Ronnie Shows

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Ronnie Shows

Clifford Ronald "Ronnie" Shows (born January 26, 1947) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi.

Shows was born in Moselle in Jones County, Mississippi. He graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1971, earning degrees in education and political science. Shows worked as a teacher, before being elected as circuit clerk of Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi in 1976. From 1980 until 1988 he was a member of the Mississippi State Senate.

Shows was elected to Congress in 1998 and represented Mississippi's 4th district from January 3, 1999 until January 3, 2003. In 2002, Shows was pitted against fellow Congressman Charles Pickering, Jr., a Republican from the neighboring 3rd District, after Mississippi lost a seat in the 2000 Congressional redistricting. Shows' Jackson-based district was merged with Pickering's district in a way that strongly favored Pickering. Pickering soundly defeated Shows with over 60% of the vote in the new 3rd District.

In January 2008, Shows announced that he would be a candidate to fill the slot in the U.S. Senate left by former Senator Trent Lott. On February 19, 2008, however, Shows dropped out of the race, citing his inability to raise the funds necessary for a Senate campaign.

Shows is a resident of Bassfield, Mississippi.

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Preceded by Mike Parker	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 4th congressional district 1999–2003	Succeeded by Gene Taylor