Delbert Hosemann

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Delbert Hosemann
Secretary of State of Mississippi
Incumbent
Assumed office January 10, 2008
Governor	Haley Barbour Phil Bryant
Preceded by	Eric Clark
Personal details
Born	(1947-06-30) June 30, 1947 Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Notre Dame University of Mississippi, Oxford New York University

Delbert Hosemann, Jr. (born June 30, 1947) is the Republican Secretary of State of Mississippi. Hosemann received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Notre Dame University in 1969. He then went on to earn his Juris Doctor from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1972. He completed his specialization in Taxation at New York University in 1973. Hosemann currently lives in Jackson, Mississippi and is a partner with Phelps Dunbar LLP.^[1]

Early life

Hosemann was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi on June 30, 1947.

Secretary of State

In the general election on November 6, 2007, Hosemann defeated Robert Smith (D) to become Mississippi's next Secretary of State.^[2] In the Republican primary election on August 7, 2007, Hosemann received 54% of the vote, defeating former mayor of Columbus Jeffrey Rupp and State Representative Mike Lott of Petal. He took office in January 2008, succeeding Democrat Eric Clark. During the campaign, he took advantage of his unusual name in order to gain name recognition. A series of commercials showed an elderly woman talking about the good things he would do as Secretary of State, meanwhile forgetting his name as he tried to correct her. She typically used similar names such as Gilbert, Albert, Philbert, Dilbert, and Herbert. Since then, various public service messages, such as a reminder to go vote during election season, have included this format, the woman talking about the importance of voting, then mispronouncing Hosemann's name, then Hosemann correcting her and continuing the reminder.

Political involvement

Hosemann was a candidate for election to the Mississippi's 4th congressional district in 1998. Hosemann has also registered as Democrat early in his political life before switching to the GOP.

Personal life

Hosemann is married to Lynn L. Hosemann, and together they have three children.^[3]

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References

State secretaries of state in the United States

AL	Beth Chapman (R)
AK	Mead Treadwell (R)²
AZ	Ken Bennett (R)
AR	Mark R. Martin (R)
CA	Debra Bowen (D)
CO	Scott Gessler (R)
CT	Denise Merrill (D)
DE	Jeffrey W. Bullock (D)
FL	Ken Detzner (R)
GA	Brian Kemp (R)
HI	Shan Tsutsui (D)²
ID	Ben Ysursa (R)

IL	Jesse White (D)
IN	Connie Lawson (R)
IA	Matt Schultz (R)
KS	Kris Kobach (R)
KY	Alison L. Grimes (D)
LA	Tom Schedler (R)
ME	Matthew Dunlap (D)
MD	John McDonough (D)
MA	Bill Galvin (D)¹
MI	Ruth Johnson (R)
MN	Mark Ritchie (D)
MS	Delbert Hosemann (R)

MO	Jason Kander (D)
MT	Linda McCulloch (D)
NE	John Gale (R)
NV	Ross Miller (D)
NH	Bill Gardner (I)
NJ	Kim Guadagno (R)
NM	Dianna Duran (R)
NY	Cesar A. Perales (D)
NC	Elaine Marshall (D)
ND	Al Jaeger (R)
OH	Jon Husted (R)
OK	Chris Benge (R)

OR	Kate Brown (D)
PA	Carol Aichele (R)¹
RI	Ralph Mollis (D)
SC	Mark Hammond (R)
SD	Jason Gant (R)
TN	Tre Hargett (R)
TX	Nandita Berry (R)
UT	Spencer Cox (R)²
VT	Jim Condos (D)
VA	Levar Stoney (D)¹
WA	Kim Wyman (R)
WV	Natalie Tennant (D)

WI	Doug La Follette (D)
WY	Max Maxfield (R)
DC	Cynthia Brock-Smith (D)
Territories:
AS	Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D)²
GU	Ray Tenorio (R)²
MP	Jude Hofschneider²
PR	David Bernier (D)
VI	Gregory Francis (D)²

1. In Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia, the office is called Secretary of the Commonwealth.
2. Alaska, Hawaii, Utah, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands do not have a Secretary of State. The lieutenant governor is listed here.

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Name	Hosemann, Delbert
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Date of birth	June 30, 1947
Place of birth	Vicksburg, MS
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