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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 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 partnered with Mississippi tort baron Dickie Scruggs to file suit against numerous high profile insurance companies. Some have alleged high pressure tactics were unfairly used to pressure the insurance companies into settlement. With the backing of many wealthy tort lawyers, Hood announced in 2007 that he was running for re-election as Mississippi's attorney general as a Democrat.
Education
Hood received his J.D. from the University of Mississippi in 1988.
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