Michael Guest (politician)

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Michael Guest
File:Michael Guest portrait 116th congress2.jpg
Chair of the House Ethics Committee (Acting)
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded by Susan Wild
Succeeded by TBD
Ranking Member of the House Ethics Committee
In office
August 19, 2022 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by Jackie Walorski
Succeeded by Susan Wild
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 3rd district
Assumed office
January 3, 2019
Preceded by Gregg Harper
District Attorney of Rankin County and Madison County
In office
2008–2019
Preceded by David Clark
Succeeded by John Bramlett
Personal details
Born Michael Patrick Guest
(1970-02-04) February 4, 1970 (age 54)
Woodbury, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Haley Kennedy
Children 2
Education Mississippi State University (BS)
University of Mississippi (JD)
Website House website

Michael Patrick Guest (born February 4, 1970) is an American attorney and Republican politician. He has represented Mississippi's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2019. He has been the ranking member of the United States House Committee on Ethics since August 2022.

Early life and education

Michael Patrick Guest[1] was born on February 4, 1970.[2] He 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 to 2008, and became District Attorney in 2008.[3]

U.S. House of Representatives

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Guest and his wife meet with Cindy Hyde-Smith in November 2018

Elections

2018

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See also: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi § District 3

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 June Republican primary election, Guest received the most votes (45%), with Whit Hughes coming in second 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]

2020

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See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi § District 3

Guest was reelected in 2020 with 64.7% of the vote, defeating Democrat Dort Benford.[8]

Tenure

In December 2020, Guest 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[9] 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 an election held by another state.[10][11][12]

On May 19, 2021, Guest was one of 35 Republicans who joined all Democrats in voting to approve legislation to establish the January 6, 2021 commission meant to investigate the storming of the U.S. Capitol.[13]

In June 2022, after a leaked decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to revoke the right to abortion in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Guest wrote to the Department of Homeland Security to demand action in the wake of attacks by Jane's Revenge, which Guest called an "anarchist extremist group" that targets crisis pregnancy centers and other anti-abortion organizations.[14]

In August 2022, Guest was named ranking member of the House Ethics Committee upon the death of former ranking member Jackie Walorski.[15]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships[16]

  • Army Caucus
  • Border Security Caucus
  • Chicken Caucus
  • Fire Services Caucus
  • Freshman Working Group on Addiction
  • Law Enforcement Caucus
  • National Guard and Reserve Caucus
  • Prayer Caucus
  • Pro-Life Caucus
  • Republican Study Committee[17]
  • Rice Caucus
  • Sportsman Caucus
  • Steel Caucus
  • Suburban Caucus
  • Unmanned Systems Caucus

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

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External links

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 3rd congressional district
2019–present		 Incumbent
United States order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by United States representatives by seniority
254th		 Succeeded by
Josh Harder

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  1. ↑ Statement of Organization, Friends of Michael Guest
  2. ↑ Michael Guest - Candidate for House of Representatives MS 3rd District. (Republican)
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