SLIDELL, La. (AP) — St. Tammany Parish voters rejected a $325 million casino project for their New Orleans suburb. Sixty-three percent of the parish’s voters who participated in Saturday’s election refused to authorize a gambling operation near Slidell, according to…
The Mississippi Supreme Court recently appointed nine members of the Judicial Election Oversight Committee. The Committee is charged “to enforce the standards of judicial conduct in judicial elections and provide an accessible forum for advisory opinions in judicial elections. The…
A former District Attorney in Jackson County is announcing his candidacy for Circuit Court judge. Keith Miller made the announcement on Wednesday for the Place 1 seat, which serves Jackson, George and Greene counties. "My wife, Sherry, and I, along…
Today, Monday, October 4, is the voter registration deadline for the November general and special elections, the Secretary of State announced. If you are registering in person, Mississippians must do so before 5 p.m. If registering by mail, all voter…
Gulfport community leaders are not wasting any time preparing residents to let their voices be heard at the election polls. With a 100 Day Voter Registration Blitz campaign, local leaders and…
Five Mississippi organizations received more than $1 million in grants from the Southern Poverty Law Center to help with voter registration and mobilization, the center announced today. Dubbed Southern Echo, Mississippi's voter movement will engage in year-round voter registration. The…
Here are the results of the primary runoffs in each of the cities that had contested races. The general election in June 8. BILOXI Mayor FoFo Gilich is unopposed. Ward 1 Keith Anderson (R) will face George Lawrence (D) on…
Here are the election results in municipal election primaries held Tuesday, according to our media partner, The Sun Herald. Winners are listed in bold type. Where there is a runoff, both candidates are in bold. If the election is to…
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell plans to announce plans to challenge Rep. Steven Palazzo for the 4th District congressional seat next year. Ezell, a Republican, will join Carl Boyanton as the only other declared candidate in the race. Palazzo has…
Multiple candidate town halls were held in different Harrison County cities this evening as the race to reach voters before April 6th heats up. The Harrison County Republican Club held forums for primary candidates in Gulfport and…
The Senate has overwhelmingly turned aside a challenge to President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Arizona, guaranteeing the result will stand. The objection to the results in Arizona -- spearheaded by Rep. Paul Gosar and Sen. Ted Cruz -- was rejected…
Supporters of Sharon Barnett are celebrating in D’Iberville tonight following her win in the Harrison County Tax Collector’s runoff. News 25’s Grant Chighizola has more.
Voters will head to the polls tomorrow for a runoff special election to decide who Harrison County’s next tax collector will be. Interim Tax Collector Sharon Nash Barnett and District Five Supervisor Connie Rockco were the top two vote getters…
President Donald Trump is appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of his campaign’s effort to block the certification of votes in Pennsylvania.
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia’s top elections official is expected to certify election results showing Joe Biden won the presidential election in the state. But Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stumbled on this last step Friday,…
We break down the recount numbers for our counties, the counties with the biggest changes, and the counties that added the most “new” votes
The deadline for the counties to complete the audit is 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, ahead of the Friday deadline for state certification.
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s secretary of state on Wednesday announced an audit of presidential election results that he said would be done with a full hand tally of ballots because the margin is so tight. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at a news conference Wednesday that his office wants the process to begin by […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two days after Mississippi voters stood in long lines at polling places, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Thursday that he would veto any efforts to broaden state laws to allow widespread mail-in voting or no-excuse early…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Donald Trump’s path. With just a handful of states still up for grabs, Trump tried to press his case in court in […]
In Jackson County, there was only one contested race this election cycle which was the contest for District 5 election commissioner. Republican Deborah Parker held a commanding lead last night, receiving 80% of the votes to Tamara…
The biggest local race in Harrison County will head to a runoff. Sharon Nash Barnett and Connie Rockco were the top two vote getters out of a field of five candidates in special election for tax collector…
Presidential Election: President Donald Trump has won the state of Mississippi, according to the Associated Press. The race was called just moment after polls closed in the Magnolia State at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday. The Associated Press has not declared a…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippians have voted in favor of legalizing medical marijuana, opting for the less restrictive of two proposals on this year’s ballot. Initiative 65 amends the Mississippi Constitution to allow the prescription by a doctor of up…