Chris McDaniel
| Chris McDaniel | |
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| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 42nd district |
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Assumed office January 8, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Stacey Pickering |
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| Born |
Christopher Brian McDaniel June 28, 1972 Laurel, Mississippi |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Jones County Junior College William Carey University University of Mississippi |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Christopher Brian "Chris" McDaniel (born June 28, 1972) is an American attorney, conservative commentator, and is a Republican politician in the Mississippi Senate representing the 42nd District, which encompasses part of South Mississippi.
In the 2014 Mississippi Republican Senate primary on June 3, although McDaniel received the most votes, none of the candidates acquired a majority of the votes, which triggered a June 24, 2014 run-off election. McDaniel subsequently lost to incumbent Senator Thad Cochran in the run-off.
McDaniel was born in Laurel, Mississippi. He is the only child of Carlos and Charlotte McDaniel. He graduated with honors from Jones County Junior College and received his B.S. with honors from William Carey University. After graduating from William Carey in 1994, McDaniel entered the University of Mississippi School of Law, graduating cum laude in 1997 with a Juris Doctor degree. McDaniel resides with his family in Ellisville, Mississippi. He is the grandson of early country singer Luke McDaniel.
In 1997, McDaniel entered a two-year federal clerkship with United States District Court Judge Charles W. Pickering, Sr. After leaving his position as a law clerk with Judge Pickering, McDaniel joined the law firm of Hortman Harlow Bassi Robinson & McDaniel, becoming a partner in 2003. His areas of concentration include Litigation, Insurance Defense, Corporate Law, Products Liability, Commercial Litigation, Consumer Products Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation, Complex Multi-Party Litigation, Legislation, Constitutional Law & Civil Rights. He is licensed to practice law in Mississippi and Texas.
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