by MBJ Staff Published: December 4,2011
Former Congressman Gene Taylor, whose career in the United States House of Representatives spanned more than 20 years, has donated all of his congressional documents to University Libraries at The University of Southern Mississippi. Taylor first represented Mississippi’s 5th congressional district from 1989-2003 and, after Mississippi revised its districts, he was voted to represent the [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: December 19,2010
Tags: Bennie Thompson, Gene Taylor, midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi, Travis Childers, Year in Review
National wave of anti-everything swept through Mississippi Unless your name was Bennie Thompson, November’s midterm elections in Mississippi were a bad time to be a Democratic incumbent. First District Rep. Travis Childers, D-Booneville, lost after serving only one term. Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, lost after having represented the Fourth District for more than 20 years. [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: November 28,2010
Tags: Alan Nunnelee, Associated Builders and Contractors, Associated General Contractors, Buddy Edens, Gene Taylor, Gregg Harper, Michelle Seward Davis, Perry Nations, Steven Palazzo
Trade associations split on what to expect following elections The state’s two leading construction trade associations are divided as to whether the new-look Congress will be a plus for builders. The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is optimistic. The Associated General Contractors (AGC), on the other hand, is more guarded in its outlook. Now, the [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: November 7,2010
Tags: Alan Nunnelee, Bennie Thompson, Butler Snow, Gene Taylor, Gregg Harper, Marty Wiseman, Steven Palazzo, Travis Childers
Taylor, Childers beaten despite significant campaign money from business interests Among the winners of last week’s midterm elections in Mississippi were new Republican congressmen Alan Nunnelee and Steven Palazzo. Butler Snow had a pretty good election, too, but not because of incumbent fatigue. The Ridgeland-based law firm used the campaign finance market saturation model to [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: November 2,2010
Tags: 2010 midterm elections, Alan Nunnelee, Gene Taylor, Gregg Harper, Steven Palazzo, Travis Childers
Among the winners of Tuesday night’s midterm elections in Mississippi were new Republican congressmen Alan Nunnelee and Steven Palazzo. Butler Snow had a pretty good election, too, but not because of incumbent fatigue. The Ridgeland-based law firm used the market saturation model to land on the winning side in each of Mississippi’s four congressional races. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 2,2010
Tags: 2010, Alan Nunnelee, Bennie Thompson, elections, Gene Taylor, Gregg Harper, midterm, Steven Palazzo, Travis Childers
JACKSON — Mississippi rarely kicks incumbents out of Congress. On Tuesday, voters defeated two of the state’s four U.S. House members – conservative Blue Dog Democrats caught in a wave of voter discontent with Washington. Republican Steven Palazzo, a state representative from Biloxi, unseated 21-year Democratic incumbent Gene Taylor of Bay St. Louis in the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 2,2010
Tags: Gene Taylor, Steven Palazzo
JACKSON — Mississippi rarely kicks incumbents out of Congress. On Tuesday, voters defeated two. Republican Steven Palazzo unseated 21-year Democratic incumbent Gene Taylor in the southern 4th Congressional District. Republican Alan Nunnelee defeated Democratic Rep. Travis Childers in the northern 1st District. Childers had held the seat since May 2008. Palazzo, of Biloxi, has been [...] [...]
by Stephen McDill Published: November 1,2010
Tags: 2010 midterms, Alan Nunnelee, Barack Obama, Bennie Thompson, Bill Marcy, Bobby Harrison, Gene Taylor, Gregg Harper, Joel Gill, Marty Wiseman, Museum, Nancy Pelosi, Stennis Institute, Stephen Rozman, Steven Palazzo, Travis Childers
JACKSON- A panel of political analysts join the November Stennis Institute luncheon at Regions Plaza in Jackson to discuss the congressional midterm elections. [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2010
Tags: Alan Nunnelee, Bennie Thompson, Bill Marcy, Federal Election Commission, Gene Taylor, Gregg Harper, Steven Palazzo, Travis Childers
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Here’s a glance at Mississippi congressional campaign finance reports for money raised and spent through Sept. 30, according to the Federal Election Commission website Monday. Candidates’ reporting deadline was this past Friday. The most dramatic gap is the in the 2nd district, where Bennie Thompson has more than $2 million in cash [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 19,2009
Tags: Gene Taylor, Katrina, New Orleans, President Obama
In wake of Hurricane Katrina, Coast Democrat urges reform to National Flood Insurance Program WASHINGTON — Just before President Obama’s visit to New Orleans Oct. 15, Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) wrote the President urging the administration to reform the National Flood Insurance Program and revisit the Taylor-written Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009. Taylor says [...] [...]
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