Question: Joey Hood worked for what American politician and author, who was also a Republican senator?

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John Warner (disambiguation): John Warner (born 1927) is an American politician: Secretary of the Navy from 1972–1974, Republican senator from Virginia from 1979–2009.

James A. McDougall: James Alexander McDougall (November 19, 1817 – September 3, 1867) was an American attorney and politician elected to statewide office in two U.S. states, then to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate.  A gifted orator, McDougall began his career as a civil engineer in New York, then read law, rising quickly to heights in his profession in Illinois, where he became a friend of fellow prairie attorneys Abraham Lincoln, Edward D. Baker, and Stephen Douglas.  Like many Americans, McDougall was drawn to Gold Rush California in 1849; he resumed his law practice and was elected second attorney general for the new state of California.  In the election of 1860, Lincoln won the presidency as a Republican, Baker was elected Republican senator from Oregon, and McDougall was elected senator from California, joining Douglas in the Senate as fellow War Democrats.  All three of McDougall's Prairie State friends would die in the six years before his term as senator expired.  A noted drinker, McDougall once gave an address to the Senate disparaging a proposed rule to outlaw the sale of alcohol in the United States Capitol, but died shortly after leaving the Senate, "...hastened by his indulgence in the bowl."

Tammy Duckworth: Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician and retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, serving as the junior United States Senator for Illinois since 2017.  A member of the Democratic Party, she earlier represented Illinois' 8th district for two terms (2013–2017) in the United States House of Representatives.  Before seeking elective office, she served as Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (2009-2011), and she was the Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs (2006-2009).  In the 2016 election, Duckworth defeated incumbent Republican Senator Mark Kirk for the seat in the United States Senate.

Blake Curd: Richard Blake Curd (born September 19, 1967) is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 12 since June 6, 2013.  Curd served non-consecutively in the South Dakota Legislature from January 2009 until January 11, 2011 in the South Dakota House of Representatives District 12 seat.  He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for South Dakota's at-large congressional district in the 2010 election.  Curd was appointed to the South Dakota Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Republican Senator Mark Johnston.

Vaneta Becker: Vaneta Becker is an American politician who serves as a Republican Senator in the Indiana Senate representing portions of Vanderburgh and Warrick County in the southern part of the state.  She sits on the Health and Provider Services Committee and chairs its Public Health Subcommittee having moved on from the Chairmanship of the Provider Services Subcommittee.  She is the ranking member of the standing committee on Commerce, Public Policy and Interstate Cooperation.

Joey Hood: Joey Hood (born December 11, 1976) is a Republican member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from Ackerman, Mississippi.  Hood attended the French Camp Academy in French Camp, Mississippi and received a history and political science degree from Mississippi State University.  He then worked for Republican senator Trent Lott in Washington D.C..  Hood later returned to Mississippi to study at the Mississippi College School of Law and became a law clerk and attorney.

Trent Lott: Chester Trent Lott Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American politician and author.  A former United States Senator from Mississippi, Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate.  He entered Congress as one of the first of a wave of Republicans winning seats in Southern states that had been solidly Democratic.  He became Senate Majority Leader, then fell from power after praising Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.

Susan Collins: Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from Maine.  A member of the Republican Party, Collins has served in the Senate since 1997, and has served as the Chairwoman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging since 2015 and previously chaired the Senate Committee on Homeland Security from 2003 to 2007.  She is considered a moderate Republican Senator.  She also is known for her long consecutive voting streak, which reached 6,000 votes in September 2015.  She is the current dean of Maine's congressional delegation.

Sam Slom: Samuel Morgan "Sam" Slom (born April 13, 1942) is an American politician.  Slom was the sole Republican member of the Hawaii Senate from 2010 until his defeat in 2016.  Between 1996 and 2016, Slom represented the 9th District, which includes Hawaii Kai, Aina Haina, Kahala and Diamond Head on the island of Oahu.  As the sole Republican senator, he was the senate minority leader and floor leader of the Hawaiian Senate.  He also served on all 16 Senate committees and on every special committee and subcommittee.  He is a native of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Robert Nichols (politician): Robert Nichols (born 25 November 1944) is an American politician who is the Republican senator for the 3rd District and President Pro Tempore of the 85th Legislature in the Texas Senate.

Supporting paragraphs: Joey Hood Trent Lott
Answer: Trent Lott