Senate" and out of concern "about the direction our state is going financially." In January 2010, Yancey announced he would run for State Treasurer. "I'm not a politician, I'm a child of God. I look at public service as a calling and I didn't want to look back with regret for something I felt the Lord was calling me to do," Yancey said. In the Republican primary on August 2, 2011, Yancey faced Lynn Fitch, then head of the State Personnel Board, and Lucien Smith, a former budget advisor to Governor Haley Barbour in the GOP Primary. Yancey received endorsements from President of the American Family Association Donald Wildmon, the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement, and U.S. Congressman Gregg Harper. No candidate received a majority, but Fitch and Yancey polled the highest, with 37.65% and 33.45% respectively. A runoff election was held August 23, 2011, involving only Fitch and Yancey. Yancey was defeated, with 73,076 votes to Fitch's 82,930. State House of Representatives In 2019, Yancey successfully ran for the Mississippi House of Representatives. Family and personal life In 1992, Yancey married Courtney Fagan. They have two children, Benton and Blakeley. Yancey and his family reside in Brandon. Yancey's father-in-law, Julian Fagan, was a punter for the New Orleans Saints. Yancey is a member of Bay Springs Baptist Church. He is also a marathon runner. References Living people 1968 births Republican Party members of the Mississippi House of Representatives Republican Party Mississippi state senators People from Rankin County, Mississippi People from Ripley, Mississippi Mississippi College alumni 21st-century American politicians People from Quitman, Mississippi