Steven McCarty Palazzo is an American politician who served as the US representative for from 2011 to 2023.
18 Facts About Steven Palazzo
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Steven Palazzo represented District 116 in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2006 to 2011.
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Steven Palazzo lost renomination to Mike Ezell in the June 28,2022, Republican primary.
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Steven Palazzo graduated from Saint John High School in 1988.
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Steven Palazzo enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in 1988, and served with the 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company in the Persian Gulf War.
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Steven Palazzo now serves in the Mississippi Army National Guard.
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Steven Palazzo received a Bachelor's of business administration and MPA in public accountancy from the University of Southern Mississippi, and is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
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Steven Palazzo served on the Banking and Financial Services, Juvenile Justice, Labor, Select Committee on the Gulf Coast Disaster, and the Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committees.
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Steven Palazzo faced 10-term Democratic incumbent Gene Taylor in the general election.
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Steven Palazzo was unopposed in the general election for the first time in his career.
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Steven Palazzo lost renomination to Mike Ezell in the June 28,2022, Republican primary.
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Steven Palazzo voted with his Republican colleagues to pass a balanced budget amendment and repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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In 2015, Steven Palazzo cosponsored a resolution to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
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Steven Palazzo condemned the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v Hodges, which held that same-sex marriage bans violated the constitution.
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In February 2017, Steven Palazzo began to face calls from constituents to attend town halls.
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In 2018, Steven Palazzo defended the Trump administration's policy of separating small children from immigrant parents by blaming it on Democratic administrations.
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In December 2020, Palazzo was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign 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 defeated incumbent Donald Trump.
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Steven Palazzo's bill drew little support, dying before the new Democratic House majority was sworn in in January 2019.