by Associated Press Published: March 8,2013
Tags: campaign, campaign finance, city clerk, election, law, legal, political campaign, state agency, vote, voter, Voting
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — City clerks are required to collect campaign finance reports during local elections throughout Mississippi and deliver that information to Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s office, but Hosemann said he only receives the information sporadically. The law is designed to create greater transparency in local elections, making it possible to see where a [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 14,2013
Tags: bench, campaign, campaign finance, case, court, donation, donor, election, judge, judicial, justice, lawsuit, political, political campaign, Politics, poll, public official, reform, trial, vote, voter, Voting
ABERDEEN — A federal judge has scheduled a trial for June 3 on challenge to Mississippi’s campaign finance law. At issue is whether a citizen must register with the state before spending more than $200 in a year to influence voters. The lawsuit contends they do not. In 2011, five Lafayette County residents sued the [...] [...]
by Emily W. Pettus Published: October 21,2012
Tags: 2012 congressional elections, Alan Nunnelee, Bennie Thompson, campaign finance, Gregg Harper, Haley Barbour, Politics, Roger Wicker, Steven Palazzo, Thad Cochran
This is a comfortable election year to be a sitting U.S. representative, U.S. senator or appellate judge in Mississippi. Incumbents have raised far more campaign cash than challengers, adding to their built-in advantage of name recognition. Judicial candidates are extremely limited in what they’re allowed to say, so it’s tough for a challenger to pick [...] [...]
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by Associated Press Published: July 19,2012
Tags: campaign, campaign finance, election, fundraiser, fundraising, money, Politics, vote, voter, Voting
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson’s campaign war chest tops $1.2 million, far more than his Republican and independent opponents, according to recent filings with the Federal Election Commission. The FEC reports cover the period ending June 30. Thompson is running for an 11th term in Mississippi’s 2nd District. Thompson’s Republican opponent Bill [...] [...]
ABERDEEN — A group of Lafayette County residents have told a federal judge that Mississippi’s campaign finance law stops them from campaigning as they want to for an eminent domain constitutional amendment. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock heard arguments Tuesday in Aberdeen but did not immediately rule. The plaintiffs [...] [...]
ABERDEEN — A federal judge will hear arguments Nov. 1 in Aberdeen on a complaint that challenges a Mississippi campaign finance law under which groups are to register if they raise or spend more than $200 a year toward their cause. A week ago, five Lafayette County residents sued the State of Mississippi to challenge [...] [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – A deep-pocketed alliance with ties to top Republicans Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie is pumping more than $4 million into key Senate races in a single week of advertising, a crucial infusion to counter a surge in Democratic Party spending as Election Day draws near. The new wave of ads by Crossroads [...] [...]
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