Bill Kinkade]]
*[[Vince Mangold]]
*[[Brent Powell]]
*[[Cory Wilson]]
*[[William Shirley]]
*[[Shane Barnett]]
*[[Chris Johnson]]
*[[Timmy Ladner]]
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