{"id":35815,"date":"2024-08-29T00:17:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T07:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=35815"},"modified":"2024-08-29T21:53:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T04:53:08","slug":"ty-pinkins-democrat-for-u-s-senate-from-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/ty-pinkins-democrat-for-u-s-senate-from-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ty Pinkins, Democrat for U.S. Senate from Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ty Pinkins (ballotpedia.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ballotpedia-api4\/files\/thumbs\/200\/300\/Ty-Pinkins.png\" alt=\"Image of Ty Pinkins\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Democratic_Party\">Democratic Party<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidate, U.S. Senate Mississippi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elections and appointments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next election<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 5, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bachelor&#8217;s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Maryland Global Campus, 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graduate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgetown University Law Center, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Georgetown University Law Center, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Military<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Service \/ branch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Army<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Years of service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1996 &#8211; 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Birthplace<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rolling Fork, Miss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Religion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Profession<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business owner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.typinkins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campaign website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/typinkinsMS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campaign Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TyPinkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campaign Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/typinkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campaign Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@typinkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campaign YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@typinkinsms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Campaign TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/typinkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Personal Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ty-pinkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Personal LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ty Pinkins<\/strong>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Democratic_Party\">Democratic Party<\/a>) is running for election to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/United_States_Senate\">U.S. Senate<\/a>&nbsp;to represent Mississippi. He is on the ballot in the general election on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi,_2024\">November 5, 2024<\/a>. He advanced from the Democratic primary on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi,_2024\">March 12, 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pinkins completed Ballotpedia&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Candidate Connection<\/a>&nbsp;survey in 2023.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ty_Pinkins#Campaign_themes\">Click here to read the survey answers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ty Pinkins was born in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Rolling_Fork,_Mississippi\">Rolling Fork, Mississippi<\/a>. Pinkins served in the U.S. Army from 1996 to 2017.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ty_Pinkins#cite_note-bio-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>&nbsp;He earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in political science and government from the University of Maryland Global Campus in 2012, a juris doctor from Georgetown University in 2020, and a master&#8217;s degree in national security law from Georgetown University in 2021. Pinkins&#8217; career experience includes owning a business and working as an attorney with the Mississippi Center for Justice and a presidential communications aide with the White House Communications Agency.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ty_Pinkins#cite_note-bio-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ty_Pinkins#cite_note-bio2-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>See also:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi,_2024\">United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2024<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ty_Pinkins\"><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General election<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General election for U.S. Senate Mississippi<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Incumbent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Roger_Wicker\">Roger Wicker<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ty_Pinkins\">Ty Pinkins<\/a>&nbsp;are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Mississippi on November 5, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><\/td><td>Candidate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ballotpedia-api4\/files\/thumbs\/100\/100\/Roger_Wicker_20230531_084455.jpg\" alt=\"Image of https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ballotpedia-api4\/files\/thumbs\/100\/100\/Roger_Wicker_20230531_084455.jpg\"><\/td><td><strong><u><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Roger_Wicker\">Roger Wicker<\/a><\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;(R)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ballotpedia-api4\/files\/thumbs\/100\/100\/Ty-Pinkins.png\" alt=\"Image of https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ballotpedia-api4\/files\/thumbs\/100\/100\/Ty-Pinkins.png\"><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ty_Pinkins\">Ty Pinkins<\/a>&nbsp;(D)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Ty_Pinkins#Campaign_themes\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ty Pinkins (ballotpedia.org) Democratic Party Candidate, U.S. Senate Mississippi Elections and appointments Next election November 5, 2024 Education Bachelor&#8217;s University of Maryland Global Campus, 2012 Graduate Georgetown University Law Center, 2021 Law Georgetown University Law Center, 2020 Military Service \/ branch U.S. Army Years of service 1996 &#8211; 2017 Personal&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/ty-pinkins-democrat-for-u-s-senate-from-mississippi\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35815"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35842,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35815\/revisions\/35842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}