Philip Gunn

[2] that child rape victims should be forced to carry their rapists's babies as he personally opposes abortion access in all cases.

[3] Gunn worked as a waiter for a year and then attended the University of Mississippi School of Law, where he graduated with a Juris Doctor.

[4] Gunn was encouraged to run for election to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 2003, due to redistricting that hurt Clinton.

[4] Gunn lost the primary election by 17 votes, but found an error in how the districts were drawn, disenfranchising some voters.

Barbour appealed the re-vote to the Mississippi Supreme Court, which ruled in Gunn's favor in April 2004.