Mississippi Business Journal » special election http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bryant moves election to fill House seat left vacant by suicide http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/bryant-moves-election-to-fill-house-seat-left-vacant-by-suicide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bryant-moves-election-to-fill-house-seat-left-vacant-by-suicide http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/bryant-moves-election-to-fill-house-seat-left-vacant-by-suicide/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:41:26 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72796 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST —  Gov. Phil Bryant has pushed back the date of a special election to fill a House seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Jessica Upshaw. Bryant yesterday changed the District 95 election to May 28. If a runoff is necessary, it’ll be June 18. Candidates’ new qualifying deadline is April [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/bryant-moves-election-to-fill-house-seat-left-vacant-by-suicide/feed/ 0 Son wins special election to fill late father’s House seat http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/03/son-wins-special-election-to-fill-late-fathers-house-seat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=son-wins-special-election-to-fill-late-fathers-house-seat http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/03/son-wins-special-election-to-fill-late-fathers-house-seat/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:39:11 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72720 EAST MISSISSIPPI — Karl Gibbs will be filling the remaining three years of the House District 36 seat for his late father, Rep. David Gibbs. Complete but unofficial returns show Gibbs received 57 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s special election over Eddie Longstreet. House District 36 includes parts of Clay, Lowndes and Monroe counties. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/03/son-wins-special-election-to-fill-late-fathers-house-seat/feed/ 0 Special election runoff required for vacant House seat http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/27/special-election-runoff-required-for-vacant-house-seat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=special-election-runoff-required-for-vacant-house-seat http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/27/special-election-runoff-required-for-vacant-house-seat/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:03:43 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72176 PANOLA COUNTY and TATE COUNTY — A run-off election will be April 16 between House District 11 candidates Anderson Boothe and Lataisha Jackson. Jackson and Boothe were the top two vote getters in Tuesday’s special election to fill the unexpired term of late state Rep. Joe Gardner. Other candidates were Marshall Bartlett and Ederic Kerney. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/27/special-election-runoff-required-for-vacant-house-seat/feed/ 0 Five candidates seek Gardner’s vacant House seat http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/26/five-candidates-seek-gardners-vacant-house-seat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=five-candidates-seek-gardners-vacant-house-seat http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/26/five-candidates-seek-gardners-vacant-house-seat/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:14:33 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72087 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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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/26/five-candidates-seek-gardners-vacant-house-seat/feed/ 0 Six candidates running for Gibbs’ old seat in House http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/six-candidates-running-for-gibbs-old-seat-in-house/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=six-candidates-running-for-gibbs-old-seat-in-house http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/six-candidates-running-for-gibbs-old-seat-in-house/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:20:32 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=71133 EAST MISSISSIPPI — Six candidates are running in today’s special election to fill a seat in the Mississippi House. House District 36 encompasses parts of Clay, Lowndes and Monroe counties. The seat was left vacant by the Jan. 13 death of Democratic Rep. David Gibbs, who had served since 1993. Polls are open 7 a.m. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/12/six-candidates-running-for-gibbs-old-seat-in-house/feed/ 0 Norwood wins special election to fill Harden’s Senate seat http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/27/norwood-wins-special-election-to-fill-hardens-senate-seat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=norwood-wins-special-election-to-fill-hardens-senate-seat http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/27/norwood-wins-special-election-to-fill-hardens-senate-seat/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:02:09 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70429 JACKSON — Former Jackson Public Schools school board member Sollie B. Norwood has defeated former Jackson city councilman Marshand Crisler in a runoff to complete the term of the late state Sen. Sen. Alice Harden. Harden, a Democrat from Jackson, died in December. Complete, but unofficial returns showed Norwood with 54 percent of the vote. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/27/norwood-wins-special-election-to-fill-hardens-senate-seat/feed/ 0 Daughter of late state lawmaker sworn into Senate http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/23/daughter-of-late-state-lawmaker-sworn-into-senate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=daughter-of-late-state-lawmaker-sworn-into-senate http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/23/daughter-of-late-state-lawmaker-sworn-into-senate/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:16:22 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68550 WEST POINT — The newest member of the Mississippi Senate was sworn into office today. Democrat Angela Turner of West Point won a Jan. 15 special election to succeed her father, the late Sen. Bennie Turner. District 16 covers all of Clay County and parts of Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Noxubee counties. Bennie Turner served 20 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/23/daughter-of-late-state-lawmaker-sworn-into-senate/feed/ 0 State Rep. Gibbs dies of cancer at 76 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/14/state-rep-gibbs-dies-of-cancer-at-76/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-rep-gibbs-dies-of-cancer-at-76 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/14/state-rep-gibbs-dies-of-cancer-at-76/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:29:30 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68152 TUPELO — State Rep. David Gibbs, recalled by colleagues as a common-sense lawmaker who preferred to keep a low profile and make things happen behind the scenes, died yesterday. He was 76. Gibbs, who had cancer, died about 5 a.m. yesterday, said Rep. Kenny Wayne Jones, D-Canton, chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus. He had [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/14/state-rep-gibbs-dies-of-cancer-at-76/feed/ 0 Powell wins House seat; nine to vie for Senate post http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/09/powell-wins-house-seat-nine-to-vie-for-senate-post/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=powell-wins-house-seat-nine-to-vie-for-senate-post http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/09/powell-wins-house-seat-nine-to-vie-for-senate-post/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:54:46 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67876 BRANDON and HINDS COUNTY —Brent Powell has been elected to the Mississippi Legislature during a special House election. The Clarion-Ledger reports the Brandon Republican garnered more than 51 percent of the vote. He avoids a Jan. 29 runoff election. Powell faced Republicans Bradley Lum and Scot Allen, and independent Benny L. Hubbard. They were vying [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/09/powell-wins-house-seat-nine-to-vie-for-senate-post/feed/ 0 Special elections set to fill seats of late lawmakers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/19/special-elections-set-to-fill-seats-of-late-lawmakers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=special-elections-set-to-fill-seats-of-late-lawmakers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/12/19/special-elections-set-to-fill-seats-of-late-lawmakers/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:10:55 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=67077 JACKSON — Special elections have been set for seats in the Mississippi Legislature left vacant by the recent death of two lawmakers. Voters will select a successor to the late Sen. Alice Harden on Feb. 5. If no candidate wins a majority, a runoff will be held Feb. 26. Gov. Phil Bryant set the election [...]

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