by Associated Press Published: January 23,2013
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ITTA BENA — Mayor Walter Parker says he won’t run for another term. Parker tells the Greenwood Commonwealth it is time to do something else. The 49-year-old Parker was elected mayor in 2009. Parker works at Mississippi Valley State University. The filing deadline for city elections is March 8. Party primaries will be held on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
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MOSS POINT — State Rep. Billy Broomfield says he will run for mayor of Moss Point. Broomfield, a Democrat from Moss Point, has been in the Legislature since 1991. He retired from Ingalls Shipbuilding in 2009. He was a project manager. If elected mayor, the 68-year-old Broomfield says he will focus on jobs, education, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
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WEST POINT — Unofficial results show Angela Turner Lairy will replace her late father Bennie Turner in the Mississippi Senate. With all precincts reporting, Lairy had 4,143 votes, or 71 percent, while Kenny Fowler had 1,705 votes, or 29 percent. WTVA-TV reports. Both ran without party labels. Lairy, a lawyer from West Point, will serve [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 15,2013
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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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 14,2013
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BILOXI — The new ward lines approved by the Biloxi City Council haven’t been submitted to the U.S. Justice Department and residents will likely vote in their current districts for the May 7 municipal election. City officials tell The Sun Herald candidates filing to run in the municipal election are doing so under the current [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 14,2013
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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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 14,2013
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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 Associated Press Published: January 9,2013
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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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 27,2012
Tags: alderman, board of aldermen, chief, election, executive, law enforcement, mayor, police, poliitics, political party, politician, vote, voter, Voting
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 19,2012
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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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