Steven McCarty Palazzo (born February 21, 1970) is an American politician who has been the U.S.
Representative for Mississippi's 4th congressional district since 2011.
The district takes in Mississippi's Gulf Coast and includes Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, Laurel and Hattiesburg.
Palazzo is a member of the Republican Party.
He defeated 10-term Democratic incumbent Gene Taylor with 52% to 47% of the vote in the 2010 mid-term election.
Previously, he served in the Mississippi House of Representatives, having represented District 116 from 2006 to 2011.
Palazzo again narrowly defeated Taylor in the June 2014 Republican primary election.
Taylor switched parties in a bid to return to his former House seat.