Vote totals are in for the runoff races in South Mississippi tonight, including the hotly contested Republican mayoral runoff in Ocean Springs. News 25’s Grant Chighizola has more from Ocean Springs.
Around the Coast, residents cast their votes in runoff elections. Here are the results: Billy Knight has won the mayoral runoff in the City of Moss with 58% of the votes. He faces Independent Howard Bailey and Republican Richard McBride…
There is plenty of signage and campaigning on Pine Drive in Ocean Springs, the street that the Ryan Youth Center sits on, which is also the voting precinct for Ward 3. Republican’s Kevin Wade and Doug Walker are battling…
While some municipal primary elections were won earlier this month, several local primary elections will be part of the runoffs happening across the Coast tomorrow. Two Coast cities will be holding mayoral primary runoffs. The winner of the Republican…
South Mississippians, it’s almost time once more to grab your voter ID or other form of acceptable identification and make your way to the polls. Nearly five months after a huge push to get voters out to the polls for…
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Democratic state lawmaker is leading a group of activists who want to amend the Mississippi Constitution to create a broad system of early, in-person voting. Rep. Hester Jackson…
Tomorrow the citizens in Gulfport and the candidates running for office will host a town hall meeting to discuss primary elections at the Isaiah Fredrick Community Center. The town hall will help citizens get well acquainted with…
Ocean Springs political candidates gathered tonight to answer community questions and lay out their visions for the city. The Ocean Springs Chamber of Commerce hosted the Ocean Springs Aldermen Forum at the City’s Civic Center. Candidates for…
WASHINGTON — A majority of voters — 58 percent — favor a nationwide reform of election rules that would allow all eligible voters to cast their ballots by mail, a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds. And nearly ten…
The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office is working around the clock to ensure the safety of Mississippians everywhere. In light of the spread of COVID-19, the Republican runoff set for the second congressional district scheduled for March 31st is postponed.…
By Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's top elections official says he wants the power to check whether registered voters in the state are also U.S. citizens. Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson took office in January. He is…
Political Analyst Howie Morgan is on set to discuss tonight's runoff election.
More than 24,000 absentee ballots have been received by circuit clerk’s offices across the state ahead of the runoff election. That’s about 20,000 less than the primary election where almost 43,000 ballots were cast. More than 1.8 million Mississippians are…
It’s the final countdown with the runoff election just days away. Voters throughout the state will be heading to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the runoff. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. You will…
Investment manager and department store heir David McRae has won the Republican nomination for Mississippi treasurer. The 38-year-old Ridgeland resident beat state Sen. Eugene Buck Clarke on Tuesday in McRae's second try for the office. McRae will face Addie Lee…
Paula Ladner has won the match-up for Harrison County Tax Assessor. Ladner won with 69 percent of the vote.
Republican candidate for governor Bill Waller Jr. is set to speak in Biloxi on Thursday. The candidate will attend the Mississippi Association of School Superintendents Candidate's Forum at 11:30 a.m. in the Magnolia Ballroom at the Beau Rivage Resort and…
Election season is here and that means the deadline for voter registration is too. The deadline to register for the upcoming primary election is July 8th and July 29th for the runoff primary election. To register visit your county circuit…
The runoff election is just a week away. Incumbent Chancery Judge Sandy Steckler and opponent Margaret Alfonso are fighting for the chancery seat for district 8 place 3. The election results for chancery court judge on November 6th was not…
With the results coming in, News 25 wants to know which counties did their part despite the bad weather earlier today. News 25’s Jaylon Morris is in Jackson County with vote totals.
Mississippians will make their way to the polls tomorrow to cast their votes in the Congressional Primary. Tuesday June 5th, primary voters in Mississippi will select general election nominees for one U.S. Senate seat and four U.S. House seats. For…
Mississippi’s top election officials say a ‘disappointing’ number of absentee ballots have been requested for the June 5th party primaries for U.S. House and Senate. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says that in a state with 1.8 million registered voters,…
In Bay St. Louis, Democrat Mike Favre ran against Republican Jeff Harding. Favre had defeated Incumbent Mayor Les Fillingame in last month’s primary runoff in Bay St. Louis. Tonight, Mike Favre comes out on top, defeating Jeff Harding 86% to…
It’s been a very slow, but steady day for the voter turnout in Biloxi. The polls opened at 7 a.m., but the rain could be a factor in today’s Biloxi mayoral general election with a very low voter count at…