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Perry Van Bailey
Mississippi politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Perry Van Bailey is a farmer who is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives representing the 23rd district.[1] House District 23 includes portions of Calhoun, Grenada, Lafayette, and Webster counties. He is a native of Calhoun County, Mississippi.[2]
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Political career
Van Bailey ran in a 2023 special election to succeed Republican Charles Beckett representing the 23rd district in the Mississippi House of Representatives. Beckett had resigned to become the director for the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff.[2] Special legislative elections in Mississippi are officially nonpartisan, though Van Bailey stated he would serve as a Republican.[2] Both Van Bailey and Andrew Stepp, a pharmacy owner,[3] advanced to a runoff, which Van Bailey won by a margin of 7 votes.[4][2]
Van Bailey faced Stepp in a rematch in the Republican primary for the 2023 general election to the same seat. Van Bailey lost to Stepp by a margin of 53–47.[3] Following Stepp's death in 2024 Van Bailey was elected to the same seat in a 2025 special election.[5]
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