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- Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, the Democratic candidate for governor in November, shows off a bumper sticker that indicates the Republican driver is a Presley supporter during a campaign stop in Summit, Miss., Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Republican former congressman endorses Democratic nominee in Mississippi governor's race
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,09/20/23-4:48PM , 559 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The last Republican who lost a general election for Mississippi governor is endorsing the Democratic nominee in this year's race.

Democrat Brandon Presley's campaign released a statement Wednesday from former U.S. Rep. Mike Parker, who said he is choosing Presley over first-term Republican Gov. Tate Reeves.
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- Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson speaks in his office in Jackson, Miss., on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Watson, a Republican, is seeking a second term as the state's top elections official, and he faces Democrat Ty Pinkins in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi should revive process to put issues on ballot, Secretary of State Watson says
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,09/13/23-5:35PM , 404 Reads
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- U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate smiles, Aug. 19, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. On Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, Wingate ruled that the Meridian Public School District can come out from under federal supervision in a decades-old desegregation lawsuit. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Mississippi school district named in desegregation lawsuit is allowed to shed federal supervision
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,09/12/23-4:03PM , 635 Reads
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- Attorney Ty Pinkins speaks at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., about his becoming the new nominee of the Mississippi Democratic Party for secretary of state to replace a candidate who left the race because of health problems, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Pinkins faces Republican incumbent Michael Watson in the Nov. 7 general election. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi Democrats name Pinkins as new nominee for secretary of state, to challenge GOP's Watson
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Thu,09/07/23-1:18PM , 532 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Democrats on Thursday named attorney Ty Pinkins as their new nominee for secretary of state to replace a candidate who left the race because of health problems.
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