Miss. House reverses Dem's win in race that went to tiebreak
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republicans gained a three-fifths supermajority in the Mississippi House on Wednesday when members unseated a longtime Democratic lawmaker who had won a tied election by drawing...
View ArticleNC General Assembly: Democrats pull off upsets but can't change GOP control...
Democrats took a Wake County N.C. House seat and scored a few upsets elsewhere in the state, but the victories werent enough to change Republican control of the General Assembly. In the House,...
View ArticleThe Latest: Attorneys make final arguments in Senate contest
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) The latest on House and Senate election contests in the Mississippi Legislature (all times local): 1:25 p.m. Bob Dearing's attorney says the Democrat legitimately won a state...
View Article1 Dem, 1 Republican headed to US House runoff in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Democrat Walter Zinn and Republican Trent Kelly will spend the next three weeks competing for support in a north Mississippi congressional race after emerging from a field of 13...
View ArticleU.S. Sen. Thad Cochran Defeats Challenger in Runoff
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Six-term Sen. Thad Cochran defeated challenger Chris McDaniel in Mississippi's Republican primary runoff Tuesday, dealing another blow to tea party groups trying to unseat...
View ArticleMississippi state house incumbent draws green straw to break election tie
Luck was on Bo Eaton’s side for state-mandated tiebreaker, though challenger Mark Tullos questioned whether votes were counted fairly before draw...
View ArticleMiss. voters elect GOP Sen. Cochran to 7th term
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi Republican Thad Cochran has won a seventh term in the U.S. Senate after enduring a primary that was the toughest challenge of his political career and a general...
View ArticleTullos says House should award seat to him in challenge
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) The latest on House and Senate election contests in the Mississippi Legislature (all times local): 11:25 a.m. A lawyer is urging the House to subtract ballots and award the seat...
View ArticleCochran defeats challenger in Miss. GOP runoff
JACKSON, Miss. -- Six-term Sen. Thad Cochran defeated challenger Chris McDaniel in Mississippi's Republican primary runoff Tuesday, dealing another blow to tea party groups trying to unseat longtime...
View ArticleMiss. re-elects Cochran and 4 House incumbents
Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi voters have re-elected Republican Sen. Thad Cochran and all four incumbent congressmen. With...
View ArticleUS Sen. Cochran defeats challenger in Miss. runoff
JACKSON, Miss. Six-term Sen. Thad Cochran defeated challenger Chris McDaniel in Mississippi's Republican primary runoff Tuesday, dealing another blow to tea party groups trying to unseat longtime GOP...
View Article>US Sen. Cochran defeats challenger in Miss. runoff
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Six-term Sen. Thad Cochran defeated challenger Chris McDaniel in Mississippi's Republican primary runoff Tuesday, dealing another blow to tea party groups trying to unseat...
View ArticleDemocrat draws straw, winning tiebreaker in state election
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- The latest on a Mississippi state House election that was decided by drawing straws (all times local): 2 p.m. A Democrat has won an election...
View ArticleBy luck of the 'straw', Democrat wins Mississippi House race
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- A Democrat in Mississippi did not draw the short straw. In fact, Bo Eaton drew the big green straw, giving him the tiebreaker win in a state House election. When the election...
View ArticleMississippi House race to be decided by luck of the 'straw'
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A big green straw could determine whether Republicans will hold a supermajority in the Mississippi House. One election ended in a tie Nov. 3, and state law says the tie is broken...
View ArticleMiss. GOP Senate race could go to June 24 runoff
JACKSON, Miss. It could be days or weeks before Mississippians know the results of a bitter and expensive Republican Senate primary between six-term incumbent Thad Cochran and a tea party-backed...
View ArticleHouse Democrats reject sending tax cut to governor
JACKSON, Miss. — House Democrats, in one of their most unified moments of the past four years, may have killed the chance for large tax cuts in Mississippi's current legislative session. Needing a...
View ArticleRepublican surge toward supermajority in Mississippi House
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) As election returns are finalized in the next few days, Republicans are within striking distance of a 74-vote supermajority in the state House. The GOP boosted their ranks to a...
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