1. James Matthew Hood was born on May 15,1962 and is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 39th Attorney General of Mississippi from 2004 to 2020.
28 Facts About Jim Hood
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Jim Hood was first elected Attorney General in 2003, defeating Republican Scott Newton.
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Jim Hood announced on October 3,2018, that he would run for Governor of Mississippi in 2019; he easily won the Democratic primary on August 6,2019 but lost the general election to then-Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves on November 5,2019, which was Jim Hood's first statewide loss.
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Jim Hood is the last Democrat to hold statewide office in Mississippi, and from 2008 to 2020 was the only one to do so.
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Jim Hood sits on the bipartisan advisory board of States United Democracy Center.
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Jim Hood is a native of New Houlka in Chickasaw County in northeastern Mississippi.
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In 1988, Jim Hood received his JD degree from the University of Mississippi at Oxford.
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Jim Hood was sworn-in as attorney general on January 8,2004.
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In 2004, Jim Hood prosecuted Jeremy Martin, a teacher from Tupelo, Mississippi and unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Mississippi House of Representatives, who was accused of a misdemeanor campaign finance violation.
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John Helmert, Jim Hood's opposing counsel, called the prosecution of Martin a "political witch hunt".
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In 2005, Jim Hood prosecuted former Klansman Edgar Ray Killen for orchestrating the 1964 murders of Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney in Philadelphia, Mississippi during Freedom Summer.
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Jim Hood has been active in the legal aspects of the recovery of Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina.
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Shortly after Katrina, Jim Hood partnered with Mississippi plaintiff attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, a brother-in-law of former US Senator Trent Lott, in filing suit against numerous high-profile insurance companies.
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Jim Hood was reelected on November 6,2007 and again for a third term on November 8,2011.
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On November 3,2015 Jim Hood was reelected for his fourth term.
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Jim Hood has successfully prosecuted several historic cases, including winning the conviction of Killen.
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Jim Hood has launched initiatives to prevent workplace and school violence, and stalking and domestic assault.
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Jim Hood has developed and distributed numerous publications to assist and educate both consumers and other public service entities in areas such as cyber crime, consumer protection, domestic violence, victims' assistance, election, and government law.
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In May 2017, twelve years after Hurricane Katrina, Jim Hood filed lawsuits against Liberty Mutual Insurance and Safeco Insurance claiming that the companies failed to make adequate payments for the victims of Katrina.
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In 2017, Jim Hood filed lawsuits against a number of pharmaceutical companies.
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On February 8,2017, Jim Hood announced he had filed civil cases against numerous corporations and individuals who had allegedly engaged in corrupt contracts with the Mississippi Department of Corrections and its former Commissioner Chris Epps, seeking damages and punitive damages.
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In July 2016, Google and Jim Hood agreed to dismiss their respective lawsuits and subpoenas.
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On December 19,2014, as a result of the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack, emails were released that showed that Jim Hood was urged by the Motion Picture Association of America to blame Google for acts of copyright infringement committed by numerous, multiple unrelated third parties via the trade organisations the Digital Citizens Alliance and FairSearch.
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Jim Hood announced that he would be a candidate for Governor of Mississippi in 2019 on October 3,2018.
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Jim Hood campaigned as a moderate Democrat according to an NPR reporter.
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Mississippi's The Clarion Ledger reported that "Jim Hood portrays himself" as a moderate.
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Jim Hood has campaigned based on what he describes as his anti-abortion views and has highlighted his gun ownership.
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Jim Hood lost the general election to Republican nominee Tate Reeves, the incumbent Lieutenant Governor.