1. Brandon Everitt Presley was born on July 21,1977 and is an American politician who served as a member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission from the Northern District from 2008 to 2024 and mayor of Nettleton, Mississippi, from 2001 to 2007.
Brandon Presley had the best performance for a Democratic candidate for governor since 1999.
Brandon Presley was born on July 21,1977 in Amory, Mississippi, and raised in Nettleton.
Brandon Presley's father was an alcoholic and died when Brandon was eight years old, leaving him in the sole care of his mother.
Brandon Presley studied at Itawamba Community College and Mississippi State University.
Brandon Presley ran for the office of Mayor of Nettleton in 2001 and won with 78 percent of the vote.
Brandon Presley was sworn-in as the mayor in July 2001.
On June 15,2007, Brandon Presley declared his campaign for the office of Public Service Commissioner for the Northern District of the Mississippi Public Service Commission.
Brandon Presley assumed office as Public Service Commissioner for the Northern District on January 1,2008.
Brandon Presley has advocated bringing internet access to rural areas of Mississippi.
Brandon Presley opposed the Kemper Project, a large Mississippi Power "clean coal" electricity plant development in Kemper County, as residents in the Northern District were not served by Mississippi Power or would otherwise economically benefit from the project.
In 2017, Brandon Presley became chairman of the Public Service Commission, which then forced Mississippi Power to terminate its plans for clean coal electricity generation at the Kemper facility.
In 2014, Brandon Presley succeeded Betsy Wergin of Minnesota to serve as chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Committee on Consumer Affairs.
Subsequently Brandon Presley was appointed to serve as chair of the commission.
Brandon Presley was replaced by Chris Brown on January 4,2024.
Brandon Presley lost 216 pounds during 2013 and 2014.
Brandon Presley married Katelyn Mabus, who is a cousin of former Mississippi governor Ray Mabus, in August 2023.