What is Bob Dearing?
'''Bob M. Dearing''' (January 26, 1935 &ndash; July 30, 2020) was an American politician, educator, and businessman. He was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Mississippi Senate]]. He represented the 37th District from 1980 to 2011. In 2011, he was defeated by Republican [[Melanie Sojourner]]. He ran for the seat again in 2015, and defeated Sojourner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/politicalledger/2015/11/11/melanie-sojourner-concedes-defeat/75597926/|title=Sojourner: Shy of votes to keep District 37 Senate seat|publisher=}}</ref> Dearing was born in [[Natchez, Mississippi]]. Dearing died on July 30, 2020 in Natchez at the age of 85.<ref>[https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2020/07/30/former-sen-bob-dearing-dies-at-85/ Former Sen. Bob Dearing dies at 85]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-30|title=Former Mississippi Sen. Bob Dearing dies at 85|url=https://www.wjtv.com/news/former-mississippi-sen-bob-dearing-dies-at-85/|access-date=2020-07-31|website=WJTV|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-07-31|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200731215149/https://www.wjtv.com/news/former-mississippi-sen-bob-dearing-dies-at-85/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dearing, Bob}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:State legislators of the United States]] [[Category:Educators from Mississippi]] [[Category:Politicians from Mississippi]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Mississippi]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:People from Natchez, Mississippi]]