{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=31F7F446-0580-479E-B37B-FB1730B38A5F", "COCHRAN NAMES BRAD WHITE NEW CHIEF OF STAFF", "2016-11-29", "2016", "2016-11", "Republican", "House", "MS", "Thad Cochran", "C000567", "www.cochran.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, today announced that he is naming Brad White as the chief of staff, effective Jan. 1, 2017.White has served as Cochran\u2019s state director since June 2015.\u00a0 In his new position, White will advise the Senator and oversee his Senate office staff in Washington and Mississippi.\u00a0 White will replace Keith Heard, who has served as chief of staff during the 114th Congress and who will return to the private sector.\u201cI am optimistic about the new Congress and the new administration, and look forward to having Brad White as my chief of staff.\u00a0 My focus will remain on making Mississippi and our nation stronger and more secure,\u201d Cochran said.\u00a0 \u201cI am grateful to Keith Heard for his good service to my office and to the people of Mississippi.\u00a0 I wish him well as he begins a new chapter in his career.\u201dPrior to joining the Cochran staff, White was chief of staff at the Mississippi Department of Audit.\u00a0 In addition to serving as a member of the Republican National Committee, White was chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party from 2008 to 2011.\u00a0 Between 1999 and 2008, he held various positions within the Mississippi Transportation Commission, the Mississippi Public Service Commission and the Simpson County Economic Development Foundation.\u00a0 White, a native of Braxton, has a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from Belhaven University.\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cochran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ContentRecord_id=31F7F446-0580-479E-B37B-FB1730B38A5F"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3977479431778193, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}