Lester Spell

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Lester Spell

Republican Party

Prior offices:

Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce

Years in office: 1996 - 2012

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Mayor of Richland Mississippi

Years in office: 1975 - 1996

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Education

Bachelor's

Mississippi State University

Other

Auburn University, 1968

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1968 - 1970

Personal

Religion

Christian: Baptist

Profession

Veterinarian/Farmer

Contact

Personal Facebook

Lester Spell was the Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. Spell, a Republican, served in the position from January 1996 to January 2012.

Elections

2011

See also: Mississippi down ballot state executive elections, 2011

Spell did not run for re-election in 2011.

2007

On November 6, 2007, Lester Spell won re-election to the office of Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. He defeated Rickey Cole (Democrat) and Paul L. Riley (Constitution) in the general election.

Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, 2007
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lester Spell Incumbent	51%	371,191
	Democratic	Rickey Cole	42.4%	308,693
	Constitution	Paul Leslie Riley	6.5%	47,647
Total Votes				727,531
Election results via Mississippi Secretary of State.

2003

On November 4, 2003, Lester Spell won re-election to the office of Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce. He defeated Max Phillips (Democrat) and Bob Claunch (Reform) in the general election.

Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce, 2003
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lester Spell Incumbent	66.1%	564,283
	Democratic	Max Phillips	32.1%	274,097
	Reform	Bob Claunch	1.8%	15,229
Total Votes				853,609
Election results via Mississippi Secretary of State.

Campaign finance summary

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External links

Suggest a link

• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003, 1999
• Lester Spell on Facebook

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by '	Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture 1996-2012	Succeeded by Cindy Hyde-Smith