Steven Palazzo
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• Representative for Mississippi's 4th congressional district since 2011
• The district takes in most of Mississippi's share of the Gulf Coast and includes Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, Laurel and Hattiesburg
• He is a member of the Republican Party
• Palazzo defeated 10-term Democratic incumbent Gene Taylor with 52% to 47% of the vote in the 2010 mid-term election
• Previously, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives, having represented District 116 from 2006 to 2011
• Palazzo again defeated Taylor in the June 2014 Republican primary election
• Taylor switched parties in a bid to return to his former House seat