Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney will represent the 2nd Congressional District as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis.

The former two-term state senator for Warren, Issaquena and southwest Yazoo counties will be joined by Mike Retzer of Greenville among Mississippi’s 39 delegates expected to support Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. All were chosen at the Mississippi Republican State Convention May 9-10 in Jackson.

Clarke Reed of Greenville was selected as an at-large delegate.

Three delegates were chosen from each of the state’s four congressional districts. Twenty-four additional delegates were won when McCain won the majority of votes in the state primary March 11.

Republican National Committee members Henry Barbour and Cindy Phillips are delegates. Party chairman Jim Herring will also be a delegate but will head a convention committee on credentials disputes and not commit to a candidate.