FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2016, file photo, Bob Dearing listens to opening arguments before a Mississippi Senate committee on his recent disputed election victory, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Former state Sen. Dearing, of Natchez, who worked to expand highways, legalize casino gambling and strengthen laws against animal cruelty, died Thursday, July 30, 2020, at home, a funeral home said. He was 85. Dearing was a Democrat who was first elected to the state Senate in 1979. He served 32 years before he was defeated in 2011 by Republican Melanie Sojourner. In a 2015 rematch, Dearing defeated Sojourner. He chose not to seek reelection in 2019. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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