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House race lures four Coast candidates — for now

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:54:53 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — It looks like there’s going to be a four-candidate race May 28 for the state House of Representatives District 95 seat. The deadline to qualify for the special election to fill the seat held by the late Rep. Jessica Upshaw was yesterday, a state holiday. A spokeswoman with the Secretary of [...]

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HARDWICK: Why do people run for public office

Phil Hardwick — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:32:25 +0000

The qualifying deadline for local elections in Mississippi has passed. On May 9 voters will go to the polls to select the political party nominees for mayors, alderpersons and councilmembers in most of the Magnolia State’s villages, towns and cities. It is time again to ask the question: Why do people run for public office? [...]

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Five candidates seek Gardner’s vacant House seat

Associated Press — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:14:33 +0000

PANOLA COUNTY and TATE COUNTY — Five candidates were running in a special election today in House District 11 to complete the term of the late state Rep. Joe C. Gardner. Gardner, a Democrat from Batesville, died in February. He had been a member of the Mississippi House since 2007. He represented District 11, which [...]

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Mayoral races across state taking shape

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:27:24 +0000

HATTIESBURG, STARKVILLE and LAUREL — The field of Hattiesburg mayoral candidates has widened with the announcement of Councilman Dave Ware for the city’s top office. The Hattiesburg American reports the 41-year-old Ware, who is in his second term as councilman, will run as an independent. Ware says goals for his administration would include an accountability [...]

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Congressional candidates show great divide during debate

Associated Press — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:58:32 +0000

OXFORD — Candidates in a North Mississippi congressional debate last night presented competing visions of “government the despoiler” versus “government the helper.” Republican first-term incumbent Alan Nunnelee of Tupelo and Democratic challenger Brad Morris of Oxford debated for an hour at the University of Mississippi. Nunnelee, the leading fundraiser, continues to focus on what he [...]

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Flaggs retiring from Legislature after 2013 session

Associated Press — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:41:01 +0000

VICKSBURG — State Rep. George Flaggs, a Democrat from Vicksburg who has served in the House since 1988, says he will retire after the 2013 session. Flaggs said he also would leave his job as administrator of Warren County Youth Detention Center. He says he is considering a run for mayor of Vicksburg. The city’s [...]

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Court rules lawyer not eligible for Appeals ballot

Associated Press — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:32:26 +0000

JACKSON — A divided Mississippi Supreme Court late yesterday vacated a lower court’s order that put a Jackson attorney’s name on a Court of Appeals ballot. Latrice Westbrooks had challenged her removal from the ballot based on residency arguments. Westbrooks has acknowledged that she lives seven-tenths of a mile outside District 2, but she says [...]

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Rikard will not seek re-election after 16 years as mayor

Associated Press — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:32:05 +0000

OLIVE BRANCH — Mayor Sam Rikard will not run for re-election next year. Rikard tells the Commercial Appeal after 16 years as mayor, he is looking forward to having more time for family. The 58-year-old Rikard served eight years as alderman before being elected to a first term as mayor in 1997. Olive Branch has [...]

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