| Tate Reeves | |
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| Lieutenant Governor-elect of Mississippi | |
| Taking office January 2012 |
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| Governor | Phil Bryant |
| Succeeding | Phil Bryant |
| Mississippi State Treasurer | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 8, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Peyton Prospere |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jonathon Tate Reeves June 5, 1974 Florence, Mississippi |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Elee Williams Reeves |
| Residence | Flowood, Mississippi |
Jonathon Tate Reeves (born June 5, 1974) is the State Treasurer of Mississippi. Reeves, a Republican, is the Lieutenant Governor-elect of Mississippi. Reeves was earlier elected as Mississippi’s fifty-third Treasurer on November 4, 2003 and re-elected to a second term in 2007. He is the first Republican treasurer in the state’s history.[1] Reeves holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation (CFA) and is a member of the CFA Society of Mississippi and the CFA Institute, an investment industry organization. In 1996, he was the recipient of the Mississippi Society of Financial Analysts Award.
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Reeves is a Rankin County native and a graduate of Florence High School. He is an honors graduate of Millsaps College and earned a bachelor’s degree in economics. While at Millsaps, he played point guard for the Millsaps Majors basketball team and was a member of Kappa Alpha Order. Reeves has continued to be an active alumnus and remains involved with his alma mater by serving as a member of the investment policy board for the Millsaps College General Louis Wilson Fund and a member the Advisory Committee of the Else School of Management. He was born June 5, 1974 and is of Irish and English descent.
After graduation, Reeves pursued a career in banking and finance in Jackson, Mississippi. He was Assistant Vice President for AmSouth, formerly Deposit Guaranty National Bank, and served as a Senior Investment Analyst and member of the Investment Policy Committee.[2] In 2000, Reeves became an Investment Officer for Trustmark National Bank in Jackson.
Though Reeves is still a young man, he entered the 2003 GOP primary election as a 29-year-old political newcomer, and faced former transportation commissioner Wayne Burkes of Brandon and state representative Andrew Ketchings of Natchez. Reeves was an excellent fundraiser and performed well in counties that were GOP strongholds, such as Lamar, Desoto, and Rankin.. In the three-man GOP primary, Reeves led with 49 percent of the vote,[3] and routed Burkes in the primary run-off.[4]
In the general election, Reeves defeated Democratic nominee Gary Anderson, the state's director of finance and administration. Reeves had 52 percent of the vote compared to Anderson's 48 percent.[5]
Unopposed in the GOP primary, Reeves' only Democratic opposition in the 2007 general election was perennial candidate Shawn O' Hara. Reeves was re-elected with 61% of the vote, the highest percentage of any candidate running for statewide office.[6]
As treasurer, Reeves served as president of the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST) for 2006-2007. He serves as a member and former chairman of the Long Range Planning Committee and is a member of the Federal Legislative Committee. He was previously a member of the NAST Executive Committee. Reeves represents the State of Mississippi as a member of the Executive Board of the College Savings Plans Network. He serves on the Board of Trustees for the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi, and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of College Savings Plans of Mississippi and the Mississippi Health Care Trust Fund.
In 2007, Reeves was named as one of 42 national “Rising Star(s) in the Republican Party” by Rising Tide magazine – the publication of the Republican National Committee. In 2008, Reeves was elected President of the Mississippi Republican Elected Officials Association. In December 2008, he was selected by the Aspen Institute’s Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership as one of their “Top Young Elected Officials” to its Fourth Class of Aspen-Rodel Fellows. Reeves was recognized by his NAST peers as the recipient of the Jesse M. Unruh Award which recognized his outstanding service to the association, the profession, and to his state.
In February, Reeves officially launched a campaign for Lieutenant Governor.[7] Reeves holds a fundraising lead over his primary opponent, Mississippi State Senate President Pro Tempore Billy Hewes of Gulfport. A May 2011 poll of likely Republican voters showed Reeves with a 51-18 percent advantage over Hewes.[8] On August 2, 2011, Reeves defeated Billy Hewes. On November 8, he was elected 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, replacing Phil Bryant, who was elected Governor.[9]
Reeves is married to the former Elee Williams. He and his wife Elee are parents of two children, Sarah Tyler and Elizabeth Magee.
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