When the Mississippi Legislature convenes next month, Canton Alderman Kenny Wayne Jones plans to fill a seat he narrowly captured from Sen. Joseph Thomas of Yazoo City.
His new colleagues will determine whether he keeps it, though.
Senators are expected to follow a seldom-used procedure to decide if Thomas should be awarded the seat or at least a new election. Thomas, who rep resents portions of Attala, Holmes, Madison and Yazoo counties, filed a petition with that chamber after losing the Democratic primary to Jones by 131 votes.
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April 17, 2026
The Supreme Court hands a win to oil and gas companies fighting environmental lawsuits in Louisiana
The unanimous procedural decision gives the companies a new day in federal court after a state jury ordered Chevron to pay upward of $740 million to clean up damage to the state’s coastline, one of multiple similar lawsuits.
