Dave Dennis
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Dave Dennis is an American
United States
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 businessman and was a candidate in the Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 primary election for the Mississippi Governor's Race
Mississippi gubernatorial election, 2011
The 2011 Mississippi gubernatorial election, occurred on November 8 of that year. Incumbent Governor Haley Barbour was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits....

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Business career

Dave Dennis is President of Specialty Contractors & Associates, Inc. of Gulfport, Mississippi
Gulfport, Mississippi
Gulfport is the second largest city in Mississippi after the state capital Jackson. It is the larger of the two principal cities of the Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi Combined Statistical Area. As of the...

, a commercial and industrial subcontractor. He has thrice served as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board in New Orleans. He has also chaired several state organizations, including Leadership Mississippi and the Business and Industry Political Education Committee.

Campaign for Mississippi Governor

On February 14, 2011, Dennis launched statewide kick-off tour for his campaign to be Mississippi's next governor. The tour started in Dennis's hometown of Pass Christian, Mississippi
Pass Christian, Mississippi
Pass Christian , nicknamed The Pass, is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States, along the Gulf of Mexico. It is part of the Gulfport–Biloxi, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, and included 20 other cities. Dennis focused his message on job creation based on his own private-sector experience.

Personal life

Dave and his wife, Jane, have two children, Kate and Padrick. They are members of the Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church.
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