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No stopping crossover votes
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,08/16/23-2:00AM , 1412 Reads
STARKVILLE — One factor that surfaced in the hotly contested Mississippi Republican primary election for lieutenant governor between incumbent Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and challenger state Sen. Chris McDaniel was Mississippi’s open primary laws that continue to allow so-called “crossover” voting.
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Generational change coming
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,08/09/23-2:00AM , 815 Reads
STARKVILLE — Mississippi’s Aug. 8 primary elections may well mark the last statewide primaries that won’t be significantly influenced by demographic and generational impacts on voter behavior and partisan outcomes on key issues.
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Two very different candidates
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,08/02/23-2:00AM , 945 Reads
NESHOBA COUNTY FAIR — Leaving the historic Neshoba County Fairgrounds headed into the Aug. 8 Mississippi primary elections, the marquee race is the choice Republican voters face for lieutenant governor between the incumbent, Delbert Hosemann, and state Sen. Chris McDaniel.
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Neshoba Fair has its rules
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,07/26/23-2:00AM , 757 Reads
NESHOBA COUNTY FAIR — In three formal debates and innumerable individual speeches over the ensuing 134-year history of Mississippi’s most storied political speaking venue since 1889, the Neshoba County Fair Association has maintained order and enforced its rules.
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