Michael McLendon, born on November 14, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, is an American politician and insurance producer who has been serving in the Mississippi State Senate from the 1st district since 2020.1
Early Life and Education: McLendon was born in Dallas, Texas, and later moved to Tennessee, where he attended Oakhaven Baptist Academy in Memphis. He graduated from Northwest Mississippi Community College and Memphis State University.
Career: McLendon worked as an insurance agent for Farm Bureau Insurance of Tennessee for 19 years, before later joining Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance in 2013. In the same year, he ran for the Hernando City Council and became a councilmember for Ward 4.
In 2019, he ran for election to the Mississippi State Senate to represent District 1, which represents part of DeSoto county. He finished second in the Republican primary and came first in the Republican primary runoff election. He won the general election uncontested. He ran uncontested in 2023.
For the 2024 session, he serves as the Chair for the State Library Committee and is a member of Insurance, Appropriations, Education, Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res, Gaming, Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs, and Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Personal Life: He is a member of the Methodist Church. He is married to Vickey Blythe McLendon and has two children, Dr. Hunter McLendon and Sadler McLendon. On June 5, 2023, McLendon was arrested in Foley, Alabama and charged with “DUI combined with substance.”
