KEY TAKEAWAYS

Redistricting is an important issue in Mississippi and needs to be addressed to ensure everyone’s vote counts.
Expanding Medicaid, dropping the grocery tax, and fully funding education are the three main issues in the district.
Investing in people, not politics, is essential to adequately serve the population of Mississippi.

Michael McLendon is the current Senator for District One in Mississippi and is determined to find ways to make it easier for businesses to thrive.

He identified infrastructure and sewer issues as some of the most pressing areas he wants to tackle.

McLendon has experience in the insurance business, small business, and politics.

“Mississippi has taken a number of fiscal steps to benefit its residents, including creating a $700 million rainy day fund, reducing its income tax rate, and fiscally conservatively retiring existing debts.

Education has seen an improvement with teachers receiving a needed pay raise of up to $9,000 in the last decade.

Lt. Governor De Hoseman initiated a new committee to increase the state’s labor participation rate, finding an extra $400 million in funds.”