• Office Sought: Senator, Mississippi
• Birth Date: Feb. 2, 1965
• Occupation: Paralegal
• Religion: Christian
• Web site: http://erikfleming.org/index2.html

Education

Jackson State University, BA

Erik Fleming was born in Chicago, Ill., and currently lives in Clinton, Miss., a suburb of Jackson. He received his bachelor's degree from Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., in 1987.

Fleming served in the 122-member Mississippi House of Representatives from January 1999 through January 2008, representing a district that included parts of Hinds and Rankin counties in the metro Jackson area. He was defeated in the Democratic primary in August 2007.

As a student at Jackson State University, Fleming was student body president from 1986-87. Fleming worked on several campaigns before starting his own political career, including Democrat Ray Mabus' successful campaign for Mississippi governor in 1987 and Democrat Mike Parker's successful campaign for the U.S. House in 1988 (Parker switched to the Republican Party in 1995). Fleming also worked on Democrat Ronnie Musgrove's successful campaign for Mississippi lieutenant governor in 1995. After Musgrove was elected, he helped Fleming become sergeant-at-arms of the Mississippi Senate in 1996.

Fleming is a paralegal for the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance.

He is divorced and has three children.