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David Ronald "Ronnie" Musgrove (born July 29 , 1956 ) is an American politician who was the Governor of the U.S. State of Mississippi from 2000 until 2004 . Musgrove was born in Tocowa, Mississippi and graduated from Northwest Community College, the University Of Mississippi , and the University of Mississippi Law School. In 1987 , he won a seat in the state Senate that he held until his successful run for the lieutenant governorship in 1995 . He defeated Republican opponent Mike Parker for the governor's office in the 1999 election. However, since neither candidate received a majority of the popular vote, the Mississippi House Of Representatives had to officially select the winner. Musgrove advocated a change in the state flag which featured prominently the Confederate Battle Flag and set up a committee to select a new design. The agreed-upon design replaced the battle flag from the canton with a circular array of twenty stars ( Mississippi is the 20th state) on a blue background. A referendum was held in April 2001 to determine whether or not the new flag would be adopted. A large majority of voters (65%) elected to keep the old design. One of his accomplishments during his administration was landing the Nissan Plant that produces the Nissan Maxima and Nissan Titan . He lost his bid for re-election in 2003 to Republican challenger Haley Barbour . He now teaches at his alma mater, the University Of Mississippi
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