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Kirk Fordice, the Glossary

Daniel Kirkwood "Kirk" Fordice Jr. (February 10, 1934 – September 7, 2004) was an American politician and businessman who served as the 61st governor of Mississippi from 1992 to 2000.^[1]

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Christians from Mississippi
Deaths from cancer in Mississippi
Methodists from Mississippi
Republican Party governors of Mississippi

Affirmative action

Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies) refers to a set of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to benefit marginalized groups.

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Associated General Contractors of America

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) is a trade association in the United States construction industry,, AGC.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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B'nai B'rith

B'nai B'rith International (from Covenant) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Jewish service organization and was formerly a German Jewish cultural association.

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Barry Goldwater

Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 1964.

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Barry Goldwater 1964 presidential campaign

The 1964 presidential campaign of Barry Goldwater began when United States Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona elected to seek the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States to challenge incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Carroll A. Campbell Jr.

Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. (July 24, 1940December 7, 2005), was an American Republican politician who served as the 112th governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995.

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City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co.

City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., 488 U.S. 469 (1989), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that the minority set-aside program of Richmond, Virginia, which gave preference to minority business enterprises (MBE) in the awarding of municipal contracts, was unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause.

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Colonel

Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Colonel (United States)

A colonel in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and Space Force, is the most senior field-grade military officer rank, immediately above the rank of lieutenant colonel and just below the rank of brigadier general.

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Conservatism in the United States

Conservatism in the United States is based on a belief in individualism, traditionalism, republicanism, and limited federal governmental power in relation to U.S. states.

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Deficit spending

Within the budgetary process, deficit spending is the amount by which spending exceeds revenue over a particular period of time, also called simply deficit, or budget deficit, the opposite of budget surplus.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Dick Molpus

Richard Henderson Molpus Jr. (born September 7, 1949) is an American businessman and Democratic Party politician who served as Secretary of State of Mississippi from 1984 until 1996.

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Eddie Briggs

Eddie Jerome Briggs (born October 14, 1949) is an American politician and lawyer.

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Gil Carmichael

Gilbert Ellzey Carmichael (June 27, 1927 – January 31, 2016) was an American businessman and politician.

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Haley Barbour

Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947) is an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as the 63rd governor of Mississippi from 2004 to 2012. Kirk Fordice and Haley Barbour are Christians from Mississippi and republican Party governors of Mississippi.

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Jack Reed (Mississippi politician)

Jack Raymond Reed Sr. (May 19, 1924 – January 27, 2016) was an American businessman and politician. Kirk Fordice and Jack Reed (Mississippi politician) are Businesspeople from Mississippi and Methodists from Mississippi.

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Jackson, Mississippi

Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Judeo-Christian

The term Judeo-Christian is used to group Christianity and Judaism together, either in reference to Christianity's derivation from Judaism, Christianity's recognition of Jewish scripture to constitute the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, or values supposed to be shared by the two religions.

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Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi

The lieutenant governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking elected executive officer in the U.S. state of Mississippi, below the governor of Mississippi, and is the only official in the state to be a member of two branches of state government.

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List of governors of Mississippi

The governor of Mississippi is the head of government of Mississippi and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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Louisiana State University Press

The Louisiana State University Press (LSU Press) is a university press at Louisiana State University.

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Madison, Mississippi

Madison is the 11th most populous city in Mississippi, United States, located in Madison County, north of the state capital, Jackson.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Michael Parker (politician)

Paul Michael Parker (born October 31, 1949) is an American businessman and politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Mississippi Republican Party

The Mississippi Republican Party is the Mississippi state affiliate of the United States Republican Party.

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Obergefell v. Hodges

Obergefell v. Hodges,, is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

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Pat Fordice

Patricia Owens Fordice (born Patricia Owens; November 27, 1934 – July 12, 2007) was the First Lady of Mississippi from 1992 until 1999, the wife of Republican Governor Kirk Fordice. Kirk Fordice and Pat Fordice are Burials in Mississippi and Deaths from cancer in Mississippi.

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Pete Johnson (politician)

Patrick Hayes "Pete" Johnson Jr. (born May 12, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer who served as State Auditor of Mississippi from 1988 to 1992.

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Purdue University

Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system.

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Racial quota

Racial quotas in employment and education are numerical requirements or quotas for hiring, promoting, admitting and/or graduating members of a particular racial group.

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Ray Mabus

Raymond Edwin Mabus Jr. (born October 11, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer. Kirk Fordice and Ray Mabus are Methodists from Mississippi.

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Reconstruction era

The Reconstruction era was a period in United States history following the American Civil War, dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of abolishing slavery and reintegrating the eleven former Confederate States of America into the United States.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Ridgeland, Mississippi

Ridgeland is a city in Madison County, Mississippi, United States.

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Ronnie Musgrove

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.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Reserve

The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a reserve force of the United States Army.

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University Press of Mississippi

The University Press of Mississippi (UPM), founded in 1970, is a university press that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi (i.e., Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State University, University of Mississippi, and the University of Southern Mississippi), making it one of the few university presses in the United States to have more than one affiliate university.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Welfare

Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet basic human needs such as food and shelter.

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Welfare reform

Welfare reform is the process of proposing and adopting changes to a welfare system in order to improve the efficiency and administration of government assistance programs with the goal of enhancing equity and fairness for both welfare recipients and taxpayers.

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WLBT

WLBT (channel 3) is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, affiliated with NBC.

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Workfare

Workfare is a governmental plan under which welfare recipients are required to accept public-service jobs or to participate in job training.

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1982 United States Senate election in Mississippi

The 1982 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 2, 1982.

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1991 Mississippi gubernatorial election

The 1991 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1991 to elect the Governor of Mississippi.

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1995 Mississippi gubernatorial election

The 1995 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1995 to elect the Governor of Mississippi.

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1st Infantry Division (United States)

The 1st Infantry Division (1ID) is a combined arms division of the United States Army, and is the oldest continuously serving division in the Regular Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirk_Fordice

Also known as Daniel Fordice, Daniel Fordice Jr., Daniel Fordice, Jr., Daniel K. Fordice, Daniel K. Fordice Jr., Daniel K. Fordice, Jr., Daniel Kirkwood Fordice, Daniel Kirkwood Fordice Jr., Daniel Kirkwood Fordice, Jr., Kirk Fordice, Jr..

, Workfare, 1982 United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1991 Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1995 Mississippi gubernatorial election, 1st Infantry Division (United States).

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See also

Christians from Mississippi

Deaths from cancer in Mississippi

Methodists from Mississippi

Republican Party governors of Mississippi

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