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Jim Hood is the Attorney General of Mississippi. A Democrat, he was elected in 2003, defeating the Republican nominee, Scott Newton, though many other positions in the Mississippi state government were taken by Republicans. Hood, a former District Attorney, succeeded Mike Moore.
He is a native of Houlka, Mississippi in Chickasaw County.
In 2005, Hood prosecuted and convicted former Klansman Edgar Ray Killen for orchestrating the murder of Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney in Philadelphia, Mississippi over forty years ago.
He has been active in the legal aspects of the recovery of Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. Shortly after Katrina, Hood filed suit against numerous high profile insurance companies for denying claims based on fraudulent engineering reports and illegal exclusions. With the backing of many citizens from across the state, Hood announced in 2007 that he was running for re-election as Mississippi's attorney general.
Education
Hood received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi in 1988.
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