Amy Tuck
American politician
Amy Tuck (born July 8, 1963) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 2000 to 2008. A member of the Republican Party, she was previously a member of the Mississippi State Senate. She is the second woman to be elected to statewide office in Mississippi, and the first to have been reelected. Tuck later served as the Vice President of Campus Services at Mississippi State University from 2008 to 2019.
Biography
Tuck was born in Maben, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi in 1963. Her father, Grady Tuck, ran a grocery store near Maben, and was a lifelong friend of politician Brad Dye. As a high school student in Starkville, she also served as a page in the Mississippi Legislature. She received Bachelor of Arts in political science and Master of Public Administration degrees from Mississippi State University in Starkville before obtaining a J.D. degree from Mississippi College School of Law in Jackson. After graduating, Tuck worked as an attorney and as a teacher at a junior college.
On December 18, 1990, she defeated Bryce Griffis in a special election (called after the death of incumbent senator Bill Harpole) to the Mississippi State Senate as a Democrat, representing the 16th District, comprising parts of Choctaw, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, and Webster counties.
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