Winning Ohio candidate credits MUW for providing ‘foundations’ of her career
As recently as four years ago, Ohio was just a place on a map and politics wasn’t even on the radar for Allison Russo.
But on Tuesday, Russo was elected to represent Ohio’s 24th District in the statehouse, winning her first political campaign as a Democrat in her suburban Columbus, Ohio district.
Four qualify for Oktibbeha’s special chancery clerk election
Four candidates have qualified for November’s special election for Oktibbeha County’s chancery clerk position.
In wake of mass shootings, Dem senator wages filibuster
A Democratic senator who mourned the loss of 20 children in his home state of Connecticut four years ago waged a nearly 15-hour filibuster into the early hours of this morning, demanding votes on gun control measures just days after a mass shooting at a Florida nightclub.
Rare statewide Democrat tries to hold on in Deep South
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is hardly out of place in Southern politics: He speaks often about his Christian faith and rails against “perverts” and online predators who target children.
Candidate who didn’t even vote wins Democratic nomination
The 46-year-old truck driver who won the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor says he spent nothing on his campaign and knows nobody in politics. He didn’t even vote in the primary because he says he was busy.
New Democrat Johnson has tough campaign ahead
Former state Sen. Tim Johnson jumped from Republican to Democrat last week to launch his campaign for Mississippi lieutenant governor, and he faces a difficult path in a state where the GOP controls seven of eight statewide offices and both chambers of the Legislature.
Brown says new law doesn’t apply to him
Longtime Democratic political operative Ike Brown says a new Mississippi law doesn’t apply to him because he believes it can’t be retroactive.
Democrats say Ike Brown can stay in party office
State party officials say three Democratic Party officials convicted of felonies can remain on county executive committees, despite a new Mississippi law meant to prohibit felons from holding such offices.
Miss. Senator switches to Republican Party
State Sen. Nicky Browning of Pontotoc has switched from the Democratic Party to the GOP, saying the time was right for him to make the move and become a Republican.
State of the Union leaves local politicos skeptical
Immediately following President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, local Republican and tea party members offered skepticism of the president’s commitment to bipartisanship.