Mississippi Business Journal » chief http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:41:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Seven city officials, including mayor, switch to GOP http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/27/seven-city-officials-including-mayor-switch-to-gop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seven-city-officials-including-mayor-switch-to-gop http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/27/seven-city-officials-including-mayor-switch-to-gop/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:50:21 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67362 FARMINGTON — Farmington’s mayor, five-member board of aldermen and chief of police are now Republicans. Mayor Dale Fortenberry tells the Daily Corinthian he and the aldermen — who Fortenberry says were all elected as independents — had talked about joining the Republican Party for a long time. There is no party registration in Mississippi. During [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/27/seven-city-officials-including-mayor-switch-to-gop/feed/ 0 Anderson unseats Denson as Choctaw chief http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/07/anderson-unseats-denson-as-choctaw-chief/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anderson-unseats-denson-as-choctaw-chief http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/07/anderson-unseats-denson-as-choctaw-chief/#comments Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:57:08 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=45733 CHOCTAW — Phyliss J. Anderson has unseated incumbent Beasley Denson to win the race for Choctaw Tribal Chief In complete, but unofficial returns from yesterday’s election, Anderson polled 2,011 votes, or 56 percent, to win over Denson, who had 1,523 votes, and Shirley Martin Berg who tallied 63 votes. Choctaw Election Committee chairman Berdie John [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/07/anderson-unseats-denson-as-choctaw-chief/feed/ 0 Anderson becomes first female Choctaw chief http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/06/anderson-becomes-first-female-choctaw-chief/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anderson-becomes-first-female-choctaw-chief http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/06/anderson-becomes-first-female-choctaw-chief/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 12:02:06 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=43190 CHOCTAW — Phyliss J. Anderson has defeated Beasely Denson with 55 percent of the vote in a run-off election to become the first woman chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. The Neshoba Democrat reports that complete but unofficial returns show Anderson with 1,741 votes to incumbent Denson’s 1,408. The Choctaw Election Committee was [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/07/06/anderson-becomes-first-female-choctaw-chief/feed/ 0 Edwards announces bid for Choctaw chief http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/23/edwards-announces-bid-for-choctaw-chief/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=edwards-announces-bid-for-choctaw-chief http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/03/23/edwards-announces-bid-for-choctaw-chief/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:09:01 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=38693 CHOCTAW — Tribal Council member Kevin Edwards says he will for chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Edwards would be the first formal challenger to Tribal Miko Beasley Denson, who is expected to run for a second term. Edwards says he wants to improve the financial health of the tribe. If elected, he [...]

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