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Lofton Gray

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Lofton Gray
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Elections and appointments
Last election

August 8, 2023

Education

Bachelor's

Millsaps College, 2021

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army National Guard

Personal
Birthplace
Mississippi
Religion
Christian
Contact

Lofton Gray (Republican Party) ran for election to the Mississippi House of Representatives to represent District 10. He lost in the Republican primary on August 8, 2023.

Gray completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Lofton Gray was born in Mississippi. He served in the U.S. Army National Guard starting in 2016. He earned a bachelor's degree from Millsaps College in 2021.[1]

Elections

2023

See also: Mississippi House of Representatives elections, 2023

General election

General election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 10

Josh Hawkins won election in the general election for Mississippi House of Representatives District 10 on November 7, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Josh Hawkins
Josh Hawkins (R)
 
100.0
 
7,205

Total votes: 7,205
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 10

Josh Hawkins defeated incumbent Brady Williamson and Lofton Gray in the Republican primary for Mississippi House of Representatives District 10 on August 8, 2023.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Josh Hawkins
Josh Hawkins
 
57.4
 
2,340
Image of Brady Williamson
Brady Williamson
 
27.6
 
1,126
Image of Lofton Gray
Lofton Gray Candidate Connection
 
15.0
 
610

Total votes: 4,076
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2023

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Lofton Gray completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gray's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a former teacher, current Officer in the Mississippi Army National Guard, and am currently studying law at the University of Mississippi. I am seeking to go to Jackson so that I might provide Panola and Lafayette counties with the outstanding representation that they deserve. We need dedicated public servants in the legislature who are brave enough to set party politics aside and unapologetically advocate for their constituents and their homes. For too long Mississippi has been run by the same brand of Republican officials that sell conservative ideology to the people and then go to Jackson and do whatever they want. When I am elected I will help Mississippi finally reach its potential by advocating for policies that will strengthen the middle class, bolster our education system, solve our rural hospital crisis and more. The path forward for Mississippi is simple, invest in education, invest in infrastructure, enact policies that are tough on crime, and cut taxes for the average family. I alone am the candidate in this race that can deliver these changes to the people and that is why I am running on behalf of Mississippians who are tired of the status quo.
  • Eliminate Mississippi's Highest in the Nation Grocery Tax
  • Create scholarship opportunities that incentivize high-performing high schoolers to remain in Mississippi.
  • Restore the people's constitutionally guaranteed ballot initiative process.
Education, crime, economics, infrastructure, 2nd Amendment rights, freedom of speech, and freedom to worship.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 8, 2023


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