Ronnie Musgrove

Ronnie Musgrove
62nd Governor of Mississippi
In office January 11, 2000 – January 13, 2004
Lieutenant	Amy Tuck
Preceded by	Kirk Fordice
Succeeded by	Haley Barbour
29th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
In office January 4, 1996 – January 11, 2000
Governor	Kirk Fordice
Preceded by	Eddie Briggs
Succeeded by	Amy Tuck
Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 10th district
In office January 5, 1988 – January 2, 1996
Preceded by	Charles Ray Nix
Succeeded by	Nolan Mettetal
Personal details
Born	David Ronald Musgrove (1956-07-29) July 29, 1956 (age 67) Sardis, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Melanie Ballard ​ ​ (m. 1977; div. 2001)​ Melody Bounds ​ ​ (m. 2007; died 2021)​
Children	4
Education	Northwest Mississippi Community College University of Mississippi (BA, JD)

David Ronald Musgrove (born July 29, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 62nd governor of Mississippi from 2000 to 2004. A Democrat, he previously served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 1996 to 2000. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2008 special election for one of Mississippi's seats in the United States Senate, losing to incumbent Senator Roger Wicker. Musgrove is a principal at a public affairs consulting firm, Politics.^[1] In 2014, he became founding partner of a new law firm in Jackson, Mississippi, Musgrove/Smith Law.^[2] As of 2024, he is the most recent Democrat to hold the office of Governor of Mississippi.