Ronnie Musgrove

Ronnie Musgrove
62nd Governor of Mississippi
In office
January 11, 2000 – January 13, 2004
LieutenantAmy Tuck
Preceded byKirk Fordice
Succeeded byHaley Barbour
29th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
In office
January 4, 1996 – January 11, 2000
GovernorKirk Fordice
Preceded byEddie Briggs
Succeeded byAmy Tuck
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 10th district
In office
January 5, 1988 – January 2, 1996
Preceded byCharles Ray Nix
Succeeded byNolan Mettetal
Personal details
Born
David Ronald Musgrove

(1956-07-29) July 29, 1956 (age 68)
Sardis, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Melanie Ballard
(m. 1977; div. 2001)

Melody Bounds
(m. 2007; died 2021)
Children4
EducationNorthwest Mississippi Community College
University of Mississippi (BA, JD)

David Ronald Musgrove (born July 29, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 62nd governor of Mississippi from 2000 to 2004. A Democrat, he previously served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 1996 to 2000. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2008 special election for one of Mississippi's seats in the United States Senate, losing to incumbent Senator Roger Wicker. Musgrove is a principal at a public affairs consulting firm, Politics.[1] In 2014, he became founding partner of a new law firm in Jackson, Mississippi, Musgrove/Smith Law.[2] As of 2024, he is the most recent Democrat to hold the office of Governor of Mississippi.

  1. ^ "Politics". company-politics.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "Musgrove Smith Law – Mississippi Attorneys". www.musgrovesmithlaw.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.