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Leslie King
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court · District 1 Position 2
Background: Prior to his service as a judge, he was a representative in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1980 to 1994.
At a glance
- Court
- Mississippi Supreme Court
- Position / seat
- District 1 Position 2
- Chief justice
- No
- How they joined the court
- Appointed by Gov. Haley Barbour (R) (2011); later won election on November 3, 2020
- Appointed by
- Gov. Haley Barbour (R)
- Appointment date
- 2011
- Took office
- 2011
- Current term ends
- January 1, 2029
- Next election or retention vote
- Not listed
- Last election
- November 3, 2020
- Party (as listed by Ballotpedia)
- Nonpartisan
- Ballotpedia partisanship estimate
- Mild Democrat (2020 study of justices' pre-court partisan activity)
- Education
- Bachelor's: University of Mississippi, 1970
- Law: Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, 1973
- Prior offices
- Not listed
- Profession
- Not listed
- How this court's justices are chosen
- Nonpartisan electionVoters elect the justices; no party label appears on the ballot.
Summary of facts listed on Leslie King’s Ballotpedia page (retrieved Oct 26, 2026) · Photo: Ballotpedia. “Not listed” means Ballotpedia didn’t list it in a form this site could read; check Ballotpedia for the latest.
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