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Tie leaves House partisan mix in limbo
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,11/13/15-5:33PM , 133 Reads
JACKSON — Republicans’ goal of winning a supermajority in the Mississippi House could be decided by the luck of the draw after certified results showed Thursday that one election in the south central part of the state ended in a tie.
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Thompson says he backs Clinton
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,11/10/15-1:00PM , 188 Reads
ACKSON — The top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee says he’s supporting Hillary Rodham Clinton for president in 2016.
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Party switch boosts GOP majority in House
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Fri,11/06/15-1:00PM , 169 Reads
JACKSON — Republicans are closer to having a three-fifths majority in the Mississippi House for the coming term because a newly re-elected Democrat said Thursday that he is jumping to the GOP.
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From left, Bermeal Ross, Trena Davis, Bridgett Carpenter and Darrell Edwards help get the vote out this morning for Sheriff Ricky Banks, Constable Vonzell Self, Central District Justice Court Judge James Littleton and Initiative 42 at the corner of Cotton and West Market streets. Mississippians are electing statewide officials and all members of the Legislature. The polls will be open until 7 p.m.

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Getting out the vote
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Tue,11/03/15-1:00PM , 141 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi voters are deciding whether to elect Republican Gov. Phil Bryant to a second term and their attorney general to a fourth. They also are filling all 174 legislative seats and choosing between two school funding initiatives.
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