Clebern Hilburn "Bobby" Shows Jr. (August 28, 1938 – January 20, 2019)[1] was an American Republican politician.

Bobby Shows
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the 89th district
In office
January 1992 – July 2016
Succeeded byDonnie Scoggin
Personal details
Born(1938-08-28)August 28, 1938
Laurel, Mississippi, United States
DiedJanuary 20, 2019(2019-01-20) (aged 80)
Ellisville, Mississippi
Political partyDemocratic (before 2010)
Republican (2010-2019)
SpouseSandra Odom
ResidenceEllisville, Mississippi
ProfessionBusinessman

Shows went to the University of Southern Mississippi and was a businessman. From 1992 to 2016, served as member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 89th District.[2]

He was a Democrat until 2010, when he switched affiliation to the Republican party, justifying by saying that “The majority leader, Mr. Ellis, (said) that you can see at this time that there is no room in the Democratic Party for white conservatives, so I am here to be a white conservative Republican.”[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Former Mississippi state Rep. Bobby Shows dies at 80". thestate. Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2019-01-24.
  2. ^ "Bobby Shows". Mississippi House of Representatives. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Bobby Shows". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Republicans playing race card 2011 Legislative session off to rocky start | The Jackson Advocate". Retrieved 2019-07-07.