Ronnie Musgrove
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| In office January, 2000 – January, 2004 |
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| Lieutenant(s) | Amy Tuck |
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| Preceded by | Kirk Fordice |
| Succeeded by | Haley Barbour |
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| Born | July 29, 1956 Tocowa, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democratic |
David Ronald "Ronnie" Musgrove (born July 29, 1956) is an American politician who was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of Mississippi from 2000 until 2004.
Ronnie Musgrove graduated from Northwest Community College, the University of Mississippi, and the University of Mississippi Law School.
In 1987, he won a seat in the state Senate that he held until his successful run for the lieutenant governorship in 1995, in which he defeated incumbent Eddie Briggs.
He defeated Republican opponent Mike Parker for the governor's office in the 1999 election. However, since neither candidate received a majority of the popular vote, the Mississippi House of Representatives had to select the winner.
Musgrove advocated a change in the state flag which featured prominently the Confederate Battle Flag and set up a committee to select a new design. The agreed-upon design replaced the battle flag from the canton with a circular array of twenty stars (Mississippi is the 20th state) on a blue background. A referendum was held in April 2001 to determine whether the new flag would be adopted. A large majority of voters (65%) elected to keep the old design.
One of his accomplishments during his administration was landing the Nissan plant that produces the Nissan Maxima and Nissan Titan. Musgrove also managed to fully fund education in Mississippi for one year, a feat that rarely occurs in that state.
He lost his bid for re-election in 2003 to Republican challenger Haley Barbour. However, he is expected to run for another term as lieutenant governor of Mississippi in 2007.
He now teaches political science classes at his alma mater, the University of Mississippi and is employed by the law firm of Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, P.A. of Ridgeland, Mississippi.
| Preceded by Eddie Briggs |
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi 1996–2000 |
Succeeded by Amy Tuck |
| Preceded by Kirk Fordice |
Governor of Mississippi 2000-2004 |
Succeeded by Haley Barbour |
| Governors of Mississippi |  |
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| Holmes • Poindexter • Leake • Brandon • Holmes • Brandon • Scott • Lynch • Runnels • Quitman • Lynch • McNutt • Tucker • Brown • Matthews • Quitman • Guion • J. Whitfield • Foote • Pettus • McRae • McWillie • Pettus • Clark • Sharkey • Humphreys • Ames • Alcorn • Powers • Ames • Stone • Lowry • Stone • McLaurin • Longino • Vardaman • Noel • Brewer • Bilbo • Russell • H. Whitfield • Murphree • Bilbo • Conner • White • Johnson • Murphree • Bailey • Wright • White • Coleman • Barnett • Johnson Jr. • Williams • Waller • Finch • Winter • Allain • Mabus • Fordice • Musgrove • Barbour |
