Michael Guest (politician)

Michael Patrick Guest (born February 4, 1970) is an American attorney and Republican politician from Brandon, Mississippi. He serves in the United States House of Representatives for Mississippi's 3rd congressional district, having first been elected in November 2018.

Michael Guest
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 3rd district
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
Preceded byGregg Harper
District Attorney of Rankin County and Madison County
In office
2008–2019
Preceded byDavid Clark
Succeeded byJohn K. Bramlett Jr.
Personal details
Born
Michael Patrick Guest

(1970-02-04) February 4, 1970
Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Haley Kennedy
Children2
EducationMississippi State University (BS)
University of Mississippi (JD)
WebsiteHouse website

Biography

Michael Patrick Guest[1] was born on February 4, 1970.[2] Guest graduated from Mississippi State University with a bachelor's degree in accounting and the University of Mississippi School of Law with a Juris Doctor. He served as the Assistant District Attorney for Madison and Rankin counties from 1994 through 2008, and became District Attorney in 2008.[3]

U.S. House of Representatives
Guest and his wife meets with Cindy Hyde-Smith in November 2018

2018
Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi § District 3

In the 2018 elections, Guest ran for the United States House of Representatives in Mississippi's 3rd congressional district to succeed Gregg Harper, who chose not to seek reelection.[4] In the six-way Republican primary election in June 2018, Guest received the most votes (45%), with Whit Hughes coming in second place with 22%.[5] Because no candidate received 50% of the vote, Guest and Hughes faced each other in a primary runoff election,[6] which Guest won.[5] Guest defeated state Representative Michael Evans, the Democratic nominee, in the general election.[7]

Guest campaigned as a strong supporter of President Donald Trump.[5]

Tenure

In December 2020, Guest was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden prevailed[8] over incumbent Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of the election held by another state.[9][10][11]

Committee assignments

Electoral history
2018 Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Guest 29,157 44.8
Republican Whit Hughes 14,464 22.2
Republican Perry Parker 10,562 16.2
Republican Sally Doty 6,608 10.2
Republican Morgan Dunn 3,820 5.9
Republican Katherine Tate 416 0.6
Total votes 65,027 100.0
Republican primary runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Guest 31,121 65.1
Republican Whit Hughes 16,691 34.9
Total votes 47,812 100.0
Mississippi's 3rd congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Guest 160,284 62.3
Democratic Michael Evans 94,461 36.7
Reform Matthew Holland 2,526 1.0
Total votes 257,271 100.0
Republican hold
2020 Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Guest (incumbent) 67,269 89.8
Republican James Tulp 7,618 10.2
Total votes 74,887 100.0%
Mississippi's 3rd congressional district, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Guest (incumbent) 221,064 64.7
Democratic Dorothy "Dot" Benford 120,782 35.3
Total votes 341,846 100.0
Republican hold

References
  1. Statement of Organization, Friends of Michael Guest
  2. Michael Guest - Candidate for House of Representatives MS 3rd District. (Republican)
  3. "Candidate Questionnaire: Michael Guest". Jackson Free Press. May 30, 2018.
  4. "District Attorney Michael Guest running to replace Gregg Harper". Clarion-Ledger. January 5, 2018.
  5. Sarah Fowler (June 27, 2018). "Michael Guest defeats Whit Hughes in GOP House primary runoff". Clarion-Ledger.
  6. "Michael Guest, Whit Hughes head to Republican runoff in MS03 race". Clarion-Ledger. June 6, 2018.
  7. Sarah Fowler, Republican Michael Guest defeats Democrat Michael Evans in #MS03, Clarion Ledger (November 7, 2018).
  8. Blood, Michael R.; Riccardi, Nicholas (December 5, 2020). "Biden officially secures enough electors to become president". AP News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  9. Liptak, Adam (December 11, 2020). "Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  10. "Order in Pending Case" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States. December 11, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  11. Diaz, Daniella. "Brief from 126 Republicans supporting Texas lawsuit in Supreme Court". CNN. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Gregg Harper		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 3rd congressional district
2019–present		 Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by
Mark Green		 United States Representatives by seniority
322nd		 Succeeded by
Deb Haaland
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